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…2018 American Transplant Congress
Living Kidney Donation: Impact of Transplant Center Labor, Organization, and Resources
Purpose: Impact of transplant center program size, staffing, and organization on LKD outcomes is unknown. This study describes the labor inputs, organization, and resources available…2018 American Transplant Congress
Time-Effect of Donor and Recipient Characteristics on Graft Survival after Kidney Transplantation
BackgroundThe current kidney allocation system (KAS) is based on the Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) and the Estimated Post-Transplant Survival (EPTS), quality-based “longevity matching” strategies…2018 American Transplant Congress
Positive Relationship between Transplant Center Volume and Utilization of Hard to Place Liver Allografts after Late Declines
Given ongoing waitlist mortality and the high rates of liver discard in the US we wanted to investigate late declines (LD), and very late declines…2018 American Transplant Congress
Improved Value with Individualized Antithymocyte Globulin Dosing Protocol in Renal Transplant
University of Virginia Healthsystem, Charlottesville, VA.
Medication costs represent one of the largest costs associated with transplantation. With growing pressure to reduce health care costs while maintaining excellent outcomes, this study…2018 American Transplant Congress
Improving the Organ Donation Referral Process through Telemedicine
1LiveOnNY, NY; 2Northwell Health, New Hyde Park.
Development of a Tele-ICU serving multiple institutions within our donor service area stimulated a collaborative performance improvement project. To improve the referral and timeliness rates…2018 American Transplant Congress
Efficacy of Current Educational Interventions in Improving Living Donor Kidney Transplantation Rates
McGill Unversity Health Center, Montreal, Canada.
IntroductionLack of knowledge and discomfort approaching a donor are two of the most common recognized, recipient-level barriers to living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT). To address…2018 American Transplant Congress
Hospital Readmissions Following ABO-Incompatible Live Donor Kidney Transplantation: A National Study
1UCSF, San Francisco; 2Hopkins, Baltimore.
30% of kidney transplant recipients are readmitted in the first month post-transplant. ABO-incompatible (ABO-I) recipients constitute a unique subpopulation that might be at higher readmission…2018 American Transplant Congress
National Survey of Living Donor Program Educational Components and Resources
Purpose: Education about living donation (LD) has been identified as a significant barrier to increasing living donation. Little is known about how donors and transplant…
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