2016 American Transplant Congress
The Association of Life Expectancy by Resident Zip Code and Kidney Transplant Outcomes – What Is True Baseline Risk?
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
Many factors beyond traditional clinical risk factors and demographics are associated with outcomes in the general population. These include behavioral, economic, genetic and environmental risks…2016 American Transplant Congress
A Nationwide Analysis of Reoperation After kidney Transplant.
Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL.
ObjectivesWe aim to report the rate and short-term outcomes of patients undergoing reoperation following kidney transplant in the United States.MethodsThe NIS database was used to…2016 American Transplant Congress
Factors Associated with Mortality Among a Large Population of Patients with Cirrhosis and a Low MELD (<15).
Northwestern University, Chicago.
AimStudies suggest that certain patients with liver cirrhosis and a low MELD score (<15) remain at high risk for mortality. Current data is largely limited…2016 American Transplant Congress
Prediction of Patient Survival After Kidney Transplantation: Construction, Validation and Evaluation of Decision Models Using Data Mining Approaches.
Understanding the risk factors that predispose to death is important in order to deliver the most appropriate therapy to patients (pts) with kidney transplantation (Tx).…2016 American Transplant Congress
Hospitalizations for Cardiovascular Disease After Liver Transplantation in the United States: Epidemiology, Outcomes, and Costs.
Transplant Center, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix.
Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of post-liver transplant death, and variable care patterns may affect outcomes. We aimed to describe epidemiology, outcomes,…2016 American Transplant Congress
Age and Education Level Are Predictors of Patient Preferences for Educational Formats in ESRD Patients Undergoing Transplant Education.
Background: Health literacy impacts hospitalizations and mortality. ESRD patients have reduced health literacy due to a high proportion of lower educational background and socioeconomic resources.…2016 American Transplant Congress
Have We Gone Too Far Defining Performance Outliers? One-Third of Kidney Transplant Programs Now Identified for Low Performance within Three Years.
Transplant center report cards developed by SRTR are publicly available and utilized for regulatory oversight and insurance contracting. There are significant associations of performance oversight…2015 American Transplant Congress
Avoiding Futility in Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplantation (SLKT): Analysis of 331 Consecutively Listed Patients
Without well-established listing guidelines for SLKT, MELD prioritization of liver recipients with renal dysfunction potentially risks scarce renal allografts. We sought to evaluate short-term predictors…2015 American Transplant Congress
Preservation Solution Impacts Short- and Long-Term Survival in Orthotopic Heart Transplant Recipients
Objectives: To examine the effect of three commonly used preservation solutions on short- and long-term survival after orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT) using a large national…2015 American Transplant Congress
Examining Long-Term Survivors in Combined Heart-Lung Transplantation
The goal of this study was to determine variables associated with mortality in combined heart-lung transplantation (HLT).The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) database was…
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