Articles tagged "Survival"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Outcomes in High Donation After Circulatory Death Liver Transplantation Usage Centers in the Acuity Circles Era
L. Chau¹, A. Mohamed², T. Kitajima¹, K. Collins³, M. Rizzari¹, A. Yoshida⁴, M. Abouljoud³, S. Nagai¹
¹Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, ²Department of Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, ³Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI, ⁴Henry Ford Hospital, Grosse Pointe, MI
*Purpose: The recent acuity circles (AC) liver allocation policy has increased rates of donation after circulatory death (DCD) liver transplantation. We hypothesize transplant centers with…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Survival Comparison of Waitlisted and Renal Transplanted Patients in the European Senior Programme
M. G. Naik¹, V. Greese¹, K. U. Eckardt¹, U. Frei¹, P. Glander¹, L. Liefeldt¹, M. Pigorsch², E. Schaeffner³, K. Budde¹, F. Halleck¹
¹Medical Department, Division of Nephrology and Internal Intensive Care Medicine, Charité, Berlin, Germany, ²Institute of Biometry and Clinical Epidemiology, Charité, Berlin, Germany, ³Institute of Public Health, Charité, Berlin, Germany
*Purpose: Patients >65years are eligible for kidney transplantation (KT) in the European Senior Program (ESP). We compare patient survival of waitlisted (WTL) and transplanted (Tx)…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Concordance of Kidney and Pancreas Rejection on Protocol and for Cause Biopsy in Simultaneous Kidney Pancreas Transplantation
P. Budhiraja, R. Heilman, H. Khamash, A. Jaramillo, D. Ramon, H. Me, J. Ninan, S. Reddy, s. S. Misra, H. Chakkera
Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ
*Purpose: Our aim was to study the concordance rate of kidney and pancreas rejection in patients who received simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplantation (SKP) and its effects…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Three‐Month Pancreas Graft Function Significantly Influences Survival Following Simultaneous Pancreas‐Kidney Transplantation in Type 1 Diabetes Patients
M. Ji¹, S. Chang¹, M. Wang¹, K. Lentine², M. Merzkani¹, H. Murad¹, M. M. Ibrahim¹, M. Zayed¹, J. Wellen¹, S. Sutcliffe¹, T. Alhamad¹
¹Washington University in St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO, ²Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO
*Purpose: Simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation (SPK) is the only persistently successful treatment option for patients with diabetes mellitus and end-stage renal disease. However, SPK carries a…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Variation in Immunosuppressive Regimen in Children Receiving Liver Transplants: An Analysis of the UNOS Database
V. K. Raghu¹, J. E. Squires¹, C. Confair², E. Katz-Eisenberg², G. V. Mazariegos³, E. R. Perito⁴
¹Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Starzl Network for Excellence in Pediatric Transplantation, Pittsburgh, PA, ³UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Optimizing immunosuppression (IS) was identified as a priority for pediatric liver transplant (LT) families and providers in the Starzl Network, a multi-center learning health…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Internal Validation of a Pre-Transplant Biomarker Panel to Predict Post-Transplant Mortality: The Liver Immune Frailty Index
G. G. Panayotova¹, D. T. Nguyen², E. A. Graviss², L. J. Minze², S. Simonishvili¹, Y. Qin¹, T. Ayorinde¹, G. Prakash¹, F. Paterno¹, L. Brown¹, A. Amin¹, X. C. Li², R. M. Ghobrial², J. V. Guarrera¹, K. E. Lunsford¹
¹Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, ²Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Infection and sepsis are the greatest contributors to early post-liver transplant (LT) mortality. These often result from ongoing immune dysfunction, or “Immune Frailty”. We…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Immunosuppressant Medications Use in Patients with Transplant Failure: A Canadian Multi-Centre Prospective Study
G. Knoll¹, M. Chassé², D. Fergusson³, A. A. House⁴, O. Johnston⁵, R. Mainra⁶, D. Baran⁷, D. Treleaven⁸, l. senecal⁹, L. Tibbles¹⁰, M. Hebert¹¹, M. Karpinski¹², T. Campbell¹³, T. Ramsay¹⁴, J. Kim¹⁵, I. Houde¹⁶, C. White¹⁷, J. Perl¹⁵, P. Karnabi¹⁸, J. Gill⁵
¹Nephrology, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ²University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁴Nephrology, Western University, London, ON, Canada, ⁵Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁶Nephrology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, ⁷Nephrology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁸Nephrology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁹Nephrology, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹⁰Nephrology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ¹¹Nephrology, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹²Nephrology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ¹³University of Alberta, Alberta, AB, Canada, ¹⁴Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ¹⁵University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁶Laval University, Que´bec, QC, Canada, ¹⁷Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada, ¹⁸Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada
*Purpose: This prospective study determined the association of immunosuppressant medication use with the outcomes of death, hospitalized infection, rejection of the failed allograft, and panel…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients 70 Years and Older
J. Mehta, N. F. Okonkwo, A. Paramesh, K. Atiemo, M. Killackey, H. Jeon, A. Vijay
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
*Purpose: Patients older than 70 years are the fastest-growing age group of patients requiring renal replacement therapy. This has resulted in a corresponding increase in…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Long Agonal Duration on Outcomes After Donation After Circulatory Death Lung Transplantation: An Analysis of the United Network of Organ Sharing Database
J. Thomas, Q. Chen, J. Chikwe, D. Emerson, D. Megna, P. Catarino
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Lung transplantation (LTx) using donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors has been well established, however, previous investigators have focused on time from withdrawal of…
2022 American Transplant Congress
The High Acuity Index: A Posttransplant Prediction Score for High-MELD Patients
C. R. Christmann¹, A. Anand¹, G. Handing¹, A. Rana²
¹School of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Patients with a very high Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score are at significant short-term risk for death without liver transplantation. While many…