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
The Use of Interviews to Explore the Public Attitudes on the Use of Imminent Death Donation
*Purpose: Imminent death donation (IDD) describes non-fatal recovery of a living donor organ (a single kidney or partial liver) prior to a planned withdrawal of…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
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…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
Immune-Mediated Injury and Eplet Mismatches – Profiling Population-Level Interactions
*Purpose: HLA genes are in linkage disequilibrium with each other. Sequence defined HLA targets (eplets) are associated with alleles and may be shared within and…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
Assessment of Sarcopenia and Obesity by Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis in Transplant and Hepatobiliary Populations
*Purpose: Sarcopenia and obesity are common among transplant and hepatobiliary patients; however, current methods of measuring these risk factors may provide an inadequate representation of…2020 American Transplant Congress
Improvements in Organ Donation: Riding the Coattails of a National Tragedy
1Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, 2Emory University, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: The US organ donation system has received attention from the highest levels of government. It has been debated whether increased donation is attributable solely…
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