2018 American Transplant Congress
Disparate Risk Factors for Early and Late Death Impact Survival after Lung Transplant
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
Purpose: After implementation of the lung allocation score, there has been improvement in one- and three-year survival but not in five-year survival after lung transplant…2018 American Transplant Congress
A High Abdominal Aortic Calcification Score by Dual X-Ray Absorptiometry (DXA) is Associated with Cardiovascular Events after Kidney Transplantation
Introduction: It is unknown whether aortic calcification is associated with increased risk for cardiovascular events in renal transplant recipients. Therefore, this study focused on the…2018 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors and Outcomes with Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae Bloodstream Infections among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
Objective: Solid organ transplant recipients (SOTR) have been significantly impacted by the emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria, including extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae (EB). We determined the…2018 American Transplant Congress
Influence of Initial Tumor Burden and Wait Times on Post-Transplant Outcomes after Down-Staging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)
Background: A new national policy has adopted the UNOS Region 5 down-staging protocol for liver transplant (LT) in HCC meeting the following inclusion criteria -…2018 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Outcomes and Predictors of Survival after Liver Transplantation for Wilson Disease (WD)
Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
Background/Aims: Orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) is life-saving for patients with liver failure from Wilson Disease (WD). Our goal was to evaluate patient and graft survival…2018 American Transplant Congress
One-Year Graft Survival for Longevity Matched Kidneys in the Post-KAS Era
One of the key goals and achievements of KAS was to make better use of available kidneys by improving longevity matching between donor kidneys and…2018 American Transplant Congress
Role of Obesity in Pediatric Liver Transplantation
PURPOSE: Pediatric obesity rates are climbing and the prevalence of obesity in children undergoing liver transplantation now exceeds that of the general population. Studies in…2018 American Transplant Congress
Trends of Racial and Education Disparity in Post-Kidney-Transplant Graft Survival and Patient Survival: Do Different Metrics Lead to Different Conclusions?
Background: Monitoring trends in racial and socioeconomic disparity in disease outcomes is a Healthy People 2020 priority. For some chronic disease outcomes, such as cancer…2018 American Transplant Congress
Delivery of Culturally-Competent Transplant Care among Hmong Kidney Transplant Recipients: Outcomes from a Single Institution
OBJECTIVE: Kidney transplantation (KT) entails delivery of complex, well-coordinated, multidisciplinary care. Cultural and linguistic discordance among transplant providers and patients can lead to healthcare disparities.…2018 American Transplant Congress
Five-Year Outcomes after Randomized Treatment by Rituximab in Early Acute Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Renal Transplantation: Long Term Outcomes of the RITUX ERAH Study
Background The place of rituximab in the treatment of acute antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) is still controversial. The French multicenter double-blind, placebo-controlled RITUX ERAH study included…
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