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Articles tagged "Public policy"

  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Waitlist and Post-Transplant Outcomes of Candidates With Lvad: Comparison of Old and New Heart Allocation Policies

    M. Colvin1, Y. Ahn2, S. Hall3, M. Walsh4, A. Israni2

    1Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, 3Baylor Univ, Dallas, TX, 4St. Vincent Heart Ctr, Indianapolis, IN

    *Purpose: The new heart allocation policy took effect in October 2018. Its risk stratification scheme prioritizes patients with short-term devices, raising concern that candidates with…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Identifying Health-System Level Barriers and Facilitators to Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: A Comparative Case Study

    A. Horton1, M. Fortin2, P. Nugus3, D. Landsberg4, M. Paquet2, M. Cantarovich1, S. Sandal1

    1Nephrology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2Nephrology, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, 3Family Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, 4Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    *Purpose: Despite the well-known advantages of living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT), rates at many centers have stagnated or declined. In Canada, there are large interprovincial…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Waitlist and Post-Transplant Outcomes of Candidates with Iabp or Ecmo: Comparison of Old and New Heart Allocation Policies

    M. Colvin1, Y. Ahn2, S. Hall3, M. Skeans2, M. Walsh4, A. Israni2

    1Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, 3Baylor Univ, Dallas, TX, 4St. Vincent Heart Ctr, Indianapolis, IN

    *Purpose: New heart allocation policy prioritizes candidates on short-term circulatory support to promote transplant of the sickest candidates. There has been a shift in the…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    To Whom do Pediatric Donor Organs Go?

    J. Smith1, M. Skeans2, R. Engen3, S. Bartosh4

    1Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, 2SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, 3Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL, 4Univ of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

    *Purpose: Pediatric priority in organ allocation is mandated by the Final Rule, but prioritization varies by organ, sometimes informed by size-matching needs. Heart (Policy 6.6.E)…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Kidney Paired Donation in Pediatrics: An Underused Opportunity?

    J. Smith1, M. Skeans2, R. Engen3, S. Bartosh4

    1Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, 2SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, 3Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL, 4Univ of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

    *Purpose: Kidney paired donation (KPD) provides the opportunity for ABO-mismatched or HLA-incompatible pairs to receive a living donor kidney transplant. The superior graft survival among…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Liver Simulated Allocation Model (LSAM) of a Height-Based Policy Change to Improve Sex Disparity in Liver Transplantation (LT)

    S. Bernards1, E. Lee1, N. Leung2, H. Zhao2, M. Akan3, M. Sarkar1, S. Tayur3, N. Mehta1

    1UCSF, SF, CA, 2City U, HK, Hong Kong, 3CMU, Pittsburgh, PA

    *Purpose: Since the introduction of the MELD-based allocation system, women are now 30% less likely than men to undergo LT and have 20% higher waitlist…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Characterizing the Early Impact of the Kidney Accelerated Placement Project on Hard-to-place Kidneys

    J. D. Motter, A. Kernodle, M. Levan, D. Segev, J. Garonzik-Wang, A. Massie

    Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

    *Purpose: In 2019, the OPTN implemented the Kidney Accelerated Placement Project (KAPP) in an effort to increase the utilization of kidneys with a high Kidney…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Regional Impact of Covid-19 on Kidney Transplant in the Southeast

    C. Jay1, B. Sharda1, R. Helmick2, R. Forbes3, V. Casingal4, R. Stratta1

    1Wake Forest Baptist Health, Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation, Winston-Salem, NC, 2University of Tennessee Health Science Center, James Eason Transplant Institute, Memphis, TN, 3Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Division of Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation, Nashville, TN, 4Atrium Health, Division of Transplant Surgery, Charlotte, NC

    *Purpose: Despite categorization of kidney transplantation as Tier 3b with guidelines against postponing, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been profound but geographically diverse.…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    The Evolution of the National Liver Review Board

    S. Noreen1, J. Trotter2, J. Pomposelli3, M. Cafarella1, J. Heimbach4

    1UNOS, Richmond, VA, 2BSWHealth, Dallas, TX, 3UCHealth, Aurora, CO, 4Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

    *Purpose: The National Liver Review Board (NLRB) was implemented 5/14/2019, establishing a national structure for liver exceptions comprised of three specialty review boards and a…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Seeing is Believing: Efficacy of a Video-based Intervention in Improving Awareness of Skin Cancer Risk for Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

    E. Shah1, S. Michalak1, R. Haughton1, B. Fernandez1, I. Ahronowitz2

    1Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 2Dermatology, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA

    *Purpose: Our research focuses on the efficacy of using a novel video-based intervention to educate solid organ transplant recipients on their increased risk of skin…
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