2016 American Transplant Congress
The Oldest and Coldest in Kidney Paired Donation: Experience of the National Kidney Registry.
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate renal allograft efficacy and survivability in elderly donors and prolonged cold ischemia time (CIT).METHODS: 1,402 living donor kidney transplants from 02/2008-06/2015 recorded…2016 American Transplant Congress
Using Predictive Modeling to Manage Cardiovascular Risk and Improve Kidney Transplant Outcomes.
Objective: We aimed to improve post-kidney transplant (tx) outcomes through predictive analytics and natural language processing (NLP) integrated into the electronic health record (EHR). The…2016 American Transplant Congress
Vascular Composite Allotransplantation Collaborative Initiative Biobank: Bringing the Power Back to Research.
Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Refining Vascular Composite Allotransplantation (VCA) into a useful therapeutic option for patients in need of tissue reconstruction depends on the availability of biological specimens and…2016 American Transplant Congress
Natural Language Processing Methods Allow Reliable Extraction of Banff Scores and Grades.
Objective: National Data are sparse with regard to pathology of rejection. Incorporating biopsy pathology grades and lesion scores into analyses requires manual extraction and entry…2016 American Transplant Congress
Predictors of Outcomes After Kidney Transplantation in the Setting of Chronic Opiate Use.
Purpose: To determine the impact and correlation of pre-transplant chronic opiate use with post-transplant chronic opiate use, resource utilization, and patient survival in addition to…2016 American Transplant Congress
One-Year Graft Loss Risk in Kidney Transplants – A Big Data Approach.
MUSC, Charleston, SC; IBM Corp., Armonk.
Background Predictive models using national data are limited by lack of evolving patient level data. A Big Data approach using both static and dynamic variables…2016 American Transplant Congress
Older Patients Reliably Participate in Automated Living Donor Follow Up Rather Than Avoiding This New Technology.
Surgery, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
Introduction: UCSF implemented automated living donor follow up to increase access to patients, improve communication, efficiency of data collection, and UNOS compliance. Using a modified…2016 American Transplant Congress
Post-Transplant Vaccine Initiative Collaboration (VIC) in a Multidisciplinary, Transplant Ambulatory Setting.
1Colonia Natural Pharmacy, Colonia; 2Medicine/Surgery, Drexel University, Philadelphia.
Introduction We describe the implementation of a vaccine initiative in an ambulatory transplant setting.Methods In 2014, Hahnemann University Hospital (HUH) and Colonia Natural Pharmacy transplant…2016 American Transplant Congress
Young Recipients Receiving Kidneys from Older Donors Have Poorer Allograft Outcomes.
Imperial College Renal and Transplant Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Introduction: An increasing number of marginal donors are being used in order to expand the donor pool. Age is one of the major criteria in…2016 American Transplant Congress
National Trends in Liver Discards: The Weekend Effect.
Overall organ discard rates have increased over the last decade. Given the current organ shortage, understanding factors that contribute to the discard of livers is…
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