2022 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Rates Increased with Broader Distribution of Deceased Donor Kidneys
*Purpose: The OPTN Kidney Transplantation Committee implemented a policy removing donation service area (DSA) and OPTN region from kidney allocation on 3/15/2021. In addition to…2022 American Transplant Congress
Allocation Based on Acuity Circles Decreases Waiting Time for Liver Transplant Patients
Stanford University, Stanford, CA
*Purpose: In February, 2020, UNOS implemented a new liver allocation system incorporating a combination of acuity based on MELD/PELD score and distance from the donor…2022 American Transplant Congress
Post-Transplant Outcomes and Financial Burden in Donation After Cardiac Death Donor Liver Transplant After the Implementation of Acuity Circle Allocation Policy
Division of Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: The use of donation after cardiac death (DCD) donor liver grafts has been increasing in many transplant centers after introducing the acuity circles (AC)…2022 American Transplant Congress
Impact of the Weekend Effect on Adult and Pediatric Liver or Kidney Offer Acceptance
Transplant Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Weekends may impose resource and manpower constraints on hospitals. Studies using data from prior allocation schemas showed increased adult organ discards on weekends. We…2022 American Transplant Congress
Access to Pediatric Kidney Transplant: The Impact of Mental Health Diagnoses and Social Determinants of Health
1Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, 2Pharmacy, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC
*Purpose: Limited and delayed access to kidney transplant (KT) has been associated with characteristics of adult KT candidates, including mental health (MH) diagnoses, negative social…2022 American Transplant Congress
Implications of Accumulated Cold Time for US Kidney Transplantation Offer Acceptance
*Purpose: Reducing discard is a current focus in US transplantation of deceased donor kidneys. One cause for the discards is the avoidance of protracted cold…2022 American Transplant Congress
Complex Donor Transfer and Organ Procurement Organization Collaboration to Reduce Ischemia Time in Combined Face and Bilateral Hand Transplant
*Purpose: We present a complex donor transfer protocol that places the donor at the recipient hospital prior to allograft procurement in order to reduce ischemia…2022 American Transplant Congress
Comparative Analysis of Liver Organ Offers Pre- and Post- Acuity Circle Policy Change in the US
*Purpose: With the intended goal of reducing geographic inequities, the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) and Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) transitioned to…2022 American Transplant Congress
Early Evaluation Of The Impact Of Change In UNet Organ Refusal Code Reasons On Us Transplant Center Organ Offers
*Purpose: On December 2, 2021 a new set of organ refusal codes was implemented in DonorNet. These new codes were meant to provide more relevant…2022 American Transplant Congress
Liver and Kidney Transplantation from Donation After Circulatory Death Heart Donors in the US: Better Early Outcomes with Normothermic Regional Perfusion versus Cold Flush
*Purpose: Donation after circulatory death (DCD) heart donation is increasingly common in the US. The two methods for DCD heart donation are normothermic regional perfusion…
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