Articles tagged "Allocation"

2016 American Transplant Congress
Children Listed as Status 1B for Liver Transplantation Are Disenfranchised by MARS Therapy.
A. Bakshi,¹ M. Kueht,¹ A. Rana,^1,2 A. Akcan Arikan,³ J. Goss.^1,2
¹Surgery, Division of Abdominal Transplantation and Hepatobiliry Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; ²Surgery, Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX; ³Pediatric Medicine, Intensive Care, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX.
Acute exacerbations of chronic liver failure in the pediatric population require advanced ICU care in order to survive to transplantation (OLT). Often, the patients are…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Liver-Intestine Candidates Benefit from National Sharing.
E. Edwards,¹ A. Harper, D. Sudan.
¹United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA; ²Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC.
Introduction. On June 18, 2013, the OPTN implemented regional sharing of adult donor livers for candidates with allocation MELD/PELD scores of 35 and greater. As…
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99% and 100% CPRA Patients Since KAS: A Substantial Increase in Transplants with Strong Evidence of a Bolus Effect.
A. Kucheryavaya,¹ M. Aeder,² N. Turgeon,³ D. Klassen,¹ D. Stewart.¹
¹UNOS, Richmond, VA; ²Univ Hosp Case Med Ctr, Cleveland, OH; ³Emory Univ Hosp, Atlanta, GA.
Background: The Kidney Allocation System (KAS), implemented on 12/4/14, increased allocation priority for candidates with CPRA of 99-100%. Analyses performed on behalf of the OPTN…
2016 American Transplant Congress
3D-FLM (First, Last, Max): A Novel Summative Measure of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) Tumor Burden Predicts HCC Recurrence After Liver Transplantation (LT).
E. Nordstrom,¹ J. Dodge,² J. Gralla,¹ K. Campbell,¹ C. Palmer,¹ S. Biggins.¹
¹Univ. Colorado, Aurora; ²UCSF, San Francisco.
Risk of recurrent HCC post-LT depends on tumor aggressiveness, pre-LT HCC burden and treatment response while waiting for LT. Standard measures of pre-LT HCC burden…
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Increased Frequency of Post-Recovery Liver Reallocation: The Law of Unintended Consequences?
J. Orlowski, C. Muse, J. Whaley, R. Squires.
LifeShare of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK.
Background: In June 2013, U.S. liver allocation changed from a local-regional-national model to “Share 35”, broadening sharing to a regional level based upon recipient listed…
2016 American Transplant Congress
New Kidney Allocation System: Friend or Foe?
F. Cabeza,² A. Dejman,¹ A. Torres,³ J. Gaynor,² P. Ruiz,² D. Roth,² W. Kupin,² G. Burke,² G. Ciancio,² L. Chen,² R. Vianna,² A. Mattiazzi,² G. Guerra.²
¹Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Miami, Miami, FL; ²Kidney Transplant, Miami Transplant Institute, Miami, FL; ³Internal Medicine, Hospital San Jose Tec de Monterrey, Mexico D.F., Mexico.
BACKGROUND The new kidney allocation (KAS) system was implemented 12/2014 to increase recipient life years gained annually and facilitate the transplantation of harder to match…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Pediatric Split Liver Transplantation: Single Center Experience.
A. Elsabbagh,^1,2 C. Williams,¹ R. Girlanda,¹ C. Desai,¹ J. Hawksworth,¹ A. Kroemer,¹ C. Matsumoto,¹ T. Fishbein.¹
¹MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC; ²Gastroenterology Surgical Center, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.
Background: Split liver transplantation allows for expansion of the pool of organs for pediatric liver transplantation.Objectives: To assess overall outcomes in pediatric split liver transplantation…
2016 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Share 35 on Liver Allocation and Utilization: One DSA's Experience.
J. Orlowski, C. Muse, J. Whaley, R. Squires.
LifeShare of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK.
Background: In June 2013, U.S. liver allocation changed from a local-regional-national model to “Share 35”, broadening sharing to a regional level based upon recipient MELD…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Geographic Differences in Racial Disparity Reduction in Kidney Transplant Rates Before and After the New Kidney Allocation System.
R. Patzer,¹ T. Melanson,¹ M. Basu,¹ L. Plantinga,¹ L. McPherson,¹ S. Mohan,² J. Gander,¹ D. Howard,¹ S. Pastan.¹
¹Emory University, Atlanta; ²Columbia University, New York.
Background: Prior to the new kidney allocation system (KAS) implemented 12/4/2014, significant African American (AA) vs. white racial disparities existed in access to kidney transplantation…
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Do Highly Sensitized Recipients Benefit from the Immunological Advantages of Zero Mismatched (0MM) Deceased Donors (DD) Kidney Allografts?
N. Elfadawy,¹ S. Flechner,² J. Schold.²
¹Internal Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH; ²Glickman urological and kidney institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
HLA 0MM DD transplants have superior outcomes compared with outcomes for grafts with ≥1 HLA mismatches, but when past reports analyzed 0MM outcomes in DD,…