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Articles tagged "African-American"

  • 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…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Outcomes of Novel Coronavirus 2019 in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: Yet Again, Race and Payor Status Matters

    C. Huang1, M. Hemmersbach-Miller1, M. Goss2, N. Moreno3, A. Rana1, J. Goss1, N. Galvan1

    1General Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2General Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 3General Surgery, McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX

    *Purpose: By the early spring of 2020, the United States has become the global epicenter of the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Little is known if…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Genetic versus Self-reported African Ancestry and Kidney Allograft Outcome: Analysis of Two Large Multiethnic Urban Transplant Cohorts

    F. Zanoni1, D. Neugut1, S. Mohan1, A. Gharavi1, B. Keating2, K. Kiryluk1

    1Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Columbia University, New York, NY, 2Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

    *Purpose: African-American (AA) kidney transplant recipients (KTx) have higher risk of rejection and failure. However, it is unknown to what extent the inferior outcomes in…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Anticipated Observations: The Role of DQ Antigen Frequencies among Donors and Recipients in a Pediatric Renal Transplant Cohort

    S. Gattis1, R. George2, R. Liverman3, A. Serluco3, R. Garro2, J. Figueroa2, R. A. Bray2, H. M. Gebel2, H. C. Sullivan2

    1Emory Healthcare, Atlanta, GA, 2Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 3Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA

    *Purpose: Donor specific HLA antibodies (DSA) that develop in the face of donor-recipient HLA mismatches are well-established independent predictors of graft loss in solid organ…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Decision Support Needs for African American Kidney Transplant Candidates and Social Support Networks

    W. T. McKinney1, A. Hart1, S. Kurschner2, M. Bruin3, J. Zulema-Woodward4, M. Partin2, R. Patzer5

    1Nephrology, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN, 2Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, MN, 3College of Design, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 4Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 5Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

    *Purpose: Decision support tools to improve racial disparities in access to kidney transplant need to be relevant and tailored to underserved racial groups.*Methods: We conducted…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Improving Access to Transplantation and Outcomes for African American Patients

    D. Bekbolsynov, O. Ekwenna, B. Mierzejewska, J. Borucka, S. A. Khuder, M. Rees, R. Green, S. Stepkowski

    University of Toledo, Toledo, OH

    *Purpose: Black or African American patients are clearly disadvantaged in comparison to Caucasian patients both in terms of the access to kidney transplantation and post-transplant…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    HLA-DQ Plays an Important Role in Graft Survival in African American Transplant Recipients

    L. M. Rebellato1, W. Irish2, D. Leeser2, J. Tuttle2, C. E. Haisch2

    1Pathology, The Brody School of Medicine at ECU, Greenville, NC, 2Surgery, The Brody School of Medicine at ECU, Greenville, NC

    *Purpose: Our kidney transplant (KTx) program serves a medically underserved and racially diverse area of a southern state. The purpose of this study was to…
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