2018 American Transplant Congress
The Financial Impact of the Opioid Epidemic on Kidney Transplantation Readmissions
Research has demonstrated increased annual medical costs in patients who abuse opioids, estimated at up to $18,000 per patient and $29 billion overall in the…2018 American Transplant Congress
A Decade of Dual Kidney Transplantation Reveals Excellent Patient Outcomes from Otherwise Discarded Organs
Department of Organ Transplantation, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom.
IntroductionBridging the disparity between the kidney waiting list and donor pool remains challenging. For highly sensitised patients and older recipients the wait is contributing to…2018 American Transplant Congress
Causes of Death among Deceased Donors
Numbers of deceased organ donors changed little from 2006 to 2010, with an average of 7486 donors per year, but have been increasing since 2010.…2018 American Transplant Congress
Development of an Expert Consensus Guideline for Skin Cancer Screening in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
Importance Skin cancer is the most common malignancy affecting solid organ transplant recipients (SOTR). Transplant recipients have a significantly increased risk for developing both melanoma…2018 American Transplant Congress
The Advantage of Utilizing ABO and HLA Compatible Pairs in Kidney Paired Donation
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
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
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
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…2018 American Transplant Congress
National Study of Living Donor Program Protocols, Processes, and Resources within U.S. Transplant Centers
Purpose: There is limited research that describes living donor (LD) program processes and protocols. This study aimed to describe LD program protocols, processes, and resources…2018 American Transplant Congress
Aggressive Pursuit of Donation after Cardiac Death Kidney Donors with High Kidney Donor Profile Index: Good Use of Resources?
Clinical Division, Gift of Life Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Pursuit of donation after cardiac death (DCD) organ donors requires a significant investment in resources. As an Organ Procurement Organization which very aggressively pursues such…
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