2020 American Transplant Congress
Outreach as a Way to Improve Access to Kidney Transplants: A Model to Align with Future of Kidney Disease Care
1Univ of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2UC Health, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: In 2018, there were more than 100,000 patients wait-listed for kidney transplant whereas only around 21,000 patients received a kidney transplant. Increasing access to…2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Patients’ Perception of Hospital Experience on Organ Donation Rates
1Surgery, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, 2Transplant, Live On NY, New York, NY
*Purpose: The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey is a validated data collection methodology for measuring a patient’s perception of his/her…2020 American Transplant Congress
Significant Costs Associated with Poorly Controlled Post-Transplant Blood Glucose
*Purpose: Dysglycemia is highly prevalent post-transplant. Poor glycemic control is associated with infectious and cardiovascular complications, as well as decreased patient and allograft survival. We…2020 American Transplant Congress
Access to and Survival Benefit of Kidney Transplantation in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease-Associated End-Stage Renal Disease in the United States
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Patients with end-stage renal disease due to sickle cell disease (SCD-ESRD) have high mortality, which might be reduced by kidney transplantation (KT). However, whether…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Transportation Innovation for Human Organs: Surgical Perspectives and Implications
Transplant Surgery, Unviersity of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Recent changes in allocation and the ongoing organ donor shortage have led to increased regional and national sharing, putting intense pressure on the organ…2020 American Transplant Congress
Organ Donation in Perú: Why are We Failing? Conclusions from the Last 5 Years
Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño de San Borja, Lima, Peru
*Purpose: The scarcity of deceased donor organs is still an unmet need in transplantation worldwide. This dilemma is significantly important in several Latin American nations.…2020 American Transplant Congress
Inactive Status Change is an Independent Predictor of Waitlist Mortality and Disproportionately Impacts Patients in Donor Service Areas with a Higher Median MELD at Transplant
*Purpose: Liver waitlist mortality is calculated by including both active and inactive patients. As inactive patients are unable to receive organ offers, models that adjust…2020 American Transplant Congress
Putting the Cart Before the Horse? Assessing the Feasibility to Collect Organ Transplantation and Procurement Logistics Data
United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: There has been increased focus on the logistics of organ transplantation. Stemming from recent policies designed to facilitate broader sharing. Reliable methods of assessing…2020 American Transplant Congress
Managing the Road to Kidney Transplantation in the Elderly
Nephrology, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: We hypothesize that careful patient selection and waitlist management minimizes the impact of advanced recipient age on kidney transplant outcomes.*Methods: A total of 3,521…2020 American Transplant Congress
Socioeconomic Independence and Kidney Transplantation Outcomes: A Nationwide Study of South Korea
*Purpose: A nationwide study regarding the association between socioeconomic dependency accessibility to or prognosis of kidney transplantation has been rarely studied, particularly in an Asian…
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