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Articles tagged "African-American"

  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Predicting Survival to Listing for Liver Transplantation: Do MELD and Race Interact?

    M. Jesse, E. Goldstein, N. Rebhan, C.-X. Ho, T. Macaulay, M. Bebanic, L. Shkokani, D. Moonka, M. Abouljoud, A. Yoshida.

    Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit.

    Minimal research has been focused on the evaluation process for liver transplant listing. The purpose of this study was to examine whether evaluation MELD score…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Survival Benefit of Kidney Transplantation in US Adults with Sickle Cell Nephropathy.

    T. Purnell, X. Luo, S. Bae, A. Massie, D. Segev.

    Johns Hopkins, Baltimore.

    End-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients with sickle cell nephropathy (SCN) are less likely to receive a kidney transplant (KT) than ESRD patients without SCN. Comparing…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Geographic Differences in Racial Disparity Reduction in Kidney Transplant Rates Before and After the New Kidney Allocation System.

    R. Patzer,1 T. Melanson,1 M. Basu,1 L. Plantinga,1 L. McPherson,1 S. Mohan,2 J. Gander,1 D. Howard,1 S. Pastan.1

    1Emory University, Atlanta; 2Columbia University, New York.

    Background: Prior to the new kidney allocation system (KAS) implemented 12/4/2014, significant African American (AA) vs. white racial disparities existed in access to kidney transplantation…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Implicit Bias in Dialysis Providers' Transplant Education Practices for Low-Income and Racial/Ethnic Minority Patients.

    C. Gonzalez,1,2 A.-M. McSorley,1 J. Peipert,1 K. Norris,1 C. Goalby,1 L. Peace,3 P. Lutz,3 A. Waterman.1

    1University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; 2Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, CA; 3University of Missouri, Columbia, Columbia, MO.

    Low-income or racial/ethnic minority dialysis patients (low-income/minority) are less likely to receive transplant education and, ultimately, kidney transplant. We conducted a mixed-methods study with 4…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Subtype-Compatible (A2/A2B–>B) Transplantation Under KAS Increases Access 3-Fold for Blood Type B Patients, yet Very Few Candidates Are Listed as Eligible.

    D. Stewart,1 W. Cherikh,1 A. Kucheryavaya,1 C. Bryan,2 N. Turgeon,3 M. Aeder.4

    1UNOS, Richmond, VA; 2Midwest Transplant Network, Westwood, KS; 3Emory, Atlanta, GA; 4Univ Hosp Case Med Ctr, Cleveland, OH.

    Background: Prior to the new kidney allocation system (KAS; 12/4/14), 8 OPOs participated in a voluntary policy variance permitting allocation of kidneys from subtype “A2”…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Evaluation of an Early Steroid Withdrawal Maintenance Regimen in African American Renal Transplant Recipients.

    S. Gabardi, M. Kim, R. Alsheikh, K. Townsend, A. Chandraker.

    Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.

    Introduction: Outcomes in African American (AA) transplant recipients are inferior to other ethnic groups. This population also has an accelerated decline in graft function after…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Black Ethnicity as a Risk Factor for Poor Kidney Allograft Outcomes Post-Transplantation.

    S. Tahir,1 F. Jackson-Spence,1 H. Gillott,1 F. Everson,2 J. Nath,2 A. Sharif.2

    1University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; 2Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

    Introduction: Registry studies, largely from the United States, have consistently demonstrated inferior outcomes for black patients undergoing renal transplant. A recent Canadian publication has challenged…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Induction Therapy in Low Risk African American Kidney Transplant Recipients: Donor Factors.

    F. Al Ammary,1 S. Bae,1 A. Massie,1 N. Dagher,1 E. King,1 A. Wiseman,2 D. Segev.1

    1JHU, Baltimore; 2CU, Denver.

    African Americans (AA) are at a higher risk of acute rejection and graft loss compared to non-AA kidney transplant (KT) recipients. Guidelines specify induction choices…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Early Steroid Withdrawal in African American Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Propensity Score Matching Analysis.

    D. Taber, M. Gebregziabher, T. Srinivas, K. Chavin, P. Baliga, L. Egede.

    MUSC, Charleston, SC.

    Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the safety of steroid withdrawal in African American (AA) kidney transplant (KTX) recipients.Methods: Longitudinal cohort study…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Outcomes in Black vs Non-Black Patients Administered Belatacept (Bela) or Cyclosporine (CsA) in BENEFIT-EXT.

    S. Florman,1 A. Durrbach,2 V. Duro Garcia,3 K. Calderon,4 U. Meier-Kriesche,4 M. Polinsky,4 H. Zhao,4 J. Medina Pestana.5

    1Mount Sinai Med Ctr, New York; 2Univ Hôpital of Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; 3Hosp Dom Vicente Scherer, Porto Alegre, Brazil; 4BMS, Lawrenceville; 5Hosp do Rim, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

    Studies consistently show worse outcomes for black vs non-black kidney transplant recipients. At 7 yrs post-transplant in BENEFIT-EXT (NCT00114777), bela was associated with similar graft…
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