2018 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Elevated PSA, and Prostate Cancer in ESRD on Time to Transplant, and Survival
1University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH; 2Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
Introduction: Despite concerns for over-diagnosis and over-treatment from prostate cancer screeening, transplant centers perform it. We studied effect of Elevated PSA, and Prostate cancer on…2018 American Transplant Congress
A Calculator for Kidney Transplant Waitlist Outcomes under the New Kidney Allocation System
1HCMC, Minneapolis; 2SRTR, Minneapolis; 3Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
BACKGROUND: Outcomes on the kidney transplant waiting list vary markedly by region and patient characteristics, and the new kidney allocation system (KAS) changed the probability…2018 American Transplant Congress
Implementing Mobile Health Technology for Living Kidney Donor Follow-Up: Transplant Provider Perspectives
Transplant hospitals are required to collect and report living kidney donor (LKD) follow-up data at 6-months, 1-year, and 2-years, but fewer than 50% of hospitals…2018 American Transplant Congress
Quality of Life after Kidney Transplant in Andalucia (Spain)
Nephrology, Virgen de las Nieves University Hospital, Granada, Spain.
IntroductionKidney transplant remains the best option for patients with end-stage renal disease, offering patients a longer and more satisfying life. Quality of life, as defined…2018 American Transplant Congress
Cumulative Sum Analysis of the Learning Curve for Video-Assisted Minilaparotomy Donor Nephrectomy in Healthy Kidney Donors
Background:Video-assisted minilaparotomy surgery (VAMS) is a hybrid of open and laparoscopic surgical techniques, so has advantages of both approaches. Here we examined the learning curve…2018 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of Methenamine Hippurate for the Prevention of Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections in Adult Renal Transplant Recipients: A Single Center, Retrospective Study
Background: Urinary tract infections (UTI) are common in renal transplant recipients (RTR). Methenamine hippurate is a non-antibiotic drug that inhibits bacterial growth in the bladder…2018 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Registration Volume vs. Expectation: Impact of ESRD Burden and Outreach
United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA.
Overall trends in waiting list registrations prior to KAS have predominately monotonically increased, albeit with varied rates of growth, since 2000. However, as a result…2018 American Transplant Congress
Hard-To-Place Kidney Offers: System- Level Predictors of Discard
Background: Deceased-donor kidney discard rates remain high. Inefficiencies in the allocation of hard-to-place kidneys may be contributing to discard suggesting that system-level factors represent opportunities…2018 American Transplant Congress
Patient Attitudes and Perceptions of Using Mobile Health Technology for Living Kidney Donor Follow-Up and Care Management
Living kidney donor (LKD) follow-up is imperative to understand and monitor long-term outcomes after living donor nephrectomy, yet donor engagement with transplant hospitals post-donation remains…2018 American Transplant Congress
Differences in Pediatric and Adult Lost to Follow-Up Events for Heart, Kidney, and Liver Recipients
Background: Long-term follow-up data are necessary for accurate survival estimation. While the majority of heart (HR), kidney (KI), and liver (LI) transplant recipients (TxR) are…
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