2019 American Transplant Congress
Measuring and Monitoring Disparities in Access to Kidney Transplantation Associated with Being Listed for a Multi-Organ Transplant (MOT)
*Purpose: In 2018, the OPTN published a new methodology for measuring and monitoring disparities in access to deceased donor kidney (KI) transplantation (Tx) among kidney-alone…2019 American Transplant Congress
Multi-Organ Transplant Results in Lower Patient and Graft Survival Than Kidney Alone Transplant
*Purpose: Kidneys are the most common organ involved in multi-organ transplants (MOT). MOT candidates often receive priority access to kidneys over single organ transplant (SOT)…2019 American Transplant Congress
Single Center Deceased Donor Renal Transplant (DDRTx) Outcomes in Sensitized Patients after Implementation of the Kidney Allocation System (KAS)
Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY
*Purpose: Introduction of KAS in 2014 prioritized access to DDRTx for highly-sensitized candidates although it was unclear whether the outcomes would be acceptable in this…2019 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for Post-Transplant Outcomes in Living and Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation. An Analysis of UNOS Registry
Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: The Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score has been used for predicting waitlist outcomes in patients with cirrhosis. However, the post-transplant prognostic value…2019 American Transplant Congress
Lung Allocation Score Should Be Implemented in China
*Purpose: Lung transplantation (LTx) is an effective treatment for patients with end stage of respiratory disease. Two of the major candidates are patients with chronic…2019 American Transplant Congress
The Influential Yet Highly Variable Role of Biopsy Findings on Kidney Offer Acceptance Decisions: An Organ Offer Simulation Study
*Purpose: The use of procurement biopsies (Bx) to assess kidney quality is controversial. ‘Biopsy findings’ is an often cited discard reason, yet the association between…2019 American Transplant Congress
Changes in Kidney Offer Acceptance for Pediatric Candidates Post-KAS
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose:Stakeholders have expressed concerns regarding kidney transplant rates for pediatric candidates under KAS. To better understand what might be driving potential declines in access, we…2019 American Transplant Congress
The Immigrant Bonus: Non US Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients Have Superior Outcomes versus US Citizen Recipients. A Retrospective Study of 30,092 Subjects Using the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network (OPTN) from 1992-2015
*Purpose: In 2017, there were 19,849 kidney transplant recipients, and most of these patients were US Citizens1. There has been however, a significant amount non-US…2019 American Transplant Congress
Unos Analysis Of Deceased Donor Renal Transplant (ddrtx) Outcomes In Sensitized Patients After Implementation Of The Kidney Allocation System (kas)
Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY
*Purpose: Introduction of KAS in 2014 prioritized access to DDRTx for highly-sensitized candidates although it was unclear whether the outcomes would be acceptable in this…2019 American Transplant Congress
Unifying Interpretation of Molecular HLA Typing Data between the Solid Organ Allocation Match Run and Virtual Crossmatch
*Purpose: Virtual crossmatch compares a transplant candidate’s HLA antibody assay results to the HLA typing of the donor before an organ offer is accepted. While…
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