Articles tagged "Resource utilization"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Center Practices Are the Primary Drivers of United States Donation after Circulatory Death Liver Transplantation
L. Beal¹, D. T. Nguyen², T. Menser³, S. Zajac¹, E. A. Graviss², M. J. Hobeika¹
¹Department of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, ²Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, ³Center for Outcomes Research, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX
*Purpose: We hypothesize that a few high-utilization donation after circulatory death (DCD) liver centers are the primary drivers of the dissimilar rates of DCD liver…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Lower Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment (SIPAT) for Transplantation Score is Predictive of Successful Listing for Kidney Transplant Candidates
A. Kumar¹, J. Salaway², M. Dorris², J. Newman³, A. Doyle¹, S. Rao¹
¹Nephrology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, ²Transplant, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, ³University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
*Purpose: Psychosocial evaluation is an integral part of transplant recipient evaluation. SIPAT is a tool designed to assess psychological health of transplant candidates. Lower SIPAT…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Hard-to-Place Kidney Offers: Through the Lens of the United Network for Organ Sharing Organ Center
S. M. Noreen, R. S. Brown, M. Lane, B. Wolford, C. A. Humphries
United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: In 2016, the rate of deceased donor kidney discard continued to increase to 20%. It is well documented that multiple factors contribute to lower…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplant Education outside the Transplant Center – Initial Experience with an On-Line Transplant Education Hub
D. Belenko¹, C. Richardson¹, A. Li¹, N. Edwards¹, J. Lam¹, A. D. Waterman², A. Garg³, M. Novak⁴, I. Mucsi¹
¹Division of Nephrology and Multi-Organ Transplant Program, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Division of Nephrology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, ³Division of Nephrology, Western University, London, ON, Canada, ⁴Centre for Mental Health, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Limited knowledge about kidney transplant (KT) is a potential barrier that may prevent patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) from pursuing KT. Dialysis and…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Geographic Trends in Drug Intoxicated Deceased Donor Recovery and Utilization
R. Urban, D. Klassen, J. Rosendale
United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: The impact of the current opioid epidemic has been felt throughout the nation, and has seen significant geographic variation in the impact on decease…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Identifying a Clinically Relevant Cut-Off for Height That is Associated with a Higher Risk of Waitlist Mortality in Liver Transplant Candidates
J. Ge, J. C. Lai
University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: We have previously demonstrated that candidate height explains a substantial proportion of sex-based disparity in waitlist (WL) mortality among liver transplant (LT) candidates. To…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Center-Level Probability of Kidney Transplant Varies Considerably for Waitlisted Patients
K. L. King¹, S. A. Husain¹, P. Reese², J. Schold³, S. Pastan⁴, S. Mohan¹
¹Columbia University, New York, NY, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁴Emory University, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: Prior studies identify reducing time spent on the waitlist as a top priority for deceased donor kidney (DDK) transplant (Tx) candidates. Despite well-described geographic…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Gender Disparities In Cirrhosis: New Findings In A Large Pretransplant Population
N. Mazumder, K. Atiemo, A. Daud, L. Zhao, M. Abecassis, J. Levitsky, D. P. Ladner
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: There is concern that female patients may suffer worse outcomes than their male counterparts while awaiting liver transplant. Studies on this topic often use…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Reduction In Early Readmission In Kidney Recipients – Outcomes At One Year With Standardized Intensive Follow Up
A. Crane, M. Eltemamy, R. Fatica, E. Poggio, C. Modlin, A. Wee, V. Krishnamurthi
Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute CCF, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Kidney transplant recipients often experience frequent ED visits and high early hospital readmission (EHR) rates (within 30 days). We sought to decrease our preventable…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Tracheostomy Following Liver Transplantation
J. Almario, O. Okoye, M. Spaggiari, K. Jacob, P. Di Cocco, E. Benedetti, I. Tzvetanov
Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: With the current demand for liver transplantation, sicker patients are frequently transplanted. These patient are at a higher risk of significant morbidity following surgery,…