2016 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Listing Prescription Narcotic Use: Survival Implications in Liver Transplantation.
Narcotic use among liver transplant (LTX) candidates is common. However, the survival implications and intensity of use are not well understood.We integrated national SRTR data…2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes Following Appendectomy in Liver Transplant Recipients.
Surgery, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore.
Studies on outcomes following appendectomy in liver transplant (LT) recipients have been limited to case series. This study investigates early postoperative outcomes following laparoscopic (lap)…2016 American Transplant Congress
Positive Impact of a Pilot Pharmacist-Run Diabetes Pharmacotherapy Clinic in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients.
Background: Post-transplant diabetes mellitus (PTDM) can lead to significant morbidity and cardiovascular death with a functioning graft. A paucity of literature exists regarding glycemic control…2016 American Transplant Congress
Geographic Variation in Liver Supply and Demand.
Purpose: To characterize the balance of supply and demand for deceased donor livers in the current Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) regions and in…2016 American Transplant Congress
Prospective Investigation of the Reliability and Validity of the Live Donor Assessment Tool (LDAT).
Recanati Miller Transplantation Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY.
Purpose: The LDAT was the first psychosocial assessment instrument developed to standardize the live donor (LD) psychosocial evaluation (PsychE). Previously, it was found to be…2016 American Transplant Congress
Predicting Survival to Listing for Liver Transplantation: Do MELD and Race Interact?
Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit.
Minimal research has been focused on the evaluation process for liver transplant listing. The purpose of this study was to examine whether evaluation MELD score…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Share 35 on Liver Allocation and Utilization: One DSA's Experience.
LifeShare of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK.
Background: In June 2013, U.S. liver allocation changed from a local-regional-national model to “Share 35”, broadening sharing to a regional level based upon recipient MELD…2016 American Transplant Congress
A Pilot Study of Donor: A Smart Phone Application for Identifying Live Kidney and Liver Donors.
Background: With over 100,000 candidates waiting, rates of deceased donation stagnant, and only 17,000 Kidney and liver transplants a year, live donor transplantation may represent…2016 American Transplant Congress
Psychiatric Characteristics of Acute Liver Failure Patients: Acetaminophen Overdose versus Other Etiologies.
Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit.
Scant research exists on the psychiatric history of patients with acute liver failure (ALF) presenting for liver transplantation. This study compared psychiatric profiles of patients…2016 American Transplant Congress
Skipping Comparable Local Waitlist Candidates Under Share 35.
1Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; 2Mathematics, US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD.
Under Share-35, deceased donor (DD) livers are offered regionally to candidates with MELD≥35 before locally to lower MELD candidates. The characteristics and outcomes of local…
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