2018 American Transplant Congress
A Propensity Matched Survival Analysis: Do Simultaneous Liver-Lung Transplant Recipients Need a Liver?
1School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC; 2Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Objective: There is debate whether simultaneous lung-liver transplant (LLT) long-term outcomes warrant allocation of two organs to a single recipient. We hypothesized that LLT recipients…2018 American Transplant Congress
Are Donation after Cardiac Death (DCD) Kidneys Unsuitable for Pediatric Recipients?
Introduction: Despite the fact that the number of pediatric patients listed for kidney transplantation far exceeds the supply of deceased donor kidneys, there is a…2018 American Transplant Congress
Examples of the Observer Effect in Transplantation- Unintended Consequences of Regulation and Selected Outcome Metrics
Abdominal Transplantation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
Introduction: The influence of an observer on the phenomena being observed is designated as the observer effect. It is our aim to demonstrate that an…2018 American Transplant Congress
Significance of Antibody-Mediated Vascular Rejection (AMVR) on Graft Survival: Correlation with Pure Antibody-Mediated Rejection (AMR)
Introduction: The importance of the endarteritis on graft survival in recipients with AMR is controversial. Thus we aimed to understand the prognostic value of the…2018 American Transplant Congress
The Price of Diabetes Medication Management in Kidney Transplantation: Similar Rates of Readmissions, but More Healthcare Utilization
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
Background: The aim of this study was to determine whether changing diabetes (DM) medications during the index admission for kidney transplant (KT) is significantly associated…2018 American Transplant Congress
Patient Change in Residence and Risk of Readmission after Renal Transplant in the US
Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
To predict readmission post-kidney transplant (KTX-R), novel risk factors must be identified. We investigated the impact of a) neighborhood (zipcode) and its attributes and b)…2018 American Transplant Congress
Multidisciplinary Transplant Rounds: A Step to Improved Team and Patient Satisfaction
BackgroundMultidisciplinary communication (MDC) is critical for transplant patient (TXP) safety. We hypothesized that formal, scripted multidisciplinary rounds (MDR) would yield improved MDC HCAHPS scores (Hospital…2018 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Overseas Organ Transplantation on Outcome of Kidney Transplant Patients
Background.Kidney transplantation is an effective treatment option for patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD). Although there is a trend to decrease in overseas transplantation…2018 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of Anxiety, Fatigue and Depression in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients Using PROMIS Measures: A Pilot Study
Siragusa Transplant Center, Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
We screened for behavioral health symptoms in pediatric liver transplantation (LT) recipients to determine associations with lab measures of graft injury using the Patient-Reported Outcomes…2018 American Transplant Congress
Analysis of Patient Reported Outcomes for Patients That Received Living Donor Kidney Transplants
Purpose: Caring for subjective complaints is one of the most difficult aspects of any health care provider's job. These conditions in the transplant patient are…
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