Articles tagged "Ethics"

2021 American Transplant Congress
Investigating Physician Outlook Regarding Living Donation Prior to Planned Withdrawal of Care
S. Rath¹, L. Washburn², S. Creden¹, M. Goss³, A. Rana¹, J. Goss¹, N. T. Galvan¹
¹Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ³McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX
*Purpose: The aim of this study is to assess the attitudes of physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners in transplant and critical care regarding Living…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Outcomes and Racial Impact of HLA Matching in the Australian Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation Program, 2000-2018
M. Gramlick, M. Heer
Department of Surgery, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, Australia
*Purpose: The Australian deceased donor (DD) kidney transplant program places a large emphasis on HLA matching despite a known disadvantage to ethnic minority groups. We…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Assessing the Accuracy of the Lung Allocation Score
N. Dussault¹, W. Parker¹, R. Jablonski¹, E. Garrity¹, M. Churpek²
¹University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
*Purpose: The Lung Allocation Score (LAS) relies on the performance of two cox proportional hazards models that estimate waitlist and post-transplant survival. These models were…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Psychosocial Factors Influencing Patients’ Decision Making About Upper Extremity Vca
B. Kuramitsu¹, J. Gacki-Smith¹, A. Ferzola², K. Vanterpool², C. Kunkle³, M. Hewitt³, A. Schultheis³, T. Riggleman³, J. Taylor³, C. Cooney², M. Levan², S. Tintle³, G. Brandacher², E. Gordon¹
¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
*Purpose: The informed consent process for upper extremity (UE) Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA) has yet to be standardized. Consequently, the information provided to patients about…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Noninferiority Outcomes Among Undocumented Immigrant Kidney Transplant Recipients in California
H. Ichii¹, N. Eguchi¹, E. Tantisattamo², U. Reddy², A. Ferrey², D. Dafoe¹
¹Surgery, University of California Irvine, Orange, CA, ²Medicine, University of California Irvine, Orange, CA
*Purpose: There are over 2 million undocumented immigrants (UI) in California, where currently, all individuals regardless of immigration status have equal access to kidney transplant(KT).…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Development of a Question Prompt Sheet for Upper Extremity Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation
J. Gacki-Smith¹, B. Kuramitsu¹, A. Ferzola², K. Vanterpool², C. Kunkle³, M. Hewitt³, A. Schultheis³, T. Riggleman³, J. Taylor³, C. Cooney², M. Levan², S. Tintle³, G. Brandacher², E. Gordon¹
¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
*Purpose: Upper extremity (UE) vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) is an innovative option for people with UE amputations. Individuals with limb loss commonly receive little information…
2021 American Transplant Congress
The Lived Experience of Older Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients: Reflections on Embodied Selfhood in Later Life
L. Kimberly
New York University Langone Health, New York, NY
*Purpose: Although the number of older adults who might benefit from kidney transplantation continues to increase in the United states, little is known about older…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Utilization of Living Donor Liver Transplant for Patients Who Travel for Transplant in the United States
H. J. Braun, D. Amara, A. M. Shui, P. Stock, R. Hirose, F. Delmonico, N. L. Ascher
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: We have previously shown that United States (US) liver transplant (LT) candidates listed at a single center (SL) are disadvantaged compared with patients who…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Geographic Variation in Candidate Listing Behavior Under the New Heart Allocation Policy
G. Ran¹, K. Chung¹, A. S. Anderson², R. Gibbons³, N. Narang⁴, M. Churpek⁵, W. F. Parker¹
¹Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²Department of Medicine, University of Texas San Antonio, San Antoion, TX, ³Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁴Department of Medicine, University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁵Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Describe and explain variations in listing practice among U.S. transplant centers in response to the new allocation policy.*Methods: We performed an observational cohort study…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Understanding Delays to Pediatric Kidney Transplant Wait-List Activation: Providers and Families Weigh in
C. M. Farkas-Skiles¹, A. Feinsinger², R. Pines³, A. D. Waterman⁴
¹Pediatric Nephrology, UCLA Mattel Children Hospital, Los Angeles, CA, ²Medicine and Philosophy, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ³Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, CA, ⁴Nephrology, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Since timely access to kidney transplant mediates mortality of children with kidney disease, we examined which factors most commonly affect providers’ decision-making to delay…