2019 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Grafts From Donors After Circulatory Death Provide Comparable Outcome To Donors After Brain Death Without Intracorporeal In Situ Cooling
Sapporo City General Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
*Purpose: Donation after circulatory death (DCD) had been one and only source of deceased kidney donor in our country. The number of donation after brand…2019 American Transplant Congress
Effect of DSA-Free Heart Allocation on Children
*Purpose: On Oct 18, 2018, the heart allocation system changed to better risk stratify adult candidates, and a current project is underway to remove donation…2019 American Transplant Congress
Factors Associated with the Acceptance of Livers for Liver Transplantation: Validation of the Discard Risk Index in the Eurotransplant Region
*Purpose: In times of organ shortage it has to be better understood why available livers are not transplanted. This study aims to analyze factors associated…2019 American Transplant Congress
A Collaborative AI Framework to Improve the MELD Exception Request Policy Process
Research, United Network for Organ Sharing, Henrico, VA
*Purpose: A goal of organ allocation policy is to balance medical urgency with equitable access to transplant. MELD Exceptions attempt to ensure that patients’ medical…2019 American Transplant Congress
DOME: A New Strategy for Prioritizing Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients on the Liver Transplant Waitlist
*Purpose: Currently, adult HCC patients are prioritized for liver transplantation by receiving MELD exception points, determined primarily by time on waitlist without regard to actual…2019 American Transplant Congress
Policy Changes in Facilitated Pancreas Allocation Support Pancreas Utilization
*Purpose: In an effort to address the decline in pancreas transplantation, facilitated pancreas allocation (FPA) was modified August 16, 2016 from an opt-in system for…2019 American Transplant Congress
Estimated Post Transplant Survival Allocation: Not Just Better Kidneys, but Faster Ones as Well
*Purpose: Since 2014 the Kidney Allocation System (KAS) has used estimated post-transplant survival (EPTS) scores and longevity matching to prioritize patients with the best EPTS…2019 American Transplant Congress
One Organ Procurement Organization’s Uncontrolled Donation After Cardiocirculatory Death Program Increases The Donor Pool And Results In The Transplantation Of 254 Organs
Gift of Life Donor Program, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: To demonstrate that an effective DCD program can lead to an increase in the procurement of transplantable organs with satisfactory transplant outcomes from uncontrolled…2019 American Transplant Congress
Gender Disparities In Cirrhosis: New Findings In A Large Pretransplant Population
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: There is concern that female patients may suffer worse outcomes than their male counterparts while awaiting liver transplant. Studies on this topic often use…2019 American Transplant Congress
Identifying the Proverbial “Needle in the Arm” with Natural Language Processing
Department of Research, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Donors with a history of IVDU are associated with increased disease transmission risk; However, OPTN forms only request broad historical details relating to donor…
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