2017 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplant Allocation with CMV Matching Reduces CMV Infection and Related Costs.
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is a major cause of morbidity, mortality, and shortened graft survival in kidney transplant recipients. Efforts to prevent CMV infection have traditionally…2017 American Transplant Congress
In Mid Wait Regions Shorter Height and Female Sex Confer Lower Probability of Liver Transplant (LT) Among Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC).
In the United States (U.S.) median MELD score at LT varies by region. Women without MELD exception have known longer wait times than men, which…2017 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of the New Kidney Allocation System on Living Donor Kidney Transplantation(LDTX) Among Patients in the Lowest Quintile of Expected Post-Transplant Survival (EPTS).
Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Background: Changes in deceased donor allocation policy may impact LDTX.The prioritization of patients in the top 20% of EPTS to receive deceased donor kidneys in…2016 American Transplant Congress
Informing Informed Consent for High KDPI Kidneys.
Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
The standard approach to informed consent for high KDPI (KDPI 86-100%) deceased donor kidneys (DDK) relies on anticipated graft half-life and may not provide candidates…2016 American Transplant Congress
Trends in Liver Transplant Rates and Waitlist Survival.
Long term changes in access to deceased-donor liver transplantation(DDLT) due to persistent growth of the waitlist, stagnant organ availability, and intermittent allocation policy changes have…2016 American Transplant Congress
Virtual Crossmatching Under the New KAS: Safely Bypassing a Physical Crossmatch When Allocating Kidneys to Highly Sensitized Candidates.
1Pathology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; 2Emory Transplant Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
AIM: On 12/4/2014, the OPTN implemented a new KAS for deceased donor(DD) transplants which, among many changes, increased priority for highly sensitized (HS) candidates (cPRA>98%).…2016 American Transplant Congress
A Visualization Software Platform for Managing a Kidney Paired-Donation Program.
A kidney paired-donation (KPD) program's aim is typically to maximize the number of transplants achieved via cycles among incompatible donor-candidate pairs, as well as chains…2016 American Transplant Congress
Traditionally Unacceptable Organs Promote Liver Transplantation in Patients with Long Waiting Times in the Share 35 Era.
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains the most commonly granted MELD exception (M/E). Share 35 has disadvantaged this population. We have developed a strategy to use traditionally…2016 American Transplant Congress
KDPI Outcomes and Discard Rates – The Contradiction of the U.S. and European Approach.
Dept. of Nephrology CCM, Charite Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Introduction: Only a few data exist on the KDPI in European patients (pts). We evaluated the influence of donor factors assessed by the KDPI on…2016 American Transplant Congress
Does Rising MELD Score Convey Worse Liver Transplant Outcome?
Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Since February 2002, the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score has been used to allocate liver allografts in the U.S. The aim of this…
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