2021 American Transplant Congress
Sharing Under KAS – What is the Impact According to KDPI?
Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston Salem, NC
*Purpose: The new Kidney Allocation System (KAS) implemented in 2014 was designed to facilitate sharing of kidneys due to changes in prioritization of highly sensitized…2021 American Transplant Congress
The Association Between Environmental Determinants and High KDRI Organ Offer Acceptance Ratios
United Network for Organ Sharing, Henrico, VA
*Purpose: Increasing the number of transplants could be realized by increasing high KDRI organ utilization. While the impact of transplant center (TXC) aggressiveness and competition…2021 American Transplant Congress
Geographic Variation in Candidate Listing Behavior Under the New Heart Allocation Policy
*Purpose: Describe and explain variations in listing practice among U.S. transplant centers in response to the new allocation policy.*Methods: We performed an observational cohort study…2021 American Transplant Congress
Summary of the OPTN’s Policy and System Modifications in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
*Purpose: In April 2020, the OPTN made several policy and system modifications in response to the growing COVID-19 pandemic including updates to candidate lab data,…2021 American Transplant Congress
General Public Attitude Toward Vascularized Composite Allografts (VCA) Donation?
*Purpose: To analyze factors associated with affirmative authorization for VCA donation from public opinion.*Methods: KnowledgePanel is the largest online panel that relies on probability-based sampling…2021 American Transplant Congress
Panic in the Pandemic: A Medical Decision Analysis Examining When Kidney Transplant Programs Should Close
*Purpose: Pandemics greatly interfere with overall health care delivery as resources are diverted to combat the crisis. Kidney transplantation programs were closed temporarily during the…2021 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Acuity Circles on Deceased Donor Transplant and Offer Rates Across Meld and Exception Statuses
*Purpose: Acuity circles (AC) allocation was implemented on February 4, 2020. AC significantly changed the relative priority of candidates with allocation PELD/MELD scores of 29…2021 American Transplant Congress
Investigating Physician Outlook Regarding Living Donation Prior to Planned Withdrawal of Care
*Purpose: The aim of this study is to assess the attitudes of physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners in transplant and critical care regarding Living…2021 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Trainee Education and Recruitment Experiences
*Purpose: The demand for training in abdominal transplantation has continued to decrease. General surgery residents have less exposure to transplant surgery, creating a need for…2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Traveling for Transplant on Access to and Outcomes from Kidney and Liver Transplantation
1Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 2University of Iowa, Ames, IA
*Purpose: Newly developed transplant referral regions (TRRs) can be used to understand how and why patients travel outside of their home transplant center to receive…
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