2017 American Transplant Congress
20 and 25-Year Outcomes Following Pediatric Liver Transplantation.
Background: Improved 1,5, & 10- year survival following Pediatric Liver Transplantation (LT) has been demonstrated. However 20 and 25-year patient and graft outcomes (including cause…2017 American Transplant Congress
Dramatic Shifts in Prognosis, Outcomes and Baseline Risk Among Wait Listed Kidney Transplant Candidates in the United States.
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Introduction and MethodsOver the past decades there have been numerous clinical advances and policy changes affecting candidates for kidney transplantation. Our aim was to evaluate…2017 American Transplant Congress
Antibiotic Conservatorship in Orthotopic Liver Transplantation.
Post-orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) infections, especially multidrug resistant organisms (MDRO), are implicated in poorer outcomes, fueling efforts to elucidate risk factors for hospital acquired infections.…2017 American Transplant Congress
Death After Kidney Transplantation: Assessment of Pre- and Peri-Transplant Risk Factors and of Time-Varying Risk Factors from the Post-Transplant Course.
Deaths over a period of up to 10 years post-transplantation (Tx) and the associated risk factors were examined in patients (pts) with protocol biopsies (total…2017 American Transplant Congress
Strategies to Economize Dialysis and Transplantation in Low Resource Settings.
Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Karachi, Pakistan
Background: Pakistan in an emerging economy where 50% of the population live below the poverty line on <$2 a day. The government spend 1.3% of…2017 American Transplant Congress
Is Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation (DDTX) Justified in Patients with More Than 10 Years of Pre-TX Dialysis Exposure?
Background: The new kidney allocation system (KAS) led to an increase in DDTX among patients with ≥10 years of pre-TX dialysis exposure. We aimed to…2017 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Kidney Transplantation After Primary, Repeat and Kidney After Nonrenal Solid Organ Transplantation: 10 Years UNOS Database Analysis.
Introduction: The aim of the study is to evaluate patient and kidney allograft survivals in primary, repeat, and kidney after nonrenal organ transplantation using national…2017 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Inflammatory Bowel Disease on Survival and Risk of Retransplantation of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Patients Following Liver Transplantation: UNOS Data Analysis.
Background: The impact of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) on outcomes after liver transplantation (LT) for primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) has been inconclusive. Previous reports suggested…2017 American Transplant Congress
Survival Benefit of Liver Transplantation for Patients with MELD Spike.
We recently showed that patients with a recent sudden MELD increase of >30% over 7 days (MELD spike) have higher waitlist mortality than patients with…2017 American Transplant Congress
Inferior 10-Year Graft and Patient Survival After End-to-Side Reconstruction for Two Renal Arteries in Living Donor Renal Transplantation.
Purpose: Living donor kidneys with two arteries can be revascularized using various techniques depending on anatomy and surgeon preference. We hypothesized that the revascularization technique…
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