2019 American Transplant Congress
Organ Procurement Organization Surgeon Improves Utilization of Livers from Pediatric Donors
*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
*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
*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
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…2019 American Transplant Congress
Non-Immunologic Donor-Recipient Pairing, HLA Matching, and Graft Loss in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation
*Purpose: In kidney transplantation, non-immunologic donor-recipient (D-R) pairing is generally not given the same consideration as immunologic matching. The aim of this study was to…2019 American Transplant Congress
Investigating Deceased Donor Kidney Discard Trend – An Opportunity To Expand The Donor Pool
*Purpose: As the number of patients awaiting kidney transplantation increases from year to year, centers must maximize efforts to transplant kidneys procured. One way of…2019 American Transplant Congress
Costs Associated with A2 to B Kidney Transplantation: A Barrier to Its Utilization?
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: In 2014 the updated Kidney Allocation System (KAS) allowed for allocation of blood type A2 kidneys to B recipients in an effort to ameliorate…2019 American Transplant Congress
Independent Risk Factors for Discard of Pediatric Liver Allografts
*Purpose: The aim of this study is to identify risk factors available at the time of initial DonorNet offer to predict discard of pediatric liver…2019 American Transplant Congress
Paradoxical Liver Simulated Allocation Model (LSAM) Projections for Changes to Waitlist Mortality under Acuity Circle Distribution Model
1Emory, Atlanta, GA, 2Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: In December 2018, the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) board voted to change liver transplant distribution from Donor Service Areas (DSAs) to a…2019 American Transplant Congress
Regional Disparities In The Transplant Rates Across Unos Regions Pre- And Post-kidney Allocation System Policy Implementation
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Geographic distribution of organs for transplant is a critical component of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) policies. However, there is no single…
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