2015 American Transplant Congress
Campath Induction With Triple Maintenance Therapy in African American Kidney Transplant Recipients: Less Infections But Worse Graft Survival
University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD.
Introduction:African American (AA) kidney transplant recipients (KTR) are at a higher risk for worse clinical outcomes vs non-AA. Strategies to improve outcomes in AA KTR…2015 American Transplant Congress
APOL1 High-Risk Genotype in African American Live Kidney Donors Is Not Associated With Post-Donation Development of Hypertension and Kidney Disease
African Americans (AA) with two apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) risk alleles have more kidney disease than compared to those with one or zero risk alleles. A…2015 American Transplant Congress
Controlling for Socioeconomic Barriers Reduces Racial Disparities in Transplant Pursuit
Compared to White dialysis patients, Black patients experience more socioeconomic barriers (SEBs) including higher financial insecurity and worse health insurance. To examine how SEBs affect…2015 American Transplant Congress
Socioeconomic Determinants of Racial Disparities in Access to Preemptive Live Donor Kidney Transplantation
Racial/ethnic minorities have less access to preemptive live donor kidney transplantation (PLDKT) than whites. Our objective was to examine determinants of racial/ethnic disparities in PLDKTs…2015 American Transplant Congress
A Critical Analysis of the Impact of Socioeconomic Status on Racial Disparities in Kidney Transplantation
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
Socioeconomic status (SES) is a significant determinant of health outcomes and may be an important component of racial disparities in kidney transplantation (KTX). While the…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Role of Hemodialysis Social Networks in Transplantation: Five Year Follow Up of an Urban Hemodialysis Cohort
Nephrology, Hypertension, and Kidney Transplantation, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
Background: Racial and socioeconomic disparities are well known barriers to kidney transplantation (KT), especially among minority populations. Emerging evidence suggests social networks exist within hemodialysis…2015 American Transplant Congress
Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Association Between Hospitalization and Kidney Transplantation Among Waitlisted End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Patients: A Multi-Level Mixed Modeling Approach
Background: Racial disparities in access to kidney transplantation exist among End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) patients, even after placement on the deceased donor waitlist. One…2015 American Transplant Congress
Thymoglobulin Versus IL2RA: Three Year Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial
Transplant, MUSC, Charleston, SC.
This is a three year follow-up of a prospective, randomized controlled trial (RCT) to determine the safety and efficacy of induction with rabbit antithymocyte globulin…2015 American Transplant Congress
Analysis of Patient Refusals for Transplantation
Disparities in access to the kidney transplant wait list have been described for women, African Americans (AAs), and the elderly. However, few data are available…2015 American Transplant Congress
Identifying Predictors of Organ Donation Among African-American Men
Objective: The growth of the national transplant waiting list continues to far outpace the number of available organs, particularly among African Americans (AA). This study…
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