2020 American Transplant Congress
Understanding the Decision-Making of 2576 Potential Living Kidney Donors of Different Racial/Ethnic Backgrounds
*Purpose: To better understand racial/ethnic disparities associated with kidney living donation, this study examined differences in potential living kidney donors’ decision-making, resistance to donation, and…2020 American Transplant Congress
Putting the Cart Before the Horse? Assessing the Feasibility to Collect Organ Transplantation and Procurement Logistics Data
United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: There has been increased focus on the logistics of organ transplantation. Stemming from recent policies designed to facilitate broader sharing. Reliable methods of assessing…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Multi-Organ Transplant Allocation Priority on Wait-Listed Isolated Kidney Transplant Candidates
1University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 2United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Multi-Organ Transplant (MOT) candidates involving a kidney receive higher allocation priority than kidney alone transplant (KAT) candidates. The increasing utilization of MOT has the…2020 American Transplant Congress
How Prepared are Potential Donors to Donate?: Racial/Ethnic Differences in Potential Kidney Donors’ Knowledge and Education Before Starting Evaluation
*Purpose: Potential living donors of different races/ethnicities present for kidney donor evaluation with varying levels of knowledge.*Methods: We surveyed potential living donors about how they…2020 American Transplant Congress
Survey of Public Attitudes Towards Imminent Death Donation in the United States
*Purpose: Imminent Death Donation (IDD) has been proposed as a method to increase the number of high-quality organs available for transplant. Although IDD was ethically…2020 American Transplant Congress
Variability in Educational Content about Kidney Paired Donation at 68 National Kidney Registry-Affiliated Centers
*Purpose: Equipping patients and donors with in-depth information about kidney paired donation (KPD) processes, risks, benefits, and protections is necessary for informed decision-making and comfort.…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Influence of Spirituality and Other Motivations on Potential Kidney Living Donors’ Decisions to Donate by Race/Ethnicity
*Purpose: Few studies have explored potential kidney living donors’ motivations to donate, particularly their spirituality, and assessed whether these motivations vary by race/ethnicity.*Methods: 2576 potential…2020 American Transplant Congress
An Early Look at the National Liver Review Board
*Purpose: On May 14, 2019, the National Liver Review Board (NLRB) was implemented, establishing a national structure for liver exceptions comprised of three specialty review…2020 American Transplant Congress
Characterizing the Waitlist Candidate Who Was Bypassed by the Successfully Transplanted Candidate with Alcoholic Hepatitis
*Purpose: Early liver transplantation (LT) for acute alcoholic hepatitis (AH) has increased dramatically in the US since 2016. Due to high MELD-Na scores, AH candidates…2020 American Transplant Congress
Implementing a Height Based Rule for Allocation of Pediatric Donor Livers to Adults – A Liver Simulated Allocation Model (LSAM) Study
*Purpose: Candidate height contributes to transplant rate and waitlist (WL) mortality disparities seen amongst adult women liver transplant (LT) candidates. 72% of adult women on…
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