2020 American Transplant Congress
Measuring and Monitoring Equity in Access to Deceased Donor Lung Transplants among Lung Registrations
*Purpose: In 2018, the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) published a methodology to measure equity in access to deceased donor kidney transplantation that has…2020 American Transplant Congress
Improved Platelet Sequestration with Humanization of Von Willebrand Factor in Pig Xenogeneic Lung Perfusion Model
*Purpose: Von Willebrand factor (vWF) is an important element of hemostasis and when activated, mediates platelet adhesion and promotes platelet aggregation under shear stress conditions.…2020 American Transplant Congress
Effects of Subnormothermic Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion on Inflammatory Injury in a Murine Lung Transplant Model
*Purpose: Ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) has emerged as a technique that safely preserve lungs prior to transplantation. Recent evidence demonstrates increased levels of inflammatory…2020 American Transplant Congress
Comparative Analysis of Risk Factors and Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Lung Cancer and Those with No Malignancy: UNOS Data Set
*Purpose: Transplant recipients are at increased risk for malignancy. Patients who develop cancer after transplant have worse outcomes, especially those with lung cancer. Transplant-related risk…2020 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of SUBA-Itraconazole Use in Lung Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: Itraconazole (IT) is commonly used after lung transplant for fungal prophylaxis, particularly in those with a history of skin cancer, concern for Histoplasmosis infection,…2020 American Transplant Congress
Alternate Triazole Therapy for Breakthrough Invasive Fungal Disease in Lung Transplant Recipients on Triazole Prophylaxis
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Invasive fungal diseases (IFD) are a leading cause of infection related morbidity and mortality in lung transplant (LT) recipients. Data regarding outcomes of breakthrough…2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of the 2015 LAS Revisions on Lung Candidates with Pulmonary Vascular Disease
1UNOS, Richmond, VA, 2University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: On February 19, 2015 a major revision to the Lung Allocation Score (LAS) was implemented with the goal of more accurately reflecting waitlist urgency…2020 American Transplant Congress
Is Total Ischemic Time a Measure of OPTN Efficiency? Monitoring the Impact of Lung Allocation Policy on Ischemic Time
*Purpose: There is concern that the shift to circle based organ allocation policy may increase coordination costs. Within both public comment and the peer reviewed…2020 American Transplant Congress
Monitoring the Removal of Donation Service Area from Lung Allocation
*Purpose: In 2017 the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) altered US lung allocation policy by replacing the donor service area (DSA) with a 250…2020 American Transplant Congress
Green Channel of Human Organ Transport (GCHOT) Improved the Utilization Rate of Chinese Citizens’ Donated Lungs: A Single-Center Data Analysis
Wuxi Lung Transplant Center, Wuxi, China
*Purpose: Lung transplantation in China has been developing for over forty years. Wuxi lung transplant center has the largest lung transplant (LT) volume nationwide. It…
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