2019 American Transplant Congress
Graft Survival of Fourth Time Renal Transplant Recipients Are Similar to Third Time Transplants: A SRTR Database Analysis
Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: The number of candidates for repeat kidney transplant in the United States has steadily increased over the last 30 years. Second and third kidney…2019 American Transplant Congress
Forensic Transplant Psychiatry: Ethical Issues and the Unique Assessment Needs of Candidates with Forensic Psychiatric Problems
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: To establish what, if any, currently available guidelines or assessment instruments can help transplant programs perform fair, and objective evaluations of patients with forensic…2019 American Transplant Congress
Perceptions and Attitude of Transplant Clinicians towards Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship in Transplant Recipients: A Survey of the American Society of Transplantation
*Purpose: The perceptions and attitude of transplant clinicians towards antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) is unclear. We conducted a survey to better understand their attitude and perceptions…2019 American Transplant Congress
Costs In Contemporary Transplant Practice
Renal Department, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, Australia
*Purpose: The cost of kidney transplantation, in the context of increasing immunological and medical complexity and higher donor and recipient age, remains uncertain. In 2009,…2019 American Transplant Congress
Functional Dependence, Access to Kidney Transplantation and Waitlist Mortality
1JHU, Baltimore, MD, 2UM, Ann Habor, MI
*Purpose: Among patients with ESRD, functional dependence is common and an important determinant of both HRQOL and adverse outcomes. Kidney transplant (KT) may help patients…2019 American Transplant Congress
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Renal Replacement Therapy Strategies in Haiti
*Purpose: Kidney transplantation (KT) is the optimal renal replacement therapy (RRT) for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in high-income countries (HICs) conferring the highest…2018 American Transplant Congress
Despite the Growing Impact of the American Opioid Epidemic on Organ Donation, a Small Percentage of Drug Intoxication Deaths Result in Organ Donation
Purpose: This study seeks to understand the regional variation in donations after drug overdose (DO) and quantify the proportion of DO deaths that go on…2018 American Transplant Congress
How the Spouses (Husbands) of Living Kidney Donors View Kidney Donation: A Grounded Theory Study
Division of Nursing, University of Mount Olive, Mount Olive, NC.
The purpose of this study was to explore the question: What is the process of experiencing living kidney transplant by the spouse of a living…2018 American Transplant Congress
Impact of On-Site Overestimation of Macrosteatosis on Donor Liver Biopsy
Multi-Organ Transplant Institute, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans.
Introduction: Estimation of hepatic steatosis is an important variable in determining suitability of a donor liver allograft for transplantation. Differentiation between and quantification of macro-…2018 American Transplant Congress
Geographic Variation in Drug Overdose as Donor Cause of Death
Numbers of deceased organ donors have increased steadily since 2012, with large increases 2015-2016. The opioid epidemic has been speculated to drive these increases, differentially…
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