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2020 American Transplant Congress
Managing the Road to Kidney Transplantation in the Elderly
R. S. Munjal, K. Kalra, A. Cherukuri, D. Jorgensen, S. Verma, P. Sood, R. Mehta, C. Puttarajappa, S. Hariharan, C. Wu
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
No Correlation Between Program-Specific Report Performance of Different Organs at the Same Center
A. Massie¹, N. Salkowski², D. Zaun², J. Snyder², D. Segev¹
¹Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, ²SRTR, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Transplant programs which have too many early graft failures, as determined by the SRTR Program-Specific Reports (PSRs) risk decreased patient volume, regulatory sanction, and…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Implications for Facilitated Pancreas Transplant Allocation with the Removal of Donor Service Area
R. Forbes¹, R. Urban², A. Fox², J. Odorico³, S. Niederhaus⁴
¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ³University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ⁴University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Facilitated Pancreas (FP) Allocation, modified in August 2016 to be metric-based rather than opt-in, defines an eligible center as one that has transplanted at…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Survey of Public Attitudes Towards Imminent Death Donation in the United States
L. Washburn¹, T. Galvan¹, P. Moolchandani¹, S. Rath¹, R. Ackah², S. Parsons³, R. P. Brown³, E. Ranova³, M. Goss⁴, A. Rana¹, J. A. Goss¹
¹Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Department of Surgery, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ³Rice University, Houston, TX, ⁴Department of Bioethics, Columbia University, New York, NY
*Purpose: Imminent Death Donation (IDD) has been proposed as a method to increase the number of high-quality organs available for transplant. Although IDD was ethically…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Challenges in Examining Transplant Outcomes in Patients with Fontan-Associated Liver Disease
R. T. Fischer¹, M. H. Kim², A. Nguyen³, S. R. Kumar³, J. Bucuvalas⁴, E. F. Glynn¹, M. A. Hoffman¹, J. Emamaullee³
¹Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, ²Children's Hospital-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ³University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital, New York, NY
*Purpose: The Fontan procedure has allowed patients born with single ventricle physiology to survive into adulthood. It is projected that the mean age of Fontan…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Current Status of Pre-Transplant Mortality in Pediatric Organ Transplantation
G. Mazariegos¹, E. Hsu², .. OPTN Pediatric Committee³
¹UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Seattle Children's, Seattle, WA, ³UNOS, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Although NOTA states that organ allocation policy must recognize differences between children and adults, and adopt criteria, policies, and procedures that address the unique…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Determinants of Kidney Transplant Candidates’ Willingness to Accept Deceased Donor Organ Intervention Research: A Conjoint Analysis
E. Gordon¹, P. Reese², J. Lee¹, L. Krishnamurthi¹, R. Veatch³, R. Knight⁴, P. T. Conway⁴, S. Dunn⁵, P. Abt²
¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Georgetown University, Washington, DC, ⁴American Association of Kidney Diseases, Tampa, FL, ⁵Organ Alliance, Denver, CO
*Purpose: Deceased donor organ intervention research (“intervention research”) aims to increase organ quality and quantity for transplantation by protecting against organ injury and enhancing functionality.…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of County Health Rankings on Nationwide Liver Transplant Outcomes
S. K. Niazi¹, E. Vargas², A. Spaulding³, J. Crook⁴, A. P. Keaveny⁵, T. Schneekloth⁶, T. Rummans⁷, C. Taner⁵
¹Psychiatry & Psychology; Transplantation, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, ²Heath Services Research, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, ³Health Services Research, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, ⁴Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, ⁵Transplantation, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, ⁶Psychiatry & Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁷Psychiatry & Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
*Purpose: We examined the impact of social determinants of health (SDOH) in LT recipients’ counties of residence and their associations with long-term patient and graft…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Geographic Distribution of End-Stage Renal Disease in the US: The First Description of an “ESRD Belt”
R. D. Reed¹, H. Qu¹, P. A. MacLennan¹, M. N. Mustian¹, D. Anderson¹, A. C. Kale¹, B. J. Orandi¹, B. A. Shelton¹, V. Kumar², M. J. Hanaway¹, J. E. Locke¹
¹Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: Previous research has demonstrated that population health is associated with organ supply and transplantation; this is particularly true in the southeastern United States, which…
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
S. Bae, M. Johnson, A. Massie, X. Luo, C. Haywood Jr., S. Lanzkron, M. Grams, D. Segev, T. Purnell
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…