2017 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation Using Pediatric versus Adult Donor Grafts in Adult Recipients.
The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Background: The reported outcomes of adult liver transplantation using pediatric livers are largely controversial based on single center studies. We aimed to answer this clinical…2017 American Transplant Congress
Use of Hepatitis C Infected Organs for Kidney Transplantation: A Cost-Effective Analysis.
1Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada; 2University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Given that Hepatitis C (HCV) can be cured, organs from HCV+ deceased donors might be used even in HCV- recipients. However HCV treatment is expensive.…2017 American Transplant Congress
Treating Hepatitis C+ Patients Before or After Kidney Transplantation: A Medical Decision Analysis.
Some have recommended that HCV+ kidney wait list patients delay HCV treatment with direct acting antiviral agents (DAAs) with the option of receiving an HCV+/HCV-…2017 American Transplant Congress
Geographic Disparities in Access to Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant.
In 2015, SRTR was asked by HRSA to investigate geographic disparities in access to deceased donor kidney transplant. To account for the potential impact of…2017 American Transplant Congress
Zero-Time Biopsy of Potential Donor Kidneys to Aid Decision-Making: A 9-Year Single-Center Experience.
Necker-Enfants Malades, Tenon and European Georges Pompidou Hospitals, Paris, France
The added benefits of zero-time biopsy of a potential donor kidney on top of standard donor biological and clinical data to aid in the decision…2017 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation Beyond MELD 40.
Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
OBJECTIVE(S): Liver allocation is prioritized for the sickest patients; however, poorer liver transplant (LTx) outcomes are associated with increasing MELD scores. While MELD is capped…2017 American Transplant Congress
Race, Admissions, and Renal Transplant Waitlisting.
Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Background: We have previously shown that increased hospitalization while listed for renal transplantation is associated with excess waitlist mortality, reduced odds of transplantation, and inferior…2017 American Transplant Congress
Increasing Liver Transplant Waitlist Dropout for Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Widening Geographical Disparities: Implications for Organ Allocation.
Given the increasing incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and regional differences in liver transplant (LT) rates for HCC, we used the United Network for Organ…2017 American Transplant Congress
Is the Current Heart Allocation System Just and Fair for Blood Type O Recipients? – A Propensity-Matched Analysis of 34353 Patients in the UNOS Registry.
Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
Purpose: There is a known disparity between the waiting time on heart transplant (HTx) between blood type O and non-O recipients. This difference is mainly…2017 American Transplant Congress
Cultural Competency of a Mobile, Customized Patient Education Tool for Improving Potential Kidney Transplant Recipients' Knowledge and Decision-Making.
Patients with ESRD face a complex array of treatment options as a result of the revised kidney allocation system. Decision aids improve patient care through…
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