An poster titled, “Increase in Mortality and Allograft Rejection Post-Liver Transplant in a Cohort Between 50-90 Years Old,” was presented at the American College of Gastroenterology’s (ACG) 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting & Postgraduate Course by authors Hiba Khan, MD, Nikki Duong, MD, William Pike, MD, and Jananee Muralidharan, MD. The authors are affiliated with New York University Langone Health, Stanford University, and Atropos Health.
Sort Summary:
The proportion of the global population between 2015-2020 older than 60 years is predicted to nearly double from 12% to 22%. With an aging population, there has been a concomitant rise in the age of liver transplant (LT) recipients. Recipients aged 65 and older, are the fastest-growing cohort among new liver transplant registrants, surpassing the 35–49 age group over the past decade. There is an increasing need to understand post-operative outcomes in older patients who are at increased risk for frailty and with more comorbidities than their younger counterparts.