2018 American Transplant Congress
Race, Income, and Insurance Status Predict Migration for Liver Transplantation in the United States
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
Background: Ongoing organ shortage and regional differences in organ availability have encouraged patients in need of liver transplantation (LT) to travel in order to increase…2018 American Transplant Congress
Resident Perceptions and Evaluations of a Fellow-Led Transplant Service versus Resident-Led Surgical Services
Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Background: Transplant rotations as a core requirement for surgical training have been questioned. However, surgical resident perceptions of a fellow-led transplant service have not been…2018 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Surgeon Perspectives on General Surgery in Transplant Recipients
Transplant recipients (TR) often require other general surgical procedures; however, it is controversial who should provide surgical and peri-operative care for this unique population. While…2018 American Transplant Congress
The Kidney Allocation System from the Perspective of a Small Program in a Donor Service Area
This study investigated the impact of the new kidney allocation system (KAS) on a small transplant program (SP) when compared with the 3 other centers…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…2017 American Transplant Congress
Healthcare Resource Utilization for Patients with Donor-Specific Antibodies Post-Kidney Transplantation.
Formation of de novo donor-specific antibodies (dnDSA) against human leukocyte antigens (HLA) contributes to inferior kidney transplant (KT) outcomes. No data exist on healthcare resource…2017 American Transplant Congress
National Variation in US Kidney Transplant Induction Therapy.
Antibody induction (IND) therapy in kidney transplantation (KTx) reduces acute rejection risk but adds to transplant cost. Currently, only IL2 Receptor antibodies (IL2R-Ab) have FDA…
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