Articles tagged "High-risk"

2015 American Transplant Congress
Associations of Pre-Transplant Prescription Narcotic Use With Clinical Complications After Kidney Transplantation
N. Lam,¹ M. Schnitzler,² J. Tuttle-Newhall,² H. Xiao,² D. Axelrod,³ D. Brennan,⁴ V. Dharnidharka,⁴ M. Nazzal,² K. Lentine.²
¹Western University, London, ON, Canada; ²Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO; ³Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, NH; ⁴Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
Background: Associations of narcotic use before kidney transplantation with post-transplant clinical outcomes are not well described.Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of linked national registry…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Effect of 2007 CMS Conditions of Participation on High Risk Renal Transplantation: A Study of the United States Renal Data System
D. John, A. Brar, F. Tedla, N. Sumrani, E. Timpo, M. Salifu.
Division of Transplantation, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.
BACKGROUND: On June 28, 2007, CMS introduced new Conditions of Participation (CoP) for Transplant Centers- the impact of these regulations on adult patients at high…