2020 American Transplant Congress
Waitlist Times, Hospital Length of Stay, and Immediate Post-Operative Outcomes of HCV Positive Donors in HCV Negative Liver and Kidney Transplant Recipients
*Purpose:Introduction The advent of direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) has significantly changed liver and kidney transplantation for patients with chronic hepatitis C (HCV) infection. Successful and relatively…2020 American Transplant Congress
Increased Transplant Surgery Advanced Practice Provider Involvement Associated with Decreased Hospital Length of Stay and Readmissions Following Kidney Transplantation
*Purpose: Transplant surgery Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) are utilized to provide complex care to transplant patients. Daily responsibilities of APPs are broad and variable across…2020 American Transplant Congress
Increased Post-Operative Ventilation Time in Lung Transplant Recipients with Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction
*Purpose: Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction has been shown to be associated with increased morbidity in bilateral lung transplant recipients with pulmonary artery hypertension. It has…2020 American Transplant Congress
Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients with Cystic Fibrosis Receiving Lung Transplant with and without ECMO Bridge – A Single Center Experience
Pulmonary & Critical Care, USC, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: ECMO is a viable bridge to lung transplantation (LTx) for end-stage cystic fibrosis (CF) patients refractory to traditional medical support. We sought to identify…2020 American Transplant Congress
Textbook Outcome as a Composite Quality Metric in Kidney Transplantation
*Purpose: Textbook outcomes (TO) describe ideal patient outcomes following specific surgical procedures and are useful composite quality metrics for patients, providers and payors. We aimed…2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Center Volume and MELD on Textbook Outcome Rates in Liver Transplantation
*Purpose: Textbook outcome (TO) is a composite quality metric used in liver transplantation (LT) and defined as patient and graft survival > 1 year, length…2020 American Transplant Congress
Healthcare Utilization and Costs of Liver Transplantation for Alcoholic Hepatitis
*Purpose: To determine the healthcare utilization and costs of a liver transplantation (LT) for severe alcoholic hepatitis (AH) program.*Methods: We performed a retrospective healthcare utilization…2020 American Transplant Congress
The New UK National Kidney Allocation Scheme with Maximized ‘D4/R4’ Kidney Transplants: Appropriate Donor to Recipient Matching or System Overstretch?
Renal Transplant, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
*Purpose: The UK national deceased donor kidney matching scheme changed in September 2019, aiming to better match graft and patient survival. Donors and recipients are…2020 American Transplant Congress
Association between Pre-Transplant Frailty and Increased Length of Stay after Lung Transplantation
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Given the growing numbers of older lung transplant candidates, there has been increasing interest in using frailty assessment for risk stratification of transplant candidates.…2020 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for Early Multidrug-Resistant Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: How Impactful Are Donor-Derived Infections?
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate risk factors for early post-transplant infections by multi-drug resistant gram-negative bacilli (MDRGNB).*Methods: We retrospectively assessed the…
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