2016 American Transplant Congress
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Impact of Computed Tomography Assessed Skeletal Muscle Mass on Outcome in Patients Awaiting or Undergoing Liver Transplantation.
BackgroundAlthough liver transplant outcome has improved significantly, the shortage of human organs remains prevalent. Therefore, strict patient selection is of paramount importance. Recently, low CT-assessed…2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of New Kidney Allocation System on Transplant Rates for Highly Sensitized Patients-Center Specific Study.
Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Aim: Our renal transplant program promotes transplant of highly sensitized patients (pts) through desensitization and listing only strong antibodies as unacceptable antigens (UAs). UNOS implemented…2016 American Transplant Congress
Share35 Liver Allocation Is Associated with Increased Early Graft Failure Rate.
Background: The implementation of Share35 liver allocation policy in June 2013 facilitated the increase in number of transplanted livers with less organ discards. Early analysis…2016 American Transplant Congress
Offering HCV-Positive Kidneys to HCV-Negative Patients on the Kidney Transplant Waitlist Is Lifesaving: Results of a Markov Model.
Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Background: Patients with ESRD on the transplant waitlist face substantial risks of dying without a transplant. Because 2/3 of kidneys from hepatitis C virus (HCV)-positive…2015 American Transplant Congress
Preemptive Deceased Donor Transplant With Kidney Donor Profile Index Scores Greater Than 85 Not Associated With a Survival Benefit
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Preemptively listed candidates for kidney transplant are a unique patient population with regard to marginal quality kidney acceptance as they are not yet dialysis dependent.…2015 American Transplant Congress
Consideration of the Futility of Transplant: 50% Mortality at 5 Years
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
Introduction: Transplant recipients are globally sicker at the time of liver transplantation (LT) in the current era. We sought to devise and validate a model…2015 American Transplant Congress
Changes in Acceptances Patterns Under Share 35
University of Texas HSC, San Antonio, TX; UNOS, Richmond, VA.
The Share 35 policy was implemented June 2013 with intent of directing to livers to the sickest patients with the highest mortality and presumably shortest…2015 American Transplant Congress
Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis as Indication for Liver Transplantation in Europe. Do We Choose the Right Organs for the Right Recipients?
Background:Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) has emerged to become the third leading cause for liver transplantation (LT) in the US and since 2002, it has increased constantly.Methods:We…2015 American Transplant Congress
MELD/PELD 35+ Candidates Benefit from Regional Sharing
Background: Based on a proposal from the Liver and Intestinal Organ Transplantation Committee, the OPTN implemented regional sharing for MELD/PELD 35+ candidates on June 18,…2015 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Living and Deceased Donor Liver Transplant Recipients According to the MELD Score
Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
BackgroundLiving donor liver transplantation (LDLT) has developed as an alternative to decease donor liver transplantation (DDLT) to overcome the critical shortage of deceased organ donations.…
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