Abstracts Archive - Page 534 of 1683 - ATC Abstracts

2020 American Transplant Congress
Validation of Ontario Marginalization Index Generated from 3-Digit Postal Code in Patients with End-Stage Kidney Disease
Q. Wang, N. El-Dassouki, N. D. Edwards, P. Mutia, R. Khairalla, N. Yanga, M. Saqib, A. Ali, H. Ford, A. Dychiao, I. Mucsi
University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: This study validates the 2016 Ontario Marginalization Index (OMI) scores derived from 3-digit postal codes to enable its research use in place of scores…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Outreach as a Way to Improve Access to Kidney Transplants: A Model to Align with Future of Kidney Disease Care
A. Govil¹, P. Gudsoorkar¹, C. Siemer², C. King², T. Diwan¹, E. Woodle¹, S. Shah¹, C. V. Thakar¹
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
Utilization of Direct Acting Oral Anticoagulation in Solid Organ Transplant Patients: A National Survey of Institutional Practices
D. Pierce¹, A. Lichvar¹, D. Salerno², P. Klem³, G. Waldman⁴, J. M. Park⁵
¹University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, ³University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: The safety and efficacy of direct acting oral anticoagulants (DOACs) and reversal strategies are not well established in the solid organ transplant population. This…
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
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…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of Sarcopenia and Obesity by Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis in Transplant and Hepatobiliary Populations
J. Konel¹, T. Kitajima², L. Arevalo¹, N. Murray¹, T. Pietrowsky², D. Venkat², H. Gonzalez², M. Samaniego², M. Abouljoud², S. Nagai²
¹Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, ²Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI
*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
Belatacept Based Early Steroid Withdrawal Regimens: Differential Responses in African Americans and Non-African Americans
N. Wilson¹, A. R. Shields², A. L. Christianson¹, S. Tremblay¹, D. Kaufman³, A. Wiseman⁴, J. P. Leone⁵, P. West-Thielke⁶, A. J. Matas⁷, R. R. Alloway¹, E. S. Woodle¹
¹U Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ²The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, ³U Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ⁴U Colorado, Denver, CO, ⁵Tampa General, Tampa, FL, ⁶U Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁷U Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Racial disparities in outcomes of kidney transplant recipients (KTxR) are well-described for early steroid withdrawal (ESW) under calcineurin inhibitor (CNI)-based regimens, however little data…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Increased Transplant Surgery Advanced Practice Provider Involvement Associated with Decreased Hospital Length of Stay and Readmissions Following Kidney Transplantation
E. A. Herriman¹, J. R. Montgomery², K. J. Brown¹, K. J. Woodside¹
¹Surgery-Section of Transplantation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: Transplant surgery Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) are utilized to provide complex care to transplant patients. Daily responsibilities of APPs are broad and variable across…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Putting the Cart Before the Horse? Assessing the Feasibility to Collect Organ Transplantation and Procurement Logistics Data
A. M. Placona, C. Humphries, R. Ehrensberger, J. Wainwright
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
Utility of Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate in Living Kidney Donor Candidates
Y. Lu¹, A. Naik¹, K. Woodside², R. Sung², R. Doshi³, R. Parasuraman¹, S. Norman¹, M. Doshi¹
¹Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: Pre-donation renal function is an important determinant of future development of kidney disease in live kidney donors (LKD). In 2017, the Kidney Disease Improving…