Articles tagged "African-American"

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
K. Newman,¹ S. Fedewa,¹ M. Jacobson,¹ A. Adams,² R. Zhang,² R. Patzer.^1,2
¹Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta; ²Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta.
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
N. Pilch, H. Meadows, D. Taber, J. Fleming, C. Mardis, S. Nadig, J. McGillicuddy, T. Srinivas, C. Bratton, P. Baliga, K. Chavin.
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
A. Reeves-Daniel,¹ A. Palanisamy,¹ G. Orlando,² J. Rogers,² G. Russell,¹ A. Farney,² J. Burkart,¹ R. Stratta,² B. Freedman.¹
¹Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC; ²Surgery, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem.
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…