2022 American Transplant Congress
Variation Exists in Hospital Policies for Donation After Circulatory Death Within a Single Donor Service Area
*Purpose: The Joint Commission mandates that all hospitals have a donation after circulatory death (DCD) policy. Previous studies have demonstrated variability in DCD policy elements.…2022 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplant Recipient Gender and Race: Impact on Clinical Outcomes
*Purpose: Background. Health disparities are present in transplantation. This is a retrospective review of liver transplant (LT) recipients determining the impact of race/gender on early…2022 American Transplant Congress
Significant Improvements, but Consistent Disparities in Survival for African Americans After Liver Transplantation
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Despite improvements in survival for all races in the past twenty years, African American patients have worse liver transplant outcomes after undergoing orthotopic liver…2022 American Transplant Congress
No Difference in Graft Survival Among Low Socioeconomic Kidney Allograft Recipients
*Purpose: Low socioeconomic status remains a barrier in access and equity in kidney transplantation with limited data assessing post-transplant outcomes. Alternative options to transplantation include…2022 American Transplant Congress
Differences in Medication Adherence Between Preemptive and Post-Dialysis Young Kidney Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: The mechanisms underlying the superior graft survival associated with pre-emptive kidney transplantation, compared with transplantation following a period of dialysis, are unknown. Selection for…2022 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplant Professionals’, Recipients’ and Caregivers’ Perspectives on the Use of Precision Medicine in Kidney Transplantation
*Purpose: Kidney transplantation is the optimal treatment for end-stage kidney disease. However, antibody-mediated rejection can lead to graft loss. The use of Precision Medicine (PM)…2022 American Transplant Congress
Navigating the Ethics of Transplant Research Involving Newly Deceased
*Purpose: The most promising innovations for overcoming the organ shortage include novel organ sources such as xenotransplant and bioengineered organs. Studying these organs in mechanically…2022 American Transplant Congress
Financial Impact of a Culturally Sensitive Hispanic Kidney Transplant Program
*Purpose: Hispanic/Latinx patients receive disproportionately fewer living donor kidney transplants (LDKTs) than non-Hispanic Whites. [Institution name's] culturally targeted Hispanic Kidney Transplant Program (HKTP) was found…2022 American Transplant Congress
Center Variation is the Major Driver of Geographic Disparities in Access to Kidney Transplants Among Waitlisted Candidates
United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: The OPTN’s monitoring of equity in access to deceased donor kidney (KI) transplants (tx) among waitlisted candidates has consistently found service area (DSA) of…2022 American Transplant Congress
Use of Ancestral Genetic SNP Phenotyping to Define Genotypic Ethnicity in Solid Organ Transplant Patients
Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Transplantation research has mainly categorized ethnicity into four main groups African American, Caucasian, Hispanic, and Asian Pacific Islander. Our world has increased in admixure…
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