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Articles tagged "African-American"

  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Racial Disparities in Cognitive and Social Requirements Prior to Listing for Liver Transplant.

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

    Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI.

    Guidelines for liver transplant candidates outline increased engagement of social supports in the context of patient cognitive impairments. However, there is little direction when limitations…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Racial Disparities in Perioperative Complications After Live Kidney Donation.

    K. Lentine,1 N. Lam,2 D. Axelrod,3 M. Schnitzler,1 A. Garg,4 J. Schold,5 D. Brennan,6 H. Randall,1 D. Segev.7

    1Saint Louis Univ, St. Louis; 2Univ Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; 3Dartmouth, Hanover; 4Western Univ, London; 5Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland; 6Washington Univ, St. Louis; 7Johns Hopkins, Baltimore.

    Background: The frequency and severity of perioperative complications after contemporary live kidney donation are not well-described.Methods: We integrated national U.S. live donor registry data with…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Attitudes Toward Living Kidney Transplantation Among Potential Transplant Candidates.

    K. Yu,1 S. Kulkarni,1 J. Gannon,1 P. Reese,2 E. Gordon,3 C. Thiessen.1

    1Yale U, New Haven; 2U Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; 3Northwestern U, Chicago.

    Background: Prior studies have shown that transplant candidates who are minorities and less educated are less willing to talk to others about living kidney donor…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Twenty Years of Evolving Trends in Racial Disparities for Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients.

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

    Med Univ of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.

    Objective: To determine if baseline risks and post-transplant outcome disparities in African American (AA) kidney transplant recipients have evolved over time.Methods: Analysis of 20-years of…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    The Impact of Non-Adherence on Disparities in African-American Kidney Transplant Recipients.

    D. Taber, A. Chokkalingam, A. Posadas, R. Browning, N. Salazar, M. Kamel, R. Pullalarevu, B. Kadri, T. Srinivas, K. Chavin, P. Baliga.

    MUSC, Charleston, SC.

    Background: Non-adherence is considered to a be a strong risk factor for graft loss in kidney transplant recipients, with conflicting evidence of its impact on…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Racial Disparities in the Evaluation for Liver Transplantation.

    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, MI.

    The majority of research on disparities in liver transplantation is on patients listed for transplant in the OPTN/UNOS database, not patients in the evaluation process…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Psychiatric Characteristics of Acute Liver Failure Patients: Acetaminophen Overdose versus Other Etiologies.

    N. Rebhan, M. Bebanic, A. Yoshida, T. Macaulay, E. Goldstein, C.-X. Ho, A. Eshelman, M. Abouljoud, M. Jesse, M. Rizzari.

    Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit.

    Scant research exists on the psychiatric history of patients with acute liver failure (ALF) presenting for liver transplantation. This study compared psychiatric profiles of patients…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Emotional Bonding in Recipients of Deceased Donor Kidney Transplants (DDRT): Associated Factors and Effect on Medication Adherence

    A. Cerrato, M. Salifu, M. Markell.

    Division of Nephrology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.

    The feelings of the kidney recipient towards his or her donor are complex and may affect behavior in the post-transplant period. We studied 152 DDRT…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Attenuating Racial Disparities in Kidney Transplantation Through the Use of Potent Immunosuppression Regimens

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

    Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.

    African-American (AA) kidney transplant (KTX) recipients have higher rates of graft loss, which may be partially attributed to higher immunologic risk. The aim of this…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Assessing Transplant Attitudes: Understanding Minority Men's Perspectives on the Multifarious Barriers to Organ Donation

    B. Hinck, B. Naelitz, B. Jackson, M. Howard, A. Nowacki, C. Modlin.

    Glickman Urologic and Kidney Institute - Minority Men's Health Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.

    African-Americans comprise 13% of the US population; yet compose 34% of the kidney transplant waiting list and only 14% of cadaveric donors and 11% of…
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