2018 American Transplant Congress
Gender Disparities in Need for Dialysis, Access to the Renal Transplant Waitlist and Renal Transplant Survival
A patient with chronic kidney disease undergoes several transition phases, such as start of dialysis, the placement on the transplant waiting list and finally renal…2018 American Transplant Congress
Validation of Edmonton Symptom Assessment Survey in Kidney Transplant Recipients (KTR)
Multi-Organ Transplant Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Background: Patient-reported outcomes provide important information about symptom and illness experience of patients with chronic medical conditions. The Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) is a…2018 American Transplant Congress
National Survey of Living Donor Coordinators to Identify Barriers to Living Donation
Purpose: Living donor coordinators (LDC) are the frontline healthcare providers for potential living kidney donors. However, there is limited research regarding LDC perceptions of barriers…2018 American Transplant Congress
Predictors of Kidney Transplant Recipient Readmissions
Glickman Urology and Nephrology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland.
Introduction: Readmission rates for kidney transplant recipients is high and widely variable with a range of 18-47% nationwide. We aimed to characterize kidney transplant patients…2018 American Transplant Congress
Is Age a Potential Barrier to Pursuing Living Donor Kidney Transplant (LDKT)?
BackgroundThe incidence of end stage kidney disease (ESKD) among older adults (65+) is increasing. Living Donor Kidney Transplant (LDKT) may provide improved outcome even for…2018 American Transplant Congress
Validating Molecular Microscope Readings and Estimating Agreement with Histology
We previously described a microarray diagnostic system (MMDx) for rejection in 1208 kidney transplant biopsies (J. Reeve et al. JCI Insight 2 (12), 2017). The…2018 American Transplant Congress
Virtual Encounters: Robust Methods to Manage Your Active Waitlist
Transplant, MUSC, Charleston, SC.
Introduction: The ability to ensure all patients are transplant ready and do not have outstanding issues that would diminish post-transplant outcomes is challenging with an…2018 American Transplant Congress
A Theoretical Framework to Explain Factors That Impact Completion of the Medical Evaluation Process for African American (AA) End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Patient
Black/African Americans (B/AA) are less likely to seek kidney transplantation or complete the pre-transplant medical evaluation despite higher prevalence rates of end-stage renal disease (ESRD).…2018 American Transplant Congress
National Survey of Living Donor Program Educational Components and Resources
Purpose: Education about living donation (LD) has been identified as a significant barrier to increasing living donation. Little is known about how donors and transplant…2018 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Glomerular Filtration Rate Normalization to Body Surface Area on Donor Selection and Outcome in over 4000 Living Kidney Donors
1U of MN, Minneapolis; 2Houston Methodist, Houston.
Introduction: A donor GFR of ≥ 80 mL/min is a selection criterion. KDIGO recommends that GFR indexed to BSA should be used. Herein, we tested…
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