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Articles tagged "African-American"

  • 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…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Gender Disparities in Kidney Transplantation Referral Vary by Age and Race in the Southeast US

    L. Smothers1, R. Patzer1, S. Pastan1, D. DuBay2, J. Harding1

    1Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 2Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

    *Purpose: Men (vs. women) are more likely to be waitlisted or receive a kidney transplant. Whether gender disparities exist in earlier transplant steps (i.e., referral)…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Living Donor Kidney Transplantation Racial Disparities Persist Independent of Social Vulnerability

    A. C. Killian1, M. C. McLeod1, B. Shelton1, R. D. Reed1, P. MacLennan1, H. Qu1, B. J. Orandi1, V. Kumar1, D. Sawinski2, R. M. Cannon1, D. J. Anderson1, M. J. Hanaway1, J. E. Locke1

    1University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital, Birmingham, AL, 2Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

    *Purpose: Living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) confers a significant survival benefit over deceased donor transplantation. Racial disparities in access to LDKT are well recognized, yet…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Gray on the Border: A Closer Look at the Gap in Access to Kidney Transplantation for Hispanic Americans

    A. Padilla, M. Mujtaba, R. Samper-Ternent, S. Al Snih, N. Perez, J. Fair, R. Kulkarni, E. Polychronopoulou, M. Kueht

    University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX

    *Purpose: Hispanic Americans have disproportionately reduced access to kidney transplantation that is significantly affected by longstanding cultural and geographical disparities. These disparities are multifactorial and…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Implications of Trends in Child to Parent Kidney Donation in Whites and African Americans

    N. Jean, S. Krishnamoorthy, Y. Kyeso, P. Cunningham, N. Murthy, R. McGill, M. Josephson

    Nephrology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: Racial disparities in access to transplantation referral, wait listing and transplant receipt are well described. African Americans (AA) receive fewer living donor transplants than…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Racial Differences in Tacrolimus Xr Dosing in De Novo Kidney Transplant Recipients

    N. Patel, T. Carcella, F. Bartlett, V. Rohan, D. Taber

    Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

    *Purpose: In May of 2020, our center was challenged with a nationwide shortage of tacrolimus IR, warranting implementation of a new de novo tacrolimus XR…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Donor Service Area Characteristics Impacting Liver and Kidney Deceased Donor Population

    C. O. Warren, A. Zarrinpar

    Surgery, -University of Florida, Gaiinesville, FL

    *Purpose: While there is ample evidence of racial and ethnic disparities in access to the waitlist, being transplanted, and post-transplant outcomes in liver and kidney…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Body Mass Index >35 Does Not Impact Kidney Transplant Outcomes or Health Related Quality of Life Despite BMI Class or Recipient Race

    D. A. Walczak1, E. Collins2, E. Benedetti1

    1Organ Transplant, University of Il Hospital and Health Sciences System, Chicago, IL, 2College of Nursing, Dept of Bio-behavioral Health Science, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: Kidney transplant [KTx] in recipients with BMI > 35 remains controversial and has not often been studied in recipients with BMI >40. There is…
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