2018 American Transplant Congress
Incidence Trends among Deceased Liver Transplant Recipients in the United States, 2011-2016: A Propensity Score-Matched Study
Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI.
BackgroundDonation after cardiac death (DCD) donor liver graft is a known risk factor for graft failure secondary to primary non-function (PNF) and/or diffuse cholangiopathy (DC).…2018 American Transplant Congress
Is Percent Exception at Transplant a Driver of MELD Inflation?
1SRTR, Minneapolis, MN; 2Stanford University, Stanford, CA; 3Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
Before 2016, the proportion of deceased donor liver recipients with an exception status at liver transplant (LT) correlated strongly with median MELD at transplant (MMaT)…2018 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Moderately Macrosteatotic Liver Allografts
Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA.
Objectives: Liver transplantation remains the only effective long-term treatment option for patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD). Organs available for ESLD patients are scarce and…2018 American Transplant Congress
Telehealth Evaluations to Screen Kidney Transplant Candidates Does Not Adversely Affect Time to or Rate of Transplant
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
Outcomes of Second Opinion Kidney Transplant Evaluations
Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia.
Background: Potential kidney transplant (KT) candidates may obtain differing opinions on their transplant candidacy depending on where they are evaluated. Little is known on outcomes…2018 American Transplant Congress
Evolutive Analysis of a 20-Year Pancreas Transplant Program
There is a worldwide trend towards a reduction in the annual number of pancreas transplants (PT). In Brazil, only two centers have performed more than…2018 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Glycemic Control in Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetic Patients after Pancreas Transplantation
Background: Pancreas transplant remains controversial for type 2 diabetic (T2DM) patients.Aim: To compare glycemic control following pancreas transplantation between T1 and T2 DM patients.Methods: 52…2018 American Transplant Congress
Trends in Safety Reporting to UNOS Related to Non-Recovery, Discard, or Delay
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
Evaluating Transplant Quality Staffing Models via a National Survey
Vanderbilt Transplant Center, VUMC, Nashville, TN.
The 2007 CMS Final Rule included expectations that transplant centers implement data-driven quality assessment and performance improvement (QAPI) programs. Currently, insufficient data exists to guide…2018 American Transplant Congress
LAG-3 Deletion Upregulates Memory in a Dendritic Cell-Dependent Process
Introduction. Cardiac transplantation is critical for management of severe heart failure, but cardiac allografts frequently undergo chronic T-cell-mediated allograft rejection. Our research demonstrates that Lymphocyte…
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