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  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Racial and Socioeconomic Influences on Kidney Transplantation. A 10 Year Retrospective Study

    A. Arvelakis, S. Lerner, V. Wadhera, V. Delaney, S. Ames, V. Shegal, R. Kent, G. DeBoccardo, N. Singh, S. Florman, R. Shapiro.

    Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY.

    Introduction: Racial disparities in kidney transplantation are a widely discussed topic. Studies have shown less access to listing and transplantation, and worse graft survival in…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Associations of Poor Physical and Cognitive Performance and Kidney Transplant Waiting List Denial

    M. Harhay,1 K. Ranganna,1 F. Michie,1 C. Selinski,1 T. Bajakian,1 L. Levin Mizrahi,1 J. Lee,1 G. Malat,1 G. Xiao,1 D. Reich,1 S. Guy,1 P. Reese.2

    1Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia; 2Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

    Background: Little is known about the clinical impacts of physical and cognitive impairments on kidney transplantation (KT) candidacy.Methods: We enrolled 170 adults (age> 18 years)…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Telehealth Evaluations to Screen Kidney Transplant Candidates Does Not Adversely Affect Time to or Rate of Transplant

    R. Forbes,1,2 D. Rybacki,1 T. Johnson,1 D. Shaffer,1,2 D. Hale.1,2

    1VA, Nashville; 2VUMC, Nashville.

    Background. Telehealth can improve efficiency, timeliness, and cost effectiveness for kidney transplant waitlist candidates. Patients approved for further evaluation after a screening telehealth visit are…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Graft and Patient Outcomes after Kidney Transplant for American Indians

    R. Seipp, N. Zhang, H. Khamash, S. Leischow, A. Sharma, R. Heilman, M. Keddis.

    Mayo Clinic, Phoenix.

    Introduction: American Indian (AI) patients experience significant disparity in access to kidney transplant (KTx) with reported similar graft outcomes after KTx. Our objective is to…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Determinants of Delays and Reduced Rates of Waitlisting and Kidney Transplant among American Indians

    M. Keddis, M. Ilyas, N. Zhang, H. Khamash, S. Leischow, A. Sharma, R. Heilman.

    Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ.

    Introduction: American Indian (AI) patients experience delays in every step of the kidney transplant (KTx) evaluation. Our objective is to determine the contribution of co-morbid…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Transplant Outcomes in Female African American Recipients

    A. Patel,1 R. Prashar,1 D. Lim.2

    1Transplant Nephrology, Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI; 2School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.

    We are aware of the multifactorial healthcare disparity affecting African American (AA) population with regards to renal transplantation. Little is known about AA female renal…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Development of a Predictive Model for Deceased Donor Organ Yield

    W. Marrero Colon,1 M. Lavieri,1 S. Guikema,1 D. Hutton,2 N. Parikh.3

    1Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; 2School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; 3Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

    Organ transplantation is a lifesaving intervention for patients with organ failure. However, there is a gap between the supply and demand of organs in the…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Predictors of Early Graft Loss in Older Kidney Transplant Recipients

    P. Amaechi, R. Rodriguez, V. Rao, D. Taber, M. Posadas Salas.

    Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.

    Older kidney transplant recipients are vulnerable to early graft loss likely due to frailty and burden of comorbidities. Other factors not inherent to the recipient…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Patient Change in Residence and Risk of Readmission after Renal Transplant in the US

    J. Hogan, M. Anderson, Y. Zhang, J. Kim, G. Karadkhele, X. Zhang, A. Adams, R. Patzer.

    Emory University, Atlanta, GA.

    To predict readmission post-kidney transplant (KTX-R), novel risk factors must be identified. We investigated the impact of a) neighborhood (zipcode) and its attributes and b)…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Racial Differences in Rates of Malignant and Infectious Cutaneous Genital Disease after Solid Organ Transplantation

    M. Larijani,1 K. Nadhan,1 J. Abbott,1 A. Doyle,2 C. Chung.1

    1Department of Dermatology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA; 2Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.

    Purpose: To describe the prevalence and types of genital lesions observed in OTRsMethods: This retrospective review included 496 OTRs who underwent full skin examination at…
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