Articles tagged "Resource utilization"

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…
2018 American Transplant Congress
The Advantage of Utilizing ABO and HLA Compatible Pairs in Kidney Paired Donation
A. Basu,¹ C. Kosberg,¹ H. Khamash,² M. Mai,³ M. Prieto,¹ C. Schinstock.¹
¹Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; ²Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; ³Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL.
BACKGROUND: Kidney paired donation (KPD) programs are mainly used to facilitate transplantation for candidates with ABO or HLA incompatible living donors. However, the benefit of…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Blood Transfusion is a Critical Determinant of Resource Utilization and Total Hospital Cost in Liver Transplantation
C. Garcia, A. Dugan, D. Davenport, R. Gedaly.
Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
Objective: The aim of this study is to identify factors associated with increased resource use and total hospital cost after liver transplantation (LT).Methods: A study…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Morphometric and Metabolic Correlates of Frailty in Pancreas Transplant Recipients
R. Parsons, J. Wolosyn, R. Lynch.
Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
Background: Prediction of survival and health resource utilization in the pancreas transplant population requires novel approaches to risk stratification. We studied whether sarcopenia and osteopenia,…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Exploring the Viability of Kidneys Discarded in the US: A Comparison of Kidney Utilization Patterns and Outcomes in the US and France
O. Aubert, P. Reese, M. Raynaud, D. Viglietti, C. Loheac, N. Kamar, M. Delahousse, C. Legendre, D. Glotz, C. Lefaucheur, A. Loupy.
Paris Translational Center for Organ Transplantation, Paris, France.
Approximately 2,000 donated kidneys are discarded in the US each year. Some transplant leaders have questioned the viability of these lost organs, while others suggest…