2021 American Transplant Congress
Early Review of Liver Acuity Circles Allocation
1UNOS, Richmond, VA, 2Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 3UCHealth, Aurora, CO, 4BSWHealth, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Acuity circles (AC) allocation was implemented on February 4, 2020, followed shortly by the declaration of national emergency for COVID-19. The goal of this…2021 American Transplant Congress
The Evolution of the National Liver Review Board
1UNOS, Richmond, VA, 2BSWHealth, Dallas, TX, 3UCHealth, Aurora, CO, 4Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: The National Liver Review Board (NLRB) was implemented 5/14/2019, establishing a national structure for liver exceptions comprised of three specialty review boards and a…2021 American Transplant Congress
Cellular Landscape of Steatotic Livers Revealed by Single-nuclei Rna Sequencing
*Purpose: Hepatic IRI represents a barrier to the use of available organs for transplant, particularly fatty livers. We aimed to discern the cellular subsets and…2021 American Transplant Congress
“A New Lease on Life”: Patient Perceptions After Early Liver Transplantation for Alcohol-Related Liver Disease
*Purpose: At some centers, alcohol-related liver disease (ARLD) patients, who are unlikely to survive six months without a liver transplant (LT), are selected to receive…2021 American Transplant Congress
Allocation Changes and Covid Effect on Waiting Time for Liver Transplantation
*Purpose: On April 30, 2019 the National Liver Review Board (NLRB) was implemented and patients meeting criteria for hepatocellular carcinoma exception points received a score…2021 American Transplant Congress
White, Older Men Are Less Affected by the Changes of the Covid-19 Pandemic
Surgery, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: This study explores quality of life and lifestyle changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic among pre- and post- liver (LT) and kidney (KT) transplant…2021 American Transplant Congress
The Rate of Hospitalization Among Patients with Cirrhosis is More Than Twice as High as Patients Over 85 Years
*Purpose: Cirrhosis is a common disease however it is understudied because population data on patients with cirrhosis is lacking. While the risk of hospitalization in…2021 American Transplant Congress
Severe Hypoxemia After Liver Transplantation in the Hepatopulmonary Syndrome
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Hepato-pulmonary syndrome (HPS) is a complication of liver disease with liver transplantation as the only curative treatment. However these patients can develop severe hypoxemia…2021 American Transplant Congress
Utilization of Living Donor Liver Transplant for Patients Who Travel for Transplant in the United States
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: We have previously shown that United States (US) liver transplant (LT) candidates listed at a single center (SL) are disadvantaged compared with patients who…2021 American Transplant Congress
Time-averaged Oxygen Saturation During Donor Agonal Phase is Associated with Post-transplant Hepatic Graft Survival
*Purpose: Livers harvested from donors after cardiac death (DCD) are subjected to a period of relative warm ischemia during the agonal phase. There have been…
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