2020 American Transplant Congress
PHS High Risk: Is this Classification Still Needed?
Vanderbilt Transplant Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: The continued shortage of organs for the over 100,000 candidates on the waitlist has led transplant centers to consider organs that have historically higher…2020 American Transplant Congress
RN Specialty Practice to Optimize Enteric Hyperoxaluria Management – A Qi Project
*Purpose: Optimal management of enteric hyperoxaluria (EH) requires institution of a strict low-fat, low oxalate diet and use of oral calcium supplements as oxalate binders.…2020 American Transplant Congress
The 1-Year Incremental Costs of Delayed Graft Function (DGF) in Commercially Insured Kidney Transplant Patients Under 65
*Purpose: Strong evidence exists that DGF is associated with poor patient outcomes. The long-term impact of DGF on health resource use and cost, however, is…2020 American Transplant Congress
Letermovir for CMV Prophylaxis and Treatment of Resistant/ Refractory CMV Disease in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: Letermovir (LMV) is approved for primary cytomegalovirus (CMV) prophylaxis in hematopoietic cell transplant recipients. Current FDA-approved antiviral options are limited to foscarnet and cidofovir…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
Geographical Disparities in Transplantation: Exploring the Association between County Health Rankings and an Individual’s Access to Transplantation
Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: Since 2004, living kidney donation has declined, with the southeastern United States disproportionately affected. Programs such as the Living Donor Navigator (LDN), designed to…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
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
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
Validation of Ontario Marginalization Index Generated from 3-Digit Postal Code in Patients with End-Stage Kidney Disease
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…
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