2015 American Transplant Congress
Trends in Transplant Patient Safety Situation Reporting
Background: The OPTN Operations & Safety Committee is charged with reviewing aggregated, de-identified safety situation data reported through both the UNet Improving Patient Safety (IPS)…2015 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Center Quality Assessment: Correlation Between Early Graft Outcomes and Patient-Centered Assessments of Hospital Care
1Surgery, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ; 2Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Background: Patients selecting a transplant center use public reports of outcomes to empower their decision-making. Patient-focused quality measures are lacking in transplantation, but are a…2015 American Transplant Congress
Attitudes and Beliefs About Organ Donation: Focus Group Study in Arabic-Speaking Communities in Australia
Background: The demand for transplantable organs continues to outweigh supply across the globe, especially in the provision of deceased donor organs from ethnic minority populations.…2015 American Transplant Congress
Estimated Prevalence of HIV in Kidney Transplant Candidates
Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
The passage of the HOPE Act in November 2013 mandated research into HIV+ to HIV+ organ transplantation. To date, the prevalence of HIV in the…2015 American Transplant Congress
Historical Comparison of Projected and Observed Liver Transplants
We aimed to compare liver transplant simulation projections to observed data before and after a major policy update. The current liver simulated allocation model (LSAM…2015 American Transplant Congress
Racial Disparities in Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Purpose: Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is an alternative to deceased donor transplantation (DDLT), and can mitigate the risk of dying while waiting for transplant.…2015 American Transplant Congress
A Discrete Choice Experiment to Explore Patients' Preferences for Kidney Transplant Monitoring by Video-Conferencing
INTRODUCTIONAn experiment to assess the clinical outcomes and the economic efficiency of a videoconferencing system for the renal transplant patient's monitoring is currently under way…2015 American Transplant Congress
Graft Outcome Disparity in a Single Renal Transplant Center Based on Recipient Geographic Origin
University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, OH.
PURPOSE: The disparity in access to organs for kidney transplantation has led to inter-state “transplant tourism.” Our objective was to determine if recipients traveling over…2015 American Transplant Congress
Discard of Kidneys at the Margin: ECD Versus KDPI Era
BACKGROUND: Since 3/26/2012, the Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI), a percentile score reflecting donor-associated risk, has been provided with all deceased-donor kidney offers. We investigated…2015 American Transplant Congress
CPRA Values Are Substantially Increased for Some Candidates Subsequent to Inclusion of Unacceptable C-locus (UA-C) Antigens While Listing Practices Remain Unchanged
1UNOS, Richmond; 2Emory University Hospital, Atlanta; 3Stanford University, Palo Alto.
Background: CPRA is the % of deceased donors expected to have one or more UAs with a given candidate. Prior to 12/5/13, candidates with UA-C…
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