2018 American Transplant Congress
Significant Alteration in Transplant Center Performance Assessment with Extended Patient Follow Up Time
IntroductionCurrent transplant center performance models focus on 1-year graft and patient survival as primary outcomes. This is despite that 2.5 year cohorts are used to…2018 American Transplant Congress
Contemporary Practice Patterns & Outcomes after Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS) Placement: A Multicenter US Experience of 1,146 Patients
Background: TIPS is effective for treating complications of portal hypertension. Historic, single center data suggest poor outcomes for MELD scores >15. We assessed contemporary outcomes…2018 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Pre-Transplant Non-Dialysis Renal Dysfunction in Heart Transplant Recipients on Post-Transplant ESRD: A UNOS Database Analysis
Medicine, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL.
Dialysis prior to heart transplant (HTx) is a strong predictor of patient death and is a common indication for simultaneous heart/kidney transplantation (SHK). The association…2018 American Transplant Congress
Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR) Does Not Predict Outcomes after Liver Transplant (LT) for Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)
Hepatology, UCSF, San Francisco.
Background: A high preoperative NLR ≥5 has been reported to predict poor outcomes following LT for HCC, and NLR has been incorporated into several prognostic…2018 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Tobacco Consumption versus Marijuana Consumption in Liver Transplant Recipients
Abdominal Transplant Surgery, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
The long term effects of smoking tobacco have been widely reported, from cardiovascular disease, to pulmonary complications and cancer, the effect of Marijuana has not…2018 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation with or without Left Renal Vein Ligation: Comparative Study of 105 Cases
The presence of large spontaneous splenorenal shunts (SSRS) is a risk factor for low portal flow and graft dysfunction after liver transplantation (LT). Left renal…2018 American Transplant Congress
Trends, Patterns, and Recipient Outcomes of Kidney Transplants from Older (>60) Living Donors. A UNOS Database Analysis
Indiana University, Indianapolis.
Backgroud: The selection of older donors (>60 years) has become more common. Our aim was to analyze the recent national trends of such donors and…2018 American Transplant Congress
Program-Specific Survival from Listing: Variability and Association with Pretransplant and Posttransplant Metrics
Transplant program performance assessment has traditionally focused on posttransplant outcomes. However, the survival benefit conferred by transplant offers a compelling reason to broaden program assessment…2018 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Total Graft Steatotic Mass in Liver Transplant Outcomes
INTRODUCTIONGraft steatosis is a risk factor for early allograft dysfunction (EAD) and is thought to portend inferior transplant outcomes. The impact of total steatosis, combining…2018 American Transplant Congress
Increased Length of Stay of the Donor Decreases Heart Transplant Recipient Survival
Purpose: We hypothesize that the longer the cardiac donor is in the hospital prior to procurement, the worse the heart transplant (tx) recipient outcome for…
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