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2018 American Transplant Congress
Impact of New Pancreas Transplant Allocation Policy on Pancreas Transplant Volume and Outcomes: A Single Center Study
N. Singh, A. Pulisetty, D. Aultman, R. McMillan, G. Zibari, H. Shokouh-Amiri.
LSU, Shreveport, LA.
BACKGROUND: A UNOS/OPTN policy approved in 2015 allowed simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplants (SPK) for type-2 diabetic patients. We examined the effect of this policy on volume…
2018 American Transplant Congress
To Score a Pancreas, Stars Must Be Aligned
A. Friedman, P. Bagavan, K. Delli Carpini.
LiveOnNY, NY.
Excellent medical care and readily accessible insulin preparations serve to require a very high quality of deceased donor pancreas organs accepted for transplantation. Improving, prevailing…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes from Brain Death Donors with Cardiac Arrest Accepted for Pancreas Transplantation
P. Ventura-Aguiar,¹ J. Ferrer,² D. Paredes,³ C. Rodriguez,³ C. Fontdevilla,² E. Esmatjes,⁴ J. Garcia-Valdecasas,² F. Oppenheimer,¹ F. Diekmann,¹ M. Ricart.¹
¹Nephrology and Kidney Transplant Department, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain; ²Hepatobiliopancreatic and Liver Transplant Department, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain; ³Organ Transplantation Coordination Department, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain; ⁴Diabetes Unit, Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain.
Donor selection has a major impact on pancreas transplantation. Cardiac arrest and hypoxemia produce an insult to endothelial cell and may increase the risk of…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Hypoxia Results in Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Activation of the Unfolded Protein Response in Isolated Human Islets and Human Donor Pancreases
B. Sandhu, M. Prendecki, N. Vallant, G. Rutter, C. Pusey, V. Papalois.
Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
Background: The Unfolded Protein Response (UPR) is activated as an adaptive response to endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, however if ER stress is not resolved, UPR…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Improving Organ Donation Rates through a Primary Care Physician Office-Based Intervention
R. Kashyap,¹ M. Dokus,¹ N. Ryan,³ A. James,³ R. Kochik,³ R. Hernandez,¹ J. Dolan,² P. Veazie,² M. Orloff,¹ S. McIntosh.²
¹Surgery, Transplant, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY; ²Public Health Sciences, URMC, Rochester, NY; ³Finger Lake Donor Recovery Network, URMC, Rochester, NY.
Background: The inadequate supply of suitable deceased donor organs is well documented. Studies have suggested that Primary Care Providers (PCPs) could help improve donor registration…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Trends in Safety Reporting to UNOS by Event Type
A. Doyle,¹ S. Tlusty,² R. Urban,² M. Marvin,³ E. Hollinger,⁵ D. Marshman,⁴ M. Green.⁵
¹Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; ²UNOS, Ichmond, VA; ³Surgery, Geisinger, Davville, PA; ⁴LifeLink Foundation, Norcross, GA; ⁵Surgery, University of Pittsbugh, Pittsburgh, PA; ⁶Surgery, Rush Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
The UNOS Operations and Safety Committee is charged with reviewing reported patient safety situations, identifying safety gaps, addressing high frequency and high impact events, and…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Trends in Safety Reporting to UNOS Related to Non-Recovery, Discard, or Delay
A. Doyle,¹ R. Urban,² S. Tlusty,² M. Marvin,³ E. Hollinger,⁴ D. Marshman,⁵ M. Green.⁶
¹Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; ²UNOS, Richmond, VA; ³Surgery, Geisinger, Danville, PA; ⁴Surgery, Rush Medical Center, Chicago, IL; ⁵LifeLink Foundation, Norcross, GA; ⁶Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
The UNOS Operations and Safety Committee is charged with reviewing reported patient safety situations, identifying safety gaps, addressing high frequency and high impact events, and…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Virtual Encounters: Robust Methods to Manage Your Active Waitlist
K. Curry, S. Zimmerman, D. Cassidy, S. Gray, V. Rao, V. Rohan, N. Pilch, A. Milling, L. Curry.
Transplant, MUSC, Charleston, SC.
Introduction: The ability to ensure all patients are transplant ready and do not have outstanding issues that would diminish post-transplant outcomes is challenging with an…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Financial Impact of Testing Standardization for Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
S. Ugolini,² L. Dranow,¹ P. Sadler,² M. Berry,² J. Stehlik,¹ S. Drakos,¹ J. Nativi,¹ E. Gilbert,¹ S. McKeller,¹ A. Koliopoulou,¹ M. Yin,¹ E. Davis,² C. Selzman,¹ O. Wever-Pinzon.¹
¹Division of Cardiology, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT; ²Transplant Service Line, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT.
Background: Infection and bone marrow suppression surveillance is common practice in transplant recipients. Ordering of inappropriate lab tests can lead to repetitive blood draws, higher…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Multidisciplinary Transplant Rounds: A Step to Improved Team and Patient Satisfaction
K. Sigafus,¹ E. LaMura,¹ M. Massimiani,¹ C. Chiang,² K. Nicoll,² M. Yoho,³ M. Bleicher,² S. Nazarian.²
¹Transplant, Bariatric Surgery & Orthopedic Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ²Penn Transplant Institute, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ³Quality, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
BackgroundMultidisciplinary communication (MDC) is critical for transplant patient (TXP) safety. We hypothesized that formal, scripted multidisciplinary rounds (MDR) would yield improved MDC HCAHPS scores (Hospital…