2015 American Transplant Congress
Should Only Active Candidates Define the EPTS Top 20% in the New Kidney Allocation System (KAS)?
1UNOS, Richmond, VA; 2Univ Hosp Case Med Ctr, Cleveland, OH; 3Yale, New Haven, CT.
Background: The 20% of kidney candidates with the highest Estimated Post-Transplant Survival (EPTS) receive priority for a high longevity kidney in the Organ Procurement and…2015 American Transplant Congress
Emerging Strategies to Screen Kidney Offers Based on the Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI)
Background: In the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network's (OPTN) new kidney allocation system, kidney offers are screened by setting for each candidate a maximum acceptable…2015 American Transplant Congress
Broader Geographic Sharing of Adolescent Lung Donors Improves Allocation Efficiency
Allocating pediatric donor lungs to pediatric lung transplant (TXP) candidates results in better graft function. However, 87% of adolescent (ADL) donor lungs are allocated to…2015 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Donor Profile Index Variability in Donors With Dialysis Dependent Acute Kidney Injury and the Impact On Organ Allocation
Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) is calculated using 10 donor variables including terminal serum creatinine (Cr) and is used in the new kidney allocation system…2015 American Transplant Congress
Results of Broader Sharing of Young Pediatric Donor Lungs and Priority Allocation System for Young Pediatric Lung Candidates
Background. Two major changes for allocation of young pediatric (ped) lung (LU) donors and young ped candidates were implemented on 9/12/10. LUs from 0-11 year…2015 American Transplant Congress
Utilizing CDC High Risk Donors to Improve Outcomes in Liver Transplantation
General Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
Introduction: An under-utilized demographic in liver transplantation is the CDC high-risk donor (HRD). These individuals, considered at higher risk of blood-borne diseases, contribute approximately 9%…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of the New Antivirals Sofosfuvir/Ledipasvir on Liver Transplantation for Hepatitis C Cirrhosis
The approval of potent antiviral therapy (AVT) with sofosfuvir/ledipasvir (sof/ldv) for hepatitis C (HCV) dramatically increased cure rates (SVR) to nearly 100%. A recent prospective…2015 American Transplant Congress
Descriptive Analysis of Patients Who Travel Away from Home for Orthotopic Liver Transplantation
Aim: Given the current geographic disparities in access to liver transplantation (OLT), there is a segment of the population that may travel to different areas…2015 American Transplant Congress
Predicting Survival of Deceased Donor Kidneys from Children Under Ten
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Background: The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) has adopted a new allocation algorithm that uses a Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) based on 10…2015 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation in Children Using Organ Donation After Circulatory Death– An Analysis of the National Registry
Liver Transplant and Hepatobiliary, Cleveland, Cleveland, OH.
The waiting list mortality rate for children is higher than for adults owing to scarce availability of size-appropriate grafts for liver transplantation(OLT). There is a…
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