2019 American Transplant Congress
The Feasibility Of Donation After Cardiac Death In Liver Transplantation: A Registry Analysis
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: Utilization of liver allografts from donation after cardiac death (DCD) has gradually increased in the United States. We aimed to analyze overall utilization of…2019 American Transplant Congress
Increasing Incidence and Transplantation of Individuals Listed with Alcoholic Liver Disease
*Purpose: Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) has recently become the most common indication for liver transplantation in the US; it is important to characterize changes in…2019 American Transplant Congress
Twin Epidemics: Drug Overdoses And Suicides Are Increasingly Fueling The United States Donor Liver Supply
1Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2Southwest Transplant Alliance, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: In 2010, 6893 donor livers were procured for United States (U.S.) transplant. A reduction from the former pinnacle of U.S. liver transplant in 2006,…2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Enteric Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus Colonization on Waitlist Outcomes among Liver Transplant Candidates
Aurora St Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI
*Purpose: To determine the impact of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) colonization on 90-day Liver Transplant (LT) waitlist outcomes.*Methods: Single center, retrospective observational study of LT…2019 American Transplant Congress
When to Transplant for Wilson’s Disease: A Review
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Wilson’s disease (WD) is a rare genetic disorder of copper metabolism, which leads to the accumulation of copper in the body, causing damage to…2019 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation in Acute Hepatic Insufficiency Induced by Imatinib
*Purpose: Case report of a Woman, pediatrician, 40 yo,with chronic myeloid leukemia using Imatinib who developed Serious Acute Hepatic Failure and needed liver transplant to…2019 American Transplant Congress
Liver Circle-Based Allocation: LSAM Modeling Results
*Purpose: On June 25, 2018, the OPTN Board of Directors (BOD) directed the Liver and Intestinal Organ Transplantation Committee to propose changes to policy removing…2019 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Share 35 on Living Donor Liver Transplant Utilization in the United States: Analysis of UNOS Data
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: In 2013, the Share 35 policy was implemented in the United States (US) to improve timely organ allocation to high MELD patients awaiting liver…2019 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplant Candidates Derive a Survival Benefit from Accepting a Macrosteatotic Liver
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Accepting a liver with macrosteatosis might increase the risk of adverse post-transplant outcomes, however candidates who decline must then wait for an uncertain future…2019 American Transplant Congress
Development and Implementation of a Pediatric Transplant Consortium
*Purpose: Access to pediatric liver transplant expertise varies nationally and variability in practice leads to potential suboptimal organ utilization and outcomes. A multi-institutional collaborative was…
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