2020 American Transplant Congress
Financial Feasibility of a Culturally Competent and Linguistically Congruent Hispanic Kidney Transplant Program
1Northwestern U Feinberg Sch of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 2University of Arizona, Tuscon, AZ
*Purpose: Relative to their representation on the waitlist, Hispanics/Latinos received significantly fewer LDKTs than non-Hispanic Whites in 2018: 5.0% versus 12.2%. In 2006, Northwestern Medicine…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Purposeful Reductions in Immunosuppression on Clinical Outcomes in Kidney Transplantation
*Purpose: Reductions to immunosuppressive therapy (IS) are often made due to infection or other IS intolerances, but little is known of impact of these reductions…2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Nursing Education on Organ Donation
1Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, 2Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, NY
*Purpose: Organ transplantation is the gold-standard for patients with end-stage organ disease. For organ donation to occur, potential donors need to be identified and referred…2020 American Transplant Congress
Identifying Optimal Recipients for DCD Livers: Minimizing Risks of Liver Transplantation with DCD Livers by Matching to Preferred Recipients
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Donation after cardiac death (DCD) livers represent a possible expansion to the donor pool, but are frequently discarded as they are associated with a…2020 American Transplant Congress
Livers from Donation after Cardiac Death (DCD) Offer – Accept or Decline?
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Given the shortage of deceased-donor livers, donation after cardiac death (DCD) provides an opportunity to expand the donor pool. Due to concern over the…2020 American Transplant Congress
Temporal Trends in Utilization and Outcomes of DCD Livers for Liver Transplantation in the United States
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Donation after cardiac death (DCD) livers represent a possible expansion to the donor pool, but are frequently discarded due to an increased mortality and…2020 American Transplant Congress
Infections in Simultaneous Pancreas/Kidney Transplant (SPKT) Recipients
*Purpose: Simultaneous pancreas/kidney transplant (SPKT) is indicated for diabetic patients (pts) with chronic kidney disease and represents the largest proportion of pancreas transplants performed. Infection…2020 American Transplant Congress
Incidence, Clinical Correlates and Outcomes of Pulmonary Hypertension after Kidney Transplantation: Analysis of Linked U.S. Registry and Medicare Billing Claims
*Purpose: To describe the incidence and mortality implications of pulmonary hypertension (P-HTN) in a large, national cohort of US kidney transplant (KTx) recipients.*Methods: We examined…2020 American Transplant Congress
Temporal Trends in the Incidence and Impact of Infections Following Kidney Transplantation
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Infections remain a major threat to successful kidney transplantation (KT), and are associated with a subsequent higher risk of mortality and graft loss. However,…2020 American Transplant Congress
Severity of Donor Acute Kidney Injury Does Not Impact Long-Term Outcomes in Deceased Donor Renal Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: Kidneys with increased donor terminal creatinine are frequently discarded. This study used national data to assess renal allograft and patient outcomes in deceased donor…
- 1
- 2
- 3
- …
- 116
- Next Page »