Articles tagged "Resource utilization"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Understanding Transplant Awareness in Pre-Kidney Transplant Recipients – Role of Surgeon Visit
G. Defelice, H. Harrington, M. Ratcliff, D. Moravec, E. Wands, A. Sauviac, A. Paramesh, A. Vijay
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
*Purpose: Education for pre-Kidney Transplant recipient candidates aims to improve their knowledge and understanding about the transplant process, outcomes and potential complications and facilitate adjustment…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Utility of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Cytology for Detection of Malignancy or Infection in Lung Transplant Recipients
G. Cerro Chiang¹, R. Rampolla²
¹Department of Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²Department o Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: The role of cytologic evaluation in the diagnosis of acute allograft dysfunction has been described. Specific changes in cell count of bronchoalveolar lavage during…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Preferred Language And Disease Severity Predict Evaluation For Liver Transplantation Among Patients Admitted With Alcoholic Hepatitis
D. J. Cloonan¹, J. Broekhuis², T. Coe¹, S. Criss³, S. Li³, E. Bethea¹, H. Yeh¹, L. Dageforde¹
¹Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Liver transplantation (LT) for alcoholic hepatitis (AH) without a sobriety period is a relatively new practice. While AH patients are no longer categorically excluded…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Nonprocurement in Deceased Donors with Acute Kidney Injury
K. Yu¹, K. King¹, S. Husain¹, J. Stevens¹, C. Parikh², S. Mohan¹
¹Division of Nephrology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Division of Nephrology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Deceased donor acute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with high rates of kidney discard by transplant centers, despite evidence of excellent post-transplant outcomes. High…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Changes in Cold Ischemia Time and Transplantation Practices with the Concentric Model of Kidney Allocation
C. M. Puttarajappa¹, P. Sood¹, A. Tevar¹, V. Gunabushanam¹, S. Hariharan¹, S. Mohan²
¹University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Columbia University, New York, NY
*Purpose: Evaluate impact of the new concentric kidney allocation system (KAS250) on kidney utilization, allocation practices and cold ischemia time (CIT).*Methods: Using data from the…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Navigating the Ethics of Transplant Research Involving Newly Deceased
B. Parent¹, T. Schiff², E. Weldon³, N. Lawson⁴, S. Mehta⁵, R. A. Montgomery⁶
¹Medical Ethics, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²Medical Ethics, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ³NYU Langone Health-Transplant Institute, New York, NY, ⁴NYU Langone Transplant Institute, New York, NY, ⁵New York University Langone Transplant Institute, New York, NY, ⁶NYU Langone, New York, NY
*Purpose: The most promising innovations for overcoming the organ shortage include novel organ sources such as xenotransplant and bioengineered organs. Studying these organs in mechanically…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Implications of Accumulated Cold Time for US Kidney Transplantation Offer Acceptance
M. Barah¹, V. Kilambi², J. Friedewald¹, S. Mehrotra¹
¹Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, ²Department of Engineering and Applied Sciences, RAND Corporation, Arlington, VA
*Purpose: Reducing discard is a current focus in US transplantation of deceased donor kidneys. One cause for the discards is the avoidance of protracted cold…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Use of Kidneys from Hepatitis C Nat Positive Donors for Uninfected Recipients: Early Results from a Rural Appalachian Kidney Transplant Program
B. Gillis¹, F. Afridi¹, R. Lopez¹, V. Chaudhary¹, D. Kannabhiran¹, C. Fagella¹, R. Zomak¹, K. Meyer¹, M. Thornberg¹, L. Biondi²
¹Department of Surgery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, ²Department of Surgery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, WV
*Purpose: Increasing mismatch between kidneys available for transplant and the number of patients on the transplant wait list has led to research into novel sources…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Healthcare Cost And Kidney Allocation In Liver Recipients With Kidney Disease
Y. Lu¹, X. Cheng², S. Sanoff³, L. McElroy³
¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ³Duke University, Durham, NC
*Purpose: End stage kidney disease (ESKD) in liver transplant (LT) candidates is associated with worse survival. We sought to identify the predictors of ESKD in…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Research Publication Rates, Characteristics, and Perceptions of Solid Organ Transplant Pharmacy Residency Training: A Survey of Program Directors
J. Melaragno¹, D. Kovac², S. Witek³, M. Harris⁴, K. Khalil⁵, M. Laub⁶, D. Quan⁷, A. Lichvar⁸
¹University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ²NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, ³Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, VA, ⁴Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, ⁵NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, ⁶Augusta University Medical Center, Augusta, GA, ⁷UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, ⁸UCSD Health, San Diego, CA
*Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the publication rate of post-graduate year 2 (PGY2) transplant pharmacy residents, to characterize current practices surrounding…

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