2022 American Transplant Congress
Survey of Current Transplant Center Practices Regarding Covid-19 Vaccine Mandates in the United States
*Purpose: We surveyed current policies of transplant centers regarding a COVID-19 vaccine mandate, and rationales for or against a mandate policy.*Methods: An electronic survey was…2022 American Transplant Congress
Phenotypes of Non-Citizen Kidney Transplant Recipients in the United States by Machine Learning Consensus Clustering
*Purpose: Health care policies and coverage for non-US citizens vary significantly across the country. Kidney transplant outcomes in non-US citizens are at par or better…2022 American Transplant Congress
The Association of Pre-Transplant Dialysis Time and the Survival Benefit of Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation
1University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2University of Chicago, Hinsdale, IL
*Purpose: The US Kidney Allocation System (KAS) allows for deceased donor kidney transplant (DDKT) candidates not yet on dialysis to accrue waiting time points by…2022 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Transplant Self-Report of Length of Sobriety is Not Significantly Related to Early Return to Alcohol Use Post Transplant
1Psychiatry, VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 2The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
*Purpose: Many transplant centers in the United States require six months of abstinence from alcohol prior to liver transplant. Recently, there has been an increased…2022 American Transplant Congress
Superiority of Renal Transplantation in ESRD Management Over Long Term Dialysis in Octogenerians
Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: In the last 2 decades there has been an increase in the number of patients aged 65 years and older who were placed on…2022 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplant Recipient History of Criminality: Impact on Clinical Outcomes
*Purpose: Health disparities are present in transplantation, just as in other areas of medicine. This is a retrospective review of liver transplant (LT) recipients to…2022 American Transplant Congress
Sex Disparities in Access to Liver Transplant for Waitlisted Patients with Meld 40
*Purpose: Women with end-stage liver disease are less likely than men to receive a liver transplant, due in part to MELD’s reliance on creatinine and…2022 American Transplant Congress
Variation in Definition of Death in Donation After Circulatory Death Policies
*Purpose: Organ transplantation operates through a shared network requiring organizations, hospitals, and individuals to work towards a common goal. However, the policies that govern each…2022 American Transplant Congress
Lung Transplant Waitlist Outcomes for Blood Group O Candidates After the Expansion of the Primary Allocation Unit in November 2017
*Purpose: Blood group O is associated with decreased lung transplant rates. Occasionally, blood group donor O lungs are allocated to non-blood group O recipients. Since…2022 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplantation in Mentally Challenged Patients; a Single Center Experience
*Purpose: Kidney transplant is the best choice of treatment for patients with end stage kidney disease. There are medical conditions that may pose an ethical…
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