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2020 American Transplant Congress
Patient-Informed Design of an Educational Website on Living Kidney Donation
M. Keller¹, R. Seibert¹, T. Feeley², L. Kayler¹
¹Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, NY, ²University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY
*Purpose: Web-based education may be a powerful tool to support kidney patients’ learning about living kidney donation (LKD); however, websites that are not user-friendly can…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Increasing Access to Kidney Transplantation Through a Satellite Clinic
R. H. Naik, E. Ramos, B. Paueksakon, A. Lyles, L. Smith, J. Lawson, E. Zavala, S. Shawar, J. H. Helderman, S. Karp, D. Shaffer, R. Forbes, B. P. Concepcion
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: Distance to a transplant center, a potential barrier for candidates seeking kidney transplant evaluation, can be addressed by satellite clinics. Here we describe our…
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Inequitable Access to Living Donor Kidney Transplantation in Black and Asian Minority Ethnic Groups in the UK: A Single Centre Cross-Sectional Cohort Study
A. Cronin, K. Sran, R. Gokmen, A. Copley, L. Silas, R. Zakri
Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities constitute 11% of the UK population, yet represent 31% of the national kidney transplant waiting list. Moreover,…
2020 American Transplant Congress
High Health Literacy is Associated with Decreased Likelihood of Waitlist Mortality for Some Solid Organ Transplant Candidates
L. Dageforde¹, S. Rega², I. Feurer³
¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Vanderbilt Transplant Center, Nashville, TN, ³Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt Transplant Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: Health Literacy (HL) impacts post-transplant outcomes and listing for kidney transplant patients, but little is known about likelihood of solid organ transplant for kidney…
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Successful Transplantation of Murine Hearts Preserved 24h Under Subzero Ischemia Using Novel Bio-Inspired Next Generation Cryoprotectants
B. Oh¹, A. Callegari², M. Kline², A. Childs², M. Iglesias Lozano¹, G. Brandacher¹, X. Wei²
¹Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²X-Therma Inc., Richmond, CA
*Purpose: Extension of the organ ischemia window is of paramount importance to prolong viability of transplantable organs and to improve overall outcomes. Transport using a…
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Association between Education and Waitlist Mortality, Access to Transplant, and Post-Transplant Survival among Patients with Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease
A. T. Strauss, J. Motter, D. Segev, A. Massie, T. Purnell, J. Hamilton, A. Gurakar, A. Cameron, J. Garonzik-Wang
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) is the leading indication for liver transplant (LT) and these patients have been shown to have worse outcomes compared to…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Creating a Patient Website to Search for Transplant Centers: www.transplantcentersearch.org
C. R. Schaffhausen¹, S. Chu², M. Bruin³, A. Matas⁴, M. Hertz⁵, C. Martin⁵, J. Lake⁶, W. Kim⁷, S. Biggins⁸, J. J. Snyder⁹, B. L. Kasiske⁹, A. K. Israni¹⁰
¹Hennepin Heathcare Research Institute (HHRI), Minneapolis, MN, ²College of Design, University of Minnesota (UMN), Saint Paul, MN, ³College of Design, UMN, Saint Paul, MN, ⁴Department of Surgery, UMN, Minneapolis, MN, ⁵Department of Medicine, UMN, Minneapolis, MN, ⁶Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, UMN, Minneapolis, MN, ⁷Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁸Division of Hepatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁹Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis, MN, ¹⁰Department of Medicine, HHRI, UMN, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) data was used to create a website with a tailored decision guide to help inform patient decisions…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Developing a Patient Specific Search of Heart Transplant Programs: Feedback from Heart Transplant Candidates and Recipients
W. T. McKinney¹, M. J. Bruin², C. R. Schaffhausen¹, S. Chu², J. Synder³, C. M. Martin⁴, T. Alexy⁴, B. L. Kasiske⁵, A. K. Israni¹
¹Nephrology, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN, ²College of Design, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ³Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴Cardiology Division, University of Minnesota Department of Medicine, Minneapolis, MN, ⁵Department of Medicine, Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Patients seeking a heart transplant must contemplate numerous factors when making decisions regarding their care. Waitlist acceptance criteria, donor acceptance practices and outcomes often…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Incidence and Risks Factors of Kidney Allograft Loss Due to BK Virus: UNOS Data Set
H. Patel¹, K. Agrawal¹, A. Pawar¹, N. Leeaphorn², F. Cardarelli¹, N. Agrawal¹
¹Transplant Nephrology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Transplant Nephrology, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine/Saint Luke's Health System, Kansas City, MO
*Purpose: BK virus infection can lead to graft dysfunction and loss in kidney transplant patients. Incidence and prevalence of BK Viremia (BKV) and BK Virus…
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The Incidence, Clinical Characteristics and Prophylactic Strategy of Invasive Fungal Infections in Lung Transplantation
L. Zhao¹, W. Chen¹, L. Guo¹, L. Jing¹, C. Liang¹, J. Chen¹, C. Wang²
¹Department of Lung Transplantation, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China, ²China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China
*Purpose: Invasive Fungal infections in lung transplant recipients(LTR) were common and harmful, remaining a major cause of morbidity and mortality after lung transplantation. The incidence,…