2015 American Transplant Congress
Geographic Variation in Listing Practices Represents Competetive Behaviors and Access to Care Rather Than Differences in Demand for Liver Transplantation
Purpose: This study evaluates whether program and patient demographics influence liver transplant listing practices.Methods:2013 liver waiting list and transplant (Tx) variables, US Census socioeconomic variables,…2015 American Transplant Congress
Unexpected Positive Crossmatchs in Zero-HLA-A-B-DR Mismatched or HLA-DR-Matched Organs
Deceased donor kidney allocation is currently prioritized by HLA-A,-B and-DR serologic matching, which disregards both specificity at the allele level, and the contributions of HLA-C,-DQ,…2015 American Transplant Congress
Should We Ever Pay Living Kidney Donors? Focus Group Study of Public Opinion
Background: The unmet demand for kidney transplantation has generated intense controversy about introducing incentives for living kidney donors to increase donation rates. Such debates may…2015 American Transplant Congress
Day of Week Influences Kidney Utilization
Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY.
Background: From 2000 to 2013, 17% of all kidneys procured for transplantation from deceased organ donors in the United States were discarded. The high rate…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.…