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Articles tagged "African-American"

  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Racial Equity in Living Donor Kidney Transplant: Center Variation and Opportunities for Progress

    L. M. McElroy, T. Schappe, S. Peskoe, V. Wang, D. Mohottige, C. D. Scales, J. Pendergast, L. Boulware

    Duke University, Durham, NC

    *Purpose: To estimate racial differences in living donor kidney transplant (LDKT) rates relative to patient, center and regional characteristics that may influence access to transplant.*Methods:…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Differences in Post-Liver Transplant Hospitalizations by Patient Race

    K. Ross-Driscoll1, R. Lynch1, J. Wedd2, R. Patzer1

    1Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 2Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

    *Purpose: Hospital admissions after liver transplant are common, costly, and associated with poor outcomes. While survival disparities are well-documented for Black liver recipients, little is…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Racial Barriers to Kidney Transplant After Listing, 2015 – 2020

    W. T. McKinney1, D. Schladt2, J. Miller2, T. Weaver2, J. Pyke2, T. Madhusoodanan3, A. K. Israni1

    1Nephrology, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN, 2Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis, MN, 3Nephrology, Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, MN

    *Purpose: We sought to evaluate racial disparities in access to deceased donor kidney transplant (DDKT) following changes to kidney allocation system (KAS) implemented in 2014.…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Outcomes of Post-Operative Plasmapheresis in African American Kidney Transplant Recipients with High Panel Reactive Antibodies – A Single Center Experience

    B. Valdepenas, M. Campara, J. Benken, C. Muran, D. Pierce, K. Heagler, P. DiCocco, J. Almario Alvarez, M. Spaggiari, I. Tang, I. Tzvetanov, E. Benedetti

    University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: African American (AA) kidney transplant (KTx) candidates are disadvantaged given increased immunologic risk and longer waitlist time. The purpose of this study was to…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Racial and Immunologic Disparities Impact Access to Repeat Kidney Transplantation Among Patients with Previous Failed Kidney Allograft

    B. P. Lovasik1, R. Zhang1, R. Lynch1, R. Patzer1, A. Adams2

    1Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 2University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

    *Purpose: The number of patients with a failed kidney transplant who are being considered for retransplantation is increasing steadily. However, disparities in access to repeat…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Disparities in Low Respiratory Vaccination Among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

    J. R. Felzer1, A. M. LeMahieu2, L. J. Finney Rutten2, Y. Juhn3, C. Wi3, R. M. Jacobson3, C. C. Kennedy1

    1Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 2Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 3Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

    *Purpose: There are many potential infections post-transplant, with influenza as the most common vaccine-preventable infection the first 5 years post-transplant. Despite effective vaccines, uptake is…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Social Determinants of Health Are Associated with Pre-Emptive Wait Listing and Do Not Fully Account for Racial Gap in Early Access to the Waitlist

    A. M. Zehner1, L. A. Cartwright2, T. Mupfudze2, T. Wilson2, A. Placona2, B. Carrico2

    1Research Department, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, 2Research Department, UNOS, Richmond, VA

    *Purpose: We leveraged a novel data linkage of candidate-level indicators of social determinants of health (SDOH) among kidney waitlist candidates in the United States to…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    The Implication of Donor Race on the Post-Liver Transplant Prognosis of Patients with Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: Analysis of UNOS Database

    D. U. Lee1, J. Han2, J. Kwon2, K. Chang2, K. Lee2, G. Fan2, N. Urranaga1, D. Maluf3, C. Bhati1, K. Shetty1

    1Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, 2Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, 3University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD

    *Purpose: Prior studies have suggested liver transplant (LT) recipients who receive their grafts from minority donors may potentially suffer higher rates of graft complications. In…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of Cyp 3a5 Genotype on Lcp Tacrolimus Dosing and Monitoring in Kidney Transplantation

    D. J. Taber, T. Carcella, N. Patel, F. Bartlett, A. Posadas, V. Rao, M. Casey, V. Rohan, D. Dubay, D. Taber

    Med Univ of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

    *Purpose: LCP Tacrolimus has a recommended de novo starting dose of 0.14 mg/kg/day in kidney transplantation (KTR). There is limited data on the influence of…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Disparity In U.S. Organ Donation And Transplantation During A Global Pandemic

    J. Buggs1, K. Dhanireddy1, A. Kumar2, N. Kemmer3

    1Transplant Surgery, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, 2Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 3Transplant Hepatology, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL

    *Purpose: Health disparities in the United States (U.S.) have become more evident during the pandemic with disproportionate death rates in Blacks and Hispanics (with and…
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