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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…
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