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Articles tagged "Survival"

  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Young, Caucasian, Better Educated and Less Socially Deprived Patients Are More Likely to Be Transplanted with a Living Donor Kidney in the UK.

    D. Wu,1 M. Robb,2 C. Watson,3 R. Ravanan,4 J. Forsythe,1 W. Metcalfe,1 C. Dudley,4 C. Bradley,5 H. Draper,6 A. Bradley,3 G. Oniscu.1

    1Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; 2NHSBT, Bristol, United Kingdom; 3University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; 4Southmead Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom; 5University of London, London, United Kingdom; 6University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

    IntroductionLiving donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) has significant benefits over deceased donor kidney transplantation (DDKT) in terms of improved survival and timely access to transplant. There…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Fifty Is the New 40? An Argument to Uncap the MELD Score.

    J. DiNorcia,1 Y. Genyk,1 K. Andreoni,4 W. Kim,3 J. Levitsky,5 D. Mulligan,6 R. Sung,7 M. Nadim.1

    1Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; 2Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA; 3Univ of Florida, Gainesville, FL; 4Northwestern Univ, Chicago, IL; 5Yale Univ, New Haven, CT; 6Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

    Background: The MELD score is used to prioritize patients awaiting liver transplantation (LT) and has been capped at 40 to prevent transplant futility in patients…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Trends in Aspergillus Infection After Liver Transplantation, 1988-2014.

    R. Al Masri, L. Jennings, S. Asrani, G. Klintmalm, C. Spak.

    Transplant Hepatology/Transplant Surgery/Infectious Disease, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX.

    Background: Invasive Aspergillosis is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in liver transplant recipients. Aspergillus may account for up to 25% of all fungal…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Provider Attitudes Toward Shared Mobile Decision Aid Utilized Among Patients Evaluated for Kidney Transplantation: iChoose Kidney Randomized Trial.

    M. Basu,1 S. Pastan,1 S. Mohan,2 M. Wolf,3 J. Friedewald,3 D. Ladner,3 K. Smith,1 L. McPherson,1 A. Russell,3 M. Chiles,2 R. Patzer.1

    1Emory University, Atlanta, GA; 2Columbia University, New York, NY; 3Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.

    Introduction: Although kidney transplantation (KTx) provides significant survival advantage over long-term dialysis, many end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients are not educated about KTx options.…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Smoking Exposure Among Kidney Allograft Recipients and Outcomes After Transplant.

    H. Gillott,1 S. Tahir,1 F. Jackson-Spence,1 F. Evison,2 J. Nath,3 A. Sharif.3

    1Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; 2Medical Informatics, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom; 3Nephrology and Transplantation, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

    The causal effects of smoking on major comorbidity and mortality in the general population are well established. However, the influence of smoking exposure on kidney…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Comparative Analysis of Patients with Mixed Hepatocellular-Cholangiocarcinoma (HCC-CCA) Undergoing Liver Transplantation: A Single Center Matched Cohort Analysis.

    K. Lunsford, M. Harlander-Locke, J. Gornbein, A. Zarrinpar, F. Kaldas, H. Yersiz, D. Farmer, R. Busuttil, V. Agopian.

    Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.

    Liver transplant (LT) is the gold standard for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) but is contraindicated in known HCC-CCA due to poor prognosis. We compared posttransplant oncologic…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Good Livers with a Bad Reputation: Favorable Outcome with Imported Grafts.

    M. Akoad, M. Simpson, J. Pomposelli, E. Pomfret.

    Transplantation, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA.

    Background: Each year in the US, 450-500 livers are discarded as unacceptable for transplant. Currently, there is controversy about the implications of broader sharing and…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Donor-Derived Toxoplasmosis in Solid Organ Transplant 2008 – 2015: Opportunities for Improvement.

    C. Wolfe,1 A. Wilk,2 S. Tlusty,2 C. Sifri,1 M. Morris,1 A. Mehta,1 D. Kaul.1

    1DTAC, Richmond, VA; 2United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA.

    Background: Donor-derived Toxoplasmosis (DDT) is uncommon, but outcomes may be poor. Donor risk factors are difficult to recognize, and donor screening is not currently universally…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Role of Cardiac Evaluation and Management in Kidney and Liver Transplant Candidates.

    W. Bannister, C. Wu, M. Schnitzler, A. Bonagura, B. Laihinen, F. Irwin.

    Complex Medical Conditions, Optum, UnitedHealth Group, Eden Prairie, MN; Surgery, St Louis University, St Louis, MO.

    Cardiac evaluation and risk stratification prior to kidney and liver transplantation can be critical to patient selection and outcomes.Methods: We assessed the impact of cardiac…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Three-Year Graft Loss Risk in Kidney Transplants: Dynamic Patient Level Data Improve Predictive Efficacy.

    T. Srinivas, J. Zhang, Z. Su, D. Taber, J. Marsden, K. Reilly, D. Northrup, J. Long, L. Lenert, W. Moran, P. Mauldin.

    MUSC, Charleston, SC.

    Background: Predictive models in kidney transplantation using national data (UNOS, SRTR) lack longitudinal patient level data, limiting accuracy. Adding patient level data capturing dynamic clinical…
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