2016 American Transplant Congress
A Model to Explore the Potential Budget Impact of a Novel Screening Tool for the Detection of Subclinical Rejection Among Kidney Transplant Patients.
1Immucor, Inc, Waukesha, WI; 2Avalare Health, LLC, Washington, DC.
Background: Acute rejection among kidney transplant patients is common, with ~10% of individuals experiencing acute rejection within the first year and rising to 16-17% at…2016 American Transplant Congress
Cost-Effectiveness of Machine Perfusion Use After Long Cold Ischemic Time in a Kidney Transplantation Program.
Renal Transplantation Unit, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
In Brazil the incidence of DGF is very high (60-70%) mainly due to an inadequate care of the donors and long cold ischemia time. This…2016 American Transplant Congress
Economic Analysis of Survival for Patients Undergoing Kidney Transplant in a Philanthropic Hospital of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Brazil has one of the most important public programs of transplant in the world. Our hospital is a private philanthropic that has already performed more…2016 American Transplant Congress
When Liver Transplants and Procurement Occur at One Location – A National Study of Graft Survivals.
Organ procurement and placement processes entail complex scheduling, logistics and other administrative challenges, especially when organs travel outside the procuring Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) area.…2016 American Transplant Congress
Can OPTN/UNOS Policies Be Effectively Transferred to Another Country's Healthcare System? Russian Case.
US Organ Procurement System known as one of the most advanced systems all over the World. Start of new transplant program in other country always…2016 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Specialized Community Pharmacists' Role in Care Transitions for Transplant Patients.
Purpose:In 2004, the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) bylaws recognized pharmacists as an essential part of the patient care team. Recently, the demand for…2016 American Transplant Congress
Ideal Outcome After Liver Transplantation: An Exploratory Study Using Machine Learning Analyses to Leverage Long-Term Registry Data from Studies in Pediatric Liver Transplantation (SPLIT).
We analyzed the Studies in Pediatric Liver Transplantation (SPLIT) registry dataset using heat map and random forests analyses (RFA) to determine if ideal outcome (IO)…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Heterogenous Genomic Landscape of Unresectable Hepatoblastoma Requiring Liver Transplantation: Prognostic Implications.
Surgery, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC and University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
Background: Hepatoblastoma, the most common pediatric liver malignancy, is cured by chemotherapy and surgical resection. Locally invasive/multifocal tumors require liver transplantation (LTx). A unique tumor…2016 American Transplant Congress
Pediatric Liver Transplant Exception Request Narratives – How Do We Justify Requests?
Purpose: Over 50% of pediatric liver transplant (LT) candidates receive exceptions to increase PELD/MELD; more than [frac12] are non-standard exception requests (NSER) based on narrative…2016 American Transplant Congress
Airway Inflammation and Symptoms in Children Following Liver and Heart Transplantation.
Objectives: To describe the upper airway endoscopic findings of patients with stridor, stertor or sleep-disordered breathing after liver transplantation (LT) or heart transplantation (HT).Methods: Retrospective…
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