2020 American Transplant Congress
Virtual XM Adversely Affects Access for Highly Sensitized African Americans Awaiting Renal Transplantation
1Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2Surgery, UT Medical School, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Recent UNOS policy proposals have changed kidney allocation from local Designated Service Areas (DSA) to geographic distribution areas of varying widths. Since crossmatch of…2020 American Transplant Congress
Center Effects Substantially Explain Disparities in Access to Kidney Transplants, Yet DSA Effects Remain
United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: The OPTN developed a novel methodology in 2016 to monitor equity in access to deceased donor kidney transplants (Tx) among waitlisted candidates. Results have…2020 American Transplant Congress
A Follow-Up Over Time to the Impact of Reactive Anti-HCV and HCV NAT
LifeShare Transplant Donor Services of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
*Purpose: A previous review from one U.S. organ procurement organization (OPO) concluded positive HCV test results yielded high rates of authorized/not recovered donors (ANR), low…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Link between Waitlist Mortality and Access to Transplant, an Imaginative Reality
*Purpose: Liver transplant waitlist mortality due to inadequate access to livers is the Achilles heel in liver transplantation in United States. This remains amongst the…2020 American Transplant Congress
Maximizing Utilization of Marginal Kidneys in a Small, Geographically Isolated Transplant Program: 10 Year Experience
Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, WV
*Purpose: The initial experience with the kidney allocation system (KAS) resulted in an alarming decrease in the number of transplants in our small and isolated…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Potential Significance of ABO Genotyping for Donor Selection in Kidney Transplantation
*Purpose: The ABO blood group system is clinically important in kidney transplantation, but ABO genotyping fails to attract sufficient attention in China. We identified one…2020 American Transplant Congress
UNOS Hard to Place Kidneys: Are We Working Too Hard?
Columbia University, New York, NY
*Purpose: Kidneys requiring more than 100 offers before acceptance are defined by UNOS as “hard to place," but many are suitable for transplantation. We sought…2020 American Transplant Congress
No Kidney after Liver Left Behind: An Analysis of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network “Safety Net” Policy
Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: Liver transplant (LT) recipients who develop persistent renal dysfunction face increased morbidity and mortality. These patients may be eligible for prioritization on the kidney…2020 American Transplant Congress
Racial/Ethnic Differences in Deceased Organ Donor Rates Over Time in the United States
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Historically, deceased organ donation rates have varied across racial/ethnic groups within the US. To address these differences, the transplant community has investigated select minority…2020 American Transplant Congress
Improving Consent Rate for High Kidney Donor Profile Index Kidneys
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Many deceased donor kidneys remain unused in this country. The UNOS formed Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Networks (COIIN) to tackle this issue, in which…
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