2021 American Transplant Congress
Assessing the Accuracy of the Lung Allocation Score
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…2020 American Transplant Congress
Ethical and Financial Consequences of Incidental Radiological Findings During Living Kidney Donor Evaluation
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
*Purpose: Living kidney donation (LKD) provides a unique situation in that diagnostic studies are ordered on a presumably healthy individual. Literature has shown that preoperative…2020 American Transplant Congress
IM Naltrexone Post Liver Transplant for Alcoholic Hepatitis Patients to Prevent Relapse
Transplant Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
*Purpose: The number of patients requiring liver transplants due to Hepatitis C Virus is declining due to the new treatment options, and the growing number…2020 American Transplant Congress
Public Perceptions of ApoL1 Testing in the Context of Living Kidney Donation
*Purpose: We sought to assess the perceptions and attitudes about ApoL1 testing in African Americans.*Methods: African Americans (AA) living in the United States completed an…2020 American Transplant Congress
“By the Time They Get to Me, I’ll Be Dead Anyway” – A Mixed-Methods Examination of Treatment Education & Decision-Making among Patients with Varying Amounts of Pre-End-Stage Renal Disease Nephrology Care
*Purpose: The aim of this study was to explore renal replacement therapy (RRT) knowledge and decision-making experiences and preferences among patients with varying amounts of…2020 American Transplant Congress
Waitlisted Patients’ Preferences for Accepting and Consenting to Transplantation with Experimentally Manipulated Organs
*Purpose: Organ donor intervention research (“intervention research”) aims to increase organ quality and quantity for transplantation by protecting against organ injury and enhancing functionality. Given…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Use of Interviews to Explore the Public Attitudes on the Use of Imminent Death Donation
*Purpose: Imminent death donation (IDD) describes non-fatal recovery of a living donor organ (a single kidney or partial liver) prior to a planned withdrawal of…2020 American Transplant Congress
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Liver Transplantation in the United States
Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
*Purpose: Despite research into the effects of race, ethnicity, and insurance status in liver transplantation, disparities persist. Access to care even in insured populations endures…2020 American Transplant Congress
Validation of Ontario Marginalization Index Generated from 3-Digit Postal Code in Patients with End-Stage Kidney Disease
University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: This study validates the 2016 Ontario Marginalization Index (OMI) scores derived from 3-digit postal codes to enable its research use in place of scores…2020 American Transplant Congress
Determinants of Kidney Transplant Candidates’ Willingness to Accept Deceased Donor Organ Intervention Research: A Conjoint Analysis
*Purpose: Deceased donor organ intervention research (“intervention research”) aims to increase organ quality and quantity for transplantation by protecting against organ injury and enhancing functionality.…
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