2018 American Transplant Congress
Hospital Readmission Patterns in the First Year after Kidney Transplantation: A Twelve-Year, Single-Center Experience
Transplant Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH.
Purpose: The majority of studies examining hospital readmissions (HR) after kidney transplantation (KT) focus on 30-day HR rates using multi-institutional data with non-uniform clinical protocols.…2018 American Transplant Congress
Donor Bacteremia Does Not Impact Survival Following Heart Transplantation: A UNOS Registry Review
Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.
Background: There is a reluctance to transplant organs from donors who are bacteremic due to concern for transmission of the infection to the recipient leading…2018 American Transplant Congress
Livers from Diabetic Donors Can Safely Be Used in Donation after Circulatory Death Liver Transplantation
Liver grafts from donors with a history of diabetes mellitus (DM) have been associated with reduced graft survival after liver transplantation. Transplantation centers are often…2018 American Transplant Congress
Is KDPI Valid for Hepatitis C Aviremic Kidneys?
KDRI is an estimate of post-transplant kidney graft failure. It is based on ten donor factors that independently affect transplant outcomes, including HCV status from…2018 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Kidney Transplant Survival after Deceased-Donor Acute Kidney Injury
Deceased Donor Study Consortium, New Haven, CT.
Purpose: Acute kidney injury (AKI) occurs frequently in deceased donors and is associated with organ discard. Prior studies indicate an association between donor AKI and…2018 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation Outcomes after Share 35: Analysis of NASH Recipients from UNOS Database
Background: Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a rapidly growing indication for liver transplantation (LT) among patients with end-stage liver diseases. The study aimed to examine the…2018 American Transplant Congress
Hospitalization, Dialysis Center Type, and Disparities in ESRD Survival and Waitlist Access
Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
Background: Excess hospitalization has been shown to reduce kidney transplant waitlist survival and likelihood of transplant. We studied hospitalization as a predictor of waitlist access…2018 American Transplant Congress
External Validation of Hennepin Transplant Risk Score for Prediction of Short-Term Mortality and Morbidity after Deceased Kidney Transplantation
Introduction: The additive or synergistic effects of multiple co-morbidities at the time of listing on transplant survival is still unclear. Objective scoring systems predicting post-transplant…2018 American Transplant Congress
Sustained Improvement in Patient Reported Outcomes 10 Years after Liver Transplantation by Protocol Longitudinal Assessment of Health Related Quality of Life
Purpose: Data on patient (pt) reported outcomes, especially beyond the first year after liver transplantation (LT) are scarce. We examined changes in health related quality…2018 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors and Outcomes with Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Bloodstream Infections among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
Objective: Solid organ transplant recipients (SOTR) have been disproportionately burdened by the emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria, including carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE). We determined risk factors for…
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