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Articles tagged "Survival"

  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    MELD as a Predictor of Post-Transplant Survival

    X. Luo, A. Massie, A. Poon, D. Segev.

    Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore.

    MELD is a reliable tool to predict liver waitlist mortality. Previous studies of MELD and post-transplant outcomes have had conflicting results.METHODS: We used generalized gamma…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Survival Benefit of Liver Transplant Among HIV+ Waitlist Candidates

    C. Durand,1 S. Gustafson,2 J. Locke,3 J. Snyder,2 B. Shelton,3 R. Reed,3 P. MacLennan,3 S. Mehta,3 A. Nellore,3 D. Segev.1,2

    1Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; 2Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR), CDRG, Minneapolis, MN; 3University of Alabama, Birmingham, Birmingham, Al.

    Liver failure is the most common cause of non-AIDS related death among HIV+ patients, primarily due to high prevalence of co-infection with hepatitis C (HCV)…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Survival Benefit of ECD Transplantation After Ultra-Long Dialysis Exposure: Implications for Acceptance in the New KAS

    C. Kennedy, J. Dong, T. Myint, C. Rose, O. Johnston, J. Gill, J. Gill.

    Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

    The survival benefit of ECD transplantation varies with the duration of pre-transplant dialysis exposure.We analyzed the survival benefit of ECD transplantation (Kidney Donor Profile Index…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Association of Pulmonary Hypertension at Kidney Transplant Evaluation and Subsequent Outcomes Following Transplantation

    Y.-L. Lai,1 H. Wasse,2 W. Kim,3 R. Patzer.1,4

    1Department of Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA; 2Division of Nephrology/Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; 3Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA; 4Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.

    Background - Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is common among patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) who depend on dialysis before transplant, and PH is associated…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    The Effects of Change in Body Mass Index on Morbidity and Mortality After Liver Transplantation

    B. Kashat,2 A. Prushani,1 S. Jafri.1

    1Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI; 2University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

    AIM: Typically, a large BMI (body mass index) is associated with poor health as it can lead to a variety of diseases; we investigate frequency…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Consideration of the Futility of Transplant: 50% Mortality at 5 Years

    S. Asrani, G. Saracino, J. O'Leary, G. Klintmalm, J. Trotter.

    Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX.

    Introduction: Transplant recipients are globally sicker at the time of liver transplantation (LT) in the current era. We sought to devise and validate a model…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Racial Differences in Transplant and Waitlist Mortality Rates Among HIV+ Kidney Transplant Candidates

    J. Locke,1 S. Gustafson,2 C. Durand,3 J. Snyder,2 B. Shelton,1 R. Reed,1 P. MacLennan,1 S. Mehta,1 A. Nellore,1 D. Segev.2,3

    1University of Alabama, Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; 2SRTR, MMRF, Minneapolis, MN; 3Johns Hopkins Univerity, Baltimore, MD.

    Kidney transplant (KT) is now a viable option for select HIV+ end-stage renal disease patients. As OPTN does not collect HIV status at waitlisting, no…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Should Only Active Candidates Define the EPTS Top 20% in the New Kidney Allocation System (KAS)?

    D. Stewart,1 A. Kucheryavaya,1 G. Boyle,1 M. Aeder,2 R. Formica.3

    1UNOS, Richmond, VA; 2Univ Hosp Case Med Ctr, Cleveland, OH; 3Yale, New Haven, CT.

    Background: The 20% of kidney candidates with the highest Estimated Post-Transplant Survival (EPTS) receive priority for a high longevity kidney in the Organ Procurement and…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Cardiac Troponin T (cTNT) in the Assessment of Kidney Transplant (KTx) Benefit and Risk

    F. Cosio,1 A. Grupper,1 P. Dean,2 H. Amer.1

    1Nephrology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; 2Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

    Introduction. Compared to waiting list (WL) KTx improves patient survival. However, mortality may increase early post-KTx. cTNT level at candidate evaluation is a strong, independent…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Effect of 2007 CMS Conditions of Participation on High Risk Renal Transplantation: A Study of the United States Renal Data System

    D. John, A. Brar, F. Tedla, N. Sumrani, E. Timpo, M. Salifu.

    Division of Transplantation, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.

    BACKGROUND: On June 28, 2007, CMS introduced new Conditions of Participation (CoP) for Transplant Centers- the impact of these regulations on adult patients at high…
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