Articles tagged "Allocation"

2019 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Share 35 on Living Donor Liver Transplant Utilization in the United States: Analysis of UNOS Data
H. J. Braun, J. L. Dodge, J. D. Grab, R. Hirose, P. G. Stock, N. L. Ascher
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: In 2013, the Share 35 policy was implemented in the United States (US) to improve timely organ allocation to high MELD patients awaiting liver…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Pancreas Allograft Importation Should Be Fostered by Any Transplant Center Challenged by Excessively Long Waitlist Times
J. Torabi, J. P. Rocca, L. Lirano, Y. Azzizi, M. Ajaimy, C. Pynadath, E. Akalin, M. Kinkhabwala, J. A. Graham
Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
*Purpose: Pancreas transplantation is a durable option for patients with insulin dependent diabetes. However, geographic inequity has created a supply side problem for our region.…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Removing DSA as a First Unit of Lung Allocation: Preliminary Results
R. R. Lehman¹, K. Uccellini², M. Skeans³, M. Valapour³, E. D. Lease⁴, R. Daly⁵, K. M. Chan⁶
¹Research, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ²Policy, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ³SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴Univ of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁵Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁶Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: In an emergency action on November 24, 2017 the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) altered US lung allocation policy by replacing the donor…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes Of Single And En-bloc Pediatric Kidneys According To Kdpi
M. Sampaio, E. Lum, A. Gritsch, S. Bunnapradist
David Geffen Sch of Med at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: There is no consensus on whether a very young kidney should be used as en-bloc or single. We studied the association of KDPI in…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Eplet Mismatches on Kidney Transplant Outcome: A Single-Center Cohort Study
A. Senev¹, M. Coemans¹, V. Van Sandt², B. Sprangers³, D. Kuypers³, M. Emonds², M. Naesens³
¹Department of Microbiology and Immunology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ²Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Laboratory, Belgian Red Cross-Flanders, Mechelen, Belgium, ³University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
*Purpose: It has been shown that HLA-matching at classic antigen-level for HLA-A, -B and -DRB1 loci, provides benefits in matching and outcome after solid organ…
2019 American Transplant Congress
A New Risk Stratification Scoring System for Deceased Donor Kidneys and Suitable Candidates for Marginal Kidneys in Korea
T. Koo¹, J. Ryu¹, S. Park², S. Lee², J. Hwang², C. Ahn³, J. Yang¹
¹Transplantation Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: The dichotomous criteria for expanded criteria donor (ECD) vs. standard criteria donor (SCD) have been useful for making decisions about accepting deceased donor kidney…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Organ Procurement Organization Surgeon Improves Utilization of Livers from Pediatric Donors
M. MacConmara¹, J. Reese², T. Anthony², A. Aqul³, S. Hanish¹, P. Vagefi¹, D. Desai¹, C. Hwang¹
¹Surgery (Division of Surgical Transplantation)I, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²Southwest Transplant Alliance, Dallas, TX, ³Childrens Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Pediatric liver transplant centers tend to send their own procurement team for organ assessment and recovery. TXSB organ procurement organization (OPO) hired a full-time…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Effects of Major Liver Allocation Policy Changes on Waitlist Outcomes in Multivisceral Transplantation
S. Nagai¹, M. Rizzari¹, Y. Muszkat², K. Collins¹, A. Yoshida¹, S. Jafri², M. Abouljoud¹
¹Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgeryery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, ²Gastroenterology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Liver-intestine allocation is determined in the liver waitlist. This study aimed to evaluate effects of recent updates in liver allocation policy on waitlist outcomes…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Validation Of The Optimized Prediction Of Mortality (Opom) Machine Learning Model For Non-hepatocellular Carcinoma Candidates Awaiting Liver Transplant
L. Lau¹, X. Xie², F. Jia², P. D. Greig¹, T. C. Chan²
¹Multi-Organ Transplant, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Currently the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) is used to rank candidates for liver transplant in many jurisdictions. However, MELD does not provide…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Regional Differences in Transplantation for Expected Post-Transplant Survival Top 20% Candidates
S. Husain, K. King, D. Tsapepas, G. Dube, D. Cohen, L. E. Ratner, S. Mohan
Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
*Purpose: The Kidney Allocation System (KAS) introduced the Expected Post-Transplant Survival (EPTS) score for deceased donor kidney (DDK) candidates to improve organ-recipient longevity matching. Candidates…