2016 American Transplant Congress
The Environmental Impact of Dialysis vs Transplantation.
Introduction: Hemodialysis has a large environmental impact because it uses large volumes of water, medical supplies and energy. A patient undergoing weekly dialysis treatment (three…2016 American Transplant Congress
LACE Index Risk Assessment Tool Predicts Liver Transplant Readmissions.
Background:One-fifth of Medicare patients are readmitted to the hospital an annual cost of $17.4 billion. The LACE Index (Length of stay, Acuity of the admission,…2016 American Transplant Congress
Development of an Integrated Transplant Data Mart for Customized Data Reporting.
Background: Transplant centers have a large amount of clinical data from multiple data sources that are utilized for quality tracking of clinical outcomes, regulatory reports,…2016 American Transplant Congress
Does Donor and Recipient Age Disparity Make a Difference with Expanded Criteria Donors?
The critical shortage of donor organs challenges the transplant community to optimize the use of organs from all consented deceased donors (DD). The purpose of…2016 American Transplant Congress
Are Random Tacrolimus Levels in the Emergency Department Costing You Money?
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago.
Purpose: Tacrolimus (TAC) is the most frequently used immunosuppressant in the USA today, with a narrow therapeutic index that requires frequent 12-hour trough monitoring and…2016 American Transplant Congress
Will the New Kidney Allocation System Negatively Impact Future Organ Donation in States Mandated to Export a Large Number of Kidneys?
Purpose: To examine the potentially deleterious effects of the new Kidney Allocation System (KAS) on future organ donation: as a consequence of the massive increase…2016 American Transplant Congress
Reduced Incidence of Cytomegalovirus Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients Receiving Everolimus: A Cost-Effectiveness Analyses.
Nephrology Division, Hospital do Rim - UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
A cost-effectiveness analysis was performed using data from a prospective single center trial where de novo kidney transplant recipients received a single 3 mg/kg dose…2016 American Transplant Congress
Optimal Measures for Timely Transplantation: Reviewing Correlation Between Early Transplantation Wait-Listing and Transplantation Outcomes.
Nephrology, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
Background and Purpose: Transplantation is the best treatment for end-stage renal failure (ESRF). In Australia the algorithm for organ allocation considers a combination of factors…2016 American Transplant Congress
Fatty Liver in Non-Hepatic Organ Transplantation.
Tampa General Medical Group, Tampa, FL.
With the availability of effective antiviral regimen for HCV, Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common chronic liver disease in western countries and…2016 American Transplant Congress
Managing the Kidney Waiting List: Pride and Prejudice.
1Surgery, Wake Forest, Winston-Salem, NC; 2Internal Medicine, Wake Forest, Winston-Salem, NC.
Management of the kidney waiting list (WL) is an essential and dynamic aspect of the pretransplant process; however, it remains under-studied and underappreciated. The study…
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