2022 American Transplant Congress
Improving Efficiency in Kidney Distribution: A Comparison of UNet Deceased Donor Criteria to Actual Kidney Acceptance Practices
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Efficient utilization of UNet deceased-donor criteria could help streamline kidney allocation by reducing the number of unwanted offers made to transplant centers. We compared…2022 American Transplant Congress
Changes in Health Equity Under Liver Acuity Circles Allocation
United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Acuity circles (AC) allocation was implemented on 2/4/2020 with a goal of removing DSA and region from liver allocation and sharing livers more broadly.…2022 American Transplant Congress
The Implication of Donor Race on the Post-Liver Transplant Prognosis of Patients with Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: Analysis of UNOS Database
*Purpose: Prior studies have suggested liver transplant (LT) recipients who receive their grafts from minority donors may potentially suffer higher rates of graft complications. In…2022 American Transplant Congress
Development of a Portable Device to Quantify Hepatic Steatosis in Donated Livers Using an AI Algorithm
1Computer Science, Stanford, Stanford, CA, 2Surgery, Stanford, Stanford, CA
*Purpose: An accurate estimation of liver fat content is necessary to predict how a donor liver will function after transplantation. This can be challenging at…2022 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes in Hepatitis C (HCV) Viremic Grafts to HCV Negative Recipients in Heart Transplantation: A Multicenter Study of Differing Treatment Strategies
*Purpose: Using HCV viremic grafts for heart transplantation (HT) improves donor supply and shortens wait times. However, treatment strategies are variable post-transplant. This study aims…2022 American Transplant Congress
Successful Kidney Transplantation from a Deceased Donor with Severe COVID-19: Undetectable SARS-CoV-2 in Donor Kidney and Aorta by Sensitive Molecular Testing
*Purpose: Kidney transplantation (KT) from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) positive donors has been avoided due to concerns for donor-derived transmission and possibility of the kidney…2022 American Transplant Congress
Healthcare Cost And Kidney Allocation In Liver Recipients With Kidney Disease
*Purpose: End stage kidney disease (ESKD) in liver transplant (LT) candidates is associated with worse survival. We sought to identify the predictors of ESKD in…2022 American Transplant Congress
The Role of Geography in Adult Heart Allocation Over the Last 5 Years
*Purpose: In the last 5 years two policies have impacted the role of geography in adult heart allocation including the 2018 adult heart policy which…2022 American Transplant Congress
Allocation Based on Acuity Circles: Effects on Pediatric Liver Allocation
Stanford University, Stanford, CA
*Purpose: In February, 2020, UNOS implemented a new liver allocation system incorporating a combination of acuity based on MELD/PELD score and distance from the donor…2022 American Transplant Congress
Medical Necessity Kidney Donation in the Treatment Algorithm for Nutcracker Syndrome: Transforming Pain to Altruism
Department of Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
*Purpose: Patients with nutcracker syndrome (NCS) are often presented with multiple treatment pathways, including interventional and surgical options. In those who elect native nephrectomy, consideration…
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