2021 American Transplant Congress
Creating a Lung Transplant Program Search Tool Tailored to Patient Characteristics
*Purpose: Criteria for selecting lung transplant candidates and donors vary between programs and evolve as clinical practice advances. This variation impacts patient outcomes and the…2021 American Transplant Congress
Creating a Culturally Sensitive Report Card for African American Kidney Transplant Candidates: Preliminary Results from Pilot Interviews and Focus Groups
*Purpose: Racial disparities in kidney transplantation continue to negatively impact African American (AA) patients despite changes to deceased donor allocation practices. AA patients are overrepresented…2021 American Transplant Congress
Summary of the OPTN’s Policy and System Modifications in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
*Purpose: In April 2020, the OPTN made several policy and system modifications in response to the growing COVID-19 pandemic including updates to candidate lab data,…2021 American Transplant Congress
Feasibility of a Virtual Renal Transplant Simulation Model for Surgical Trainees in the Covid Era
*Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing requirements has affected our resident education curriculum. We developed a virtual renal transplant simulation session to simulate renal…2020 American Transplant Congress
Broader Distribution of Kidneys Not Projected to Systematically Favor “Low” Performing OPOs
1UNOS, Richmond, VA, 2Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: In August 2019, the OPTN Kidney (KI) Transplantation Committee put forth a proposal for public comment to replace DSA and region from KI allocation…2020 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Alkalization Increases Macula Densa NOS1β Expression and Improves Transplanted Renal Graft Function
*Purpose: Ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) is a major survival hurdle with kidney transplantation (KTX). Currently, no effective strategies for the prevention and treatment of IRI during…2020 American Transplant Congress
Oral Administration of Nano-Sized Silicon Particles Regulates Gene Expression Related to Oxidative Stress and Attenuates Rat Renal Ischemia Reperfusion Injury
*Purpose: Organ ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) is unavoidable in kidney transplantation and induces reactive oxygen species and causes organ damage. Although the effectiveness of hydrogen…2020 American Transplant Congress
A Hybrid Data Envelopment Analysis-Artificial Neural Network (DEANN) Technique for Extrapolating the Evolution of Kidney Transplant Patients
*Purpose: The current study introduces a hybrid Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) - Artificial Neural Network (ANN) technique to extrapolate the evolution of transplant patients based…2020 American Transplant Congress
Efficacy Of CMV Prophylaxis In Liver Transplant Recipients
Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT
*Purpose: Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a ubiquitous beta herpesvirus present in the human population at rates between 30% and 90%. It can be transmitted via…2020 American Transplant Congress
Ready for Transplantation: Getting the Right Messages Across at the Right Time
*Purpose: Successful outcomes post-transplantation demands significant commitment from patients therefore it is crucial that they have a good understanding of what is involved. Our pharmacist…
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