Articles tagged "Organ Selection/Allocation"

2022 American Transplant Congress
“ABO-Adjusted CPRA”: A Unified Metric for Immunologic Compatibility in Kidney Transplantation
L. Gragert¹, M. Kadatz², J. Alcorn³, D. Stewart³, D. Chang², J. Gill², R. Liwski⁴, H. Gebel⁵, E. Kransdorf⁶, J. Gill², J. Lan²
¹Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, ²University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³UNOS, Richmond, VA, ⁴Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, ⁵Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ⁶Cedars-Sinai, Beverly Hills, CA
*Purpose: Implementation of the kidney allocation system in 2014 greatly reduced access disparity due to HLA sensitization. To address persistent disparities among both candidate cPRA…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Disparity In U.S. Organ Donation And Transplantation During A Global Pandemic
J. Buggs¹, K. Dhanireddy¹, A. Kumar², N. Kemmer³
¹Transplant Surgery, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ²Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ³Transplant Hepatology, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: Health disparities in the United States (U.S.) have become more evident during the pandemic with disproportionate death rates in Blacks and Hispanics (with and…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Center-Level Variation in Transplantation Practice Following Acuity Circles Policy Change
A. Burton¹, D. Goldberg²
¹University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, ²Department of Gastroenterology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
*Purpose: Although early studies suggest that the Acuity Circles (AC) allocation policy has reduced disparities in access to deceased donor liver transplants (DDLTs), changes in…
2022 American Transplant Congress
The Association Between Renal Anatomy Data and Kidney Utilization
A. M. Placona, C. Martinez, K. McCharen, B. Shean, M. Stuart
United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Renal anatomy data, such as hard arterial plaque or discoloration, can be available as PDF attachments uploaded to DonorNet during the organ evaluation process.…