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…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…
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