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Articles tagged "Lung"

  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of the 2015 LAS Revisions on Lung Candidates with Pulmonary Vascular Disease

    K. Lindblad1, R. Goff1, K. Chan2

    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

    A. M. Placona1, R. R. Goff1, P. Shay2, B. Carrico1

    1United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, 2Health Administration, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX

    *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…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Simulation vs. Reality: 250NM as First Unit of Lung Allocation

    M. Skeans1, J. Pyke1, C. Lehr2, R. Lehman3, K. Uccellini3, K. M. Chan4, E. D. Lease5, R. Daly6, M. Valapour2

    1SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, 2Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, 3OPTN, Richmond, VA, 4Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 5Univ. of WA, Seattle, WA, 6Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

    *Purpose: In November 2017, the OPTN Executive Committee removed donation service area as the first unit of donor allocation, replacing it with a circle of…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    ­Pediatric Heart and Lung Graft Loss during the “High-Risk Age Window”

    J. Long1, J. Motter1, K. R. Jackson1, M. Kosztowski1, B. Orandi2, X. Luo1, K. Van Arendonk3, A. Massie1, E. Bush1, R. S. Higgins1, D. L. Segev1, J. M. Garonzik-Wang1

    1Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 2University Of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 3Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Campus, Milwaukee, WI

    *Purpose: Pediatric kidney transplant recipients experience a high-risk age window of increased graft loss during late adolescence and early adulthood (17-24 years), termed emerging adulthood.…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Waitlisted for Lung Transplant and the Role of Patient Travel Distance: A National Cohort Study

    W. Tsuang, S. Arrigain, R. Lopez, M. Snair, K. McCurry, M. Budev, J. Schold

    Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

    *Purpose: Among patients waitlisted at the 75 lung transplant centers in the United States, the role of travel distance on waitlist outcomes is unknown. We…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Retrospective Evaluation of Optimal Cmv Prophylaxis Regimens in Lung Transplant Patients: Analysis of Patient Outcomes Pre and Post Protocol Dosing Alterations

    J. Hunt, A. Nasar, R. Walia, L. Cherrier

    St. Joseph Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ

    *Purpose: Given the heightened risk of cytomegalovirus (CMV) following lung transplantation compared to other solid organ transplants, with minimal evidence based guidance specific to this…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    The Burden of Recipient Driving Distance and Post Lung Transplant Outcomes: A National Cohort Study

    W. Tsuang, S. Arrigain, R. Lopez, M. Snair, K. McCurry, M. Budev, J. Schold

    Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

    *Purpose: There are only 75 lung transplant centers in the United States, which leads to a spectrum of travel burdens among patients in order to…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Lung Transplant Outcomes after CABG

    S. Huddleston1, R. Aggarwal1, S. Jackson2, N. Lemke1

    1Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2Surgery, Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis, MN

    *Purpose: Prior coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) has been a contraindication to lung transplantation (LTx) due to increased mortality associated with bilateral lung transplant. We…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Outcomes of Adult Lung Transplant Recipients of Donation after Circulatory Death Allografts in the US

    W. S. Cherikh1, J. Stehlik2, A. Sadavarte1, D. Van Raemdonck3

    1United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, 2University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, 3University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

    *Purpose: This analysis was performed to compare outcomes of adult lung (LU) transplant (TX) recipients of donation after circulatory death (DCD) and donation after brain…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    The Impact of Removing DSA as a First Unit of Lung Allocation: Preliminary Results

    R. R. Lehman1, K. Uccellini2, M. Skeans3, M. Valapour3, E. D. Lease4, R. Daly5, K. M. Chan6

    1Research, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, 2Policy, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, 3SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, 4Univ of Washington, Seattle, WA, 5Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 6Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

    *Purpose: In an emergency action on November 24, 2017 the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) altered US lung allocation policy by replacing the donor…
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