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Articles tagged "African-American"

  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Ethnic and Age Disparities in Outcomes among Liver Transplant Waitlist Candidates

    M. Mustian,1 S. Gray,1 B. Shelton,1 R. Reed,1 P. MacLennan,1 J. White,1 D. Eckhoff,1 R. Allman,2 J. Locke.1

    1University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham; 2Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington DC.

    Background: Despite the increasing prevalence of end-stage liver disease (ESLD) in older adults, there is no consensus to determine suitability for liver transplantation (LT) in…
  • 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

    Trends of Racial and Education Disparity in Post-Kidney-Transplant Graft Survival and Patient Survival: Do Different Metrics Lead to Different Conclusions?

    M. Garber, K. Ross, R. Hamoda, L. Plantinga, R. Patzer.

    Emory University, Atlanta.

    Background: Monitoring trends in racial and socioeconomic disparity in disease outcomes is a Healthy People 2020 priority. For some chronic disease outcomes, such as cancer…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Living Donor Renal Transplantation in Adult Renal Transplant Recipients Varies Markedly across UNOS Networks

    A. Brar,1 A. Gruessner,1 M. Salifu,1 R. Gruessner,2 N. Sumrani,2 D. John,2 F. Tedla.1

    1Department of Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY; 2Department of Surgery, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.

    Background: Outcome after living donor kidney transplantation (LD) is significantly better than after deceased donor transplantation (DD). Disparities in access to living donor renal transplantation…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Comparison of Outcomes in African-American and White Primary Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Matched-Pair Analysis

    F. Tedla, A. Brar, D. John, N. Sumrani, R. Gruessner, A. Gruessner, M. Salifu.

    SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.

    Background: Racial differences in clinical and sociodemographic characteristics have been well recognized. This study aims to assess outcomes in African-American (AA) and white primary deceased…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Rates of Posttransplant Cutaneous Disease Differ between Black and White Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

    R. Allawh,1 K. Nadhan,1 A. Doyle,2 M. Harhay,3 C. Chung.1

    1Dermatology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; 2Internal Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; 3Internal Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.

    Background: Immunosuppression (IS) results in heightened risk of developing posttransplant cutaneous complications. Black solid organ transplant recipients (OTRs), who often receive higher doses of IS…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of Aberrant Post-Transplant Laboratory and Blood Pressure Values on Graft Survival and Racial Disparities in Kidney Transplant

    D. Taber, Z. Su, J. Fleming, N. Pilch, A. Posadas, V. Rao, P. Mauldin, D. Dubay.

    MUSC, Charleston, SC.

    Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the impact of post-transplant lab and blood pressure (BP) clinical data on graft survival and racial…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Living Kidney Donors: Battling High Attrition Rates During Evaluation Process.

    J. Verbesey, A. Bacigalupo, A. Gilbert, A. Li, C. Zuttermeister, M. Grafals, J. Moore, B. Javaid, P. Abrams, S. Ghasemian, M. Cooper.

    MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington DC

    With an ever increasing kidney waiting list, a major goal is to expand living donor transplantation (LD). LD increases volume and provides higher quality, longer…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Change in Mycophenolate and Tacrolimus Exposure by Transplant Vintage and Race.

    K. Soliman, A. Posadas Salas, D. Taber.

    Transplant, MUSC, Charleston, SC

    There is strong evidence that both tacrolimus (FK) and mycophenolate (MMF) have improved outcomes in kidney transplantation; yet, the impact of exposure of these immunosuppressants…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Just Keeps Getting Worse: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Live Donor Kidney Transplantation in the US Over the Last Twenty Years.

    T. Purnell,1 X. Luo,1 L. Kucirka,1 M. Henderson,1 E. Gordon,2 L. Boulware,3 D. Segev.1

    1Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore; 2Northwestern University, Chicago; 3Duke University, Durham

    Over the past two decades, there has been increased attention and efforts to reduce racial/ethnic disparities in access to live donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) in…
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