2019 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes in Non-A1 and Non A1 B to B Deceased Donor Renal Transplantation Are Comparable to B Donor Renal Transplants
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: Blood type B patients wait longer to get deceased donor (DD) renal transplants compared to other blood types. On December 2014, the US national…2019 American Transplant Congress
Hepatopancreatobiliary Training In Transplant Fellowships: H And B, Maybe?
1Methodist Richardson Medical Center, Richardson, TX, 2Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: HPB surgery is an evolving specialty, but only about 15% of the active HPB surgeons have undergone training in a dedicated HPB program -…2019 American Transplant Congress
Lower Alcohol Taxes Are Associated with Increased Liver Transplant Listing
*Purpose: Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is a leading indication for liver transplantation worldwide with rising prevalence. Whether relationships exist between transplant listing for ALD and…2019 American Transplant Congress
Opioid and Benzodiazepine Use in Lung Transplant Candidates: A National Survey of Policies and Practices
*Purpose: The opioid epidemic has raised the question of how transplant teams should work with patients who are prescribed opioids. Benzodiazepine use has also received…2019 American Transplant Congress
Availability of Psychiatric and Chemical Dependency Treatment Services at US Hospitals Providing Transplantations
*Purpose: Comprehensive pre-transplant psychosocial assessment is recommended by organ-specific professional transplant (TX) organizations. Given the significant impact on TX outcomes of untreated psychiatric (PSYCH) comorbidities,…2019 American Transplant Congress
A Multi National Study Ofkidney Transplantation In Inmates
Keck Medical Center at USC, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Over 10 million inmates exist in prison worldwide, with United States accounting for over fifth of this population. The number of inmates with ESRD…2019 American Transplant Congress
An International Comparison of Kidney Utilization in the United States and United Kingdom: What Can Be Learned?
1UNOS, Richmond, VA, 2NHS, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: International discussions in 2017 about kidney “discard rates” between transplant (TX) professionals in the US and UK led to the realization that the two…2019 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation Of Workplace Environment In Transplant Medicine: Harassment Should Not Be The “Reality Of Life”
*Purpose: The recent increase in publications detailing discrimination and harassment in the medical setting has brought to light potential impairments of medical professional health and…2019 American Transplant Congress
Determining the Role of Insurance Coverage at the Time of Renal Transplantation as a Predictor of Medication Misadventure
Pharmacy, University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: To determine if patients who receive financial assistance through the American Kidney Fund (AKF) for health care premiums at the time of transplant are…2019 American Transplant Congress
OPO Aggressiveness Index: A Novel OPO Performance Metric That Incentivizes Pursuit of Marginal Deceased Donor Candidates
*Purpose: Of 2.5M deaths in the US every year, only 10,000 are recovered for transplantation; recovery of organs from older donors is rare although similar…
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