Articles tagged "Resource utilization"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Early Impact of the Mission Act on Utilization of Veterans Affairs Transplant Centers
J. C. Walker¹, C. Roumie², I. D. Feurer³, R. Forbes⁴
¹General Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), Nashville, TN, ²Internal Medicine, VUMC, Nashville, TN, ³Surgery and Biostatistics, VUMC, Nashville, TN, ⁴VUMC, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: The Veterans Affairs (VA) Maintaining Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks (MISSION) Act of 2018 was implemented in 2019 to increase veteran access to…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Kidney Allocation Change on Low Volume Kidney Transplant Centers
S. Nagaraju¹, S. Vaishnav¹, S. A. Deslich², S. Hanna¹, A. Jones³, J. B. Africa¹
¹Renal Transplant, Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, WV, ²Research Associate Senior, Health Services & Outcomes Rsc, Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, WV, ³Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, WV
*Purpose: Effective March 15, 2021, the OPTN launched a new policy for matching kidney and pancreas transplant candidates with organs from deceased donors. The new…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Thromboelastography in Liver Transplantation: A Target Group
A. Mohamed¹, T. Kitajima¹, J. Cui¹, S. Angappan², K. Delvecchio¹, T. Shamaa¹, T. Ivanics³, S. Shimada¹, M. Rizzari¹, K. Collins¹, A. Yoshida¹, M. Abouljoud¹, J. El-Bashir², S. Nagai¹
¹Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI, ²Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, ³Surgery, Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Liver dysfunction results in derangement of hemostasis and thrombosis. Thromboelastography (TEG) has emerged as a tool to guide resuscitative efforts. However, its utilization and…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Low-Quality Kidney Allograft Use in Kidney Transplantation is Associated with a Prolonged Post-Transplant Length of Stay
J. A. Kahla¹, C. R. Goff¹, J. A. Goss², A. A. Rana²
¹Department of Student Affairs, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Michael E DeBakey Department of General Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of low-quality kidney allografts on recipient hospital length of stay following transplant using five…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Technical Report to Increased Utilization of Injured Kidneys: CT Scan to Evaluate Organ and Reduce Discard
V. E. Whittaker
Surgery, Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
*Purpose: To reduce discard of injured kidneys with parenchymal injury or perinephric hematoma . Young donors with good function but injury are at high risk…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Understanding Transplant Awareness in Pre-Kidney Transplant Recipients – Role of Surgeon Visit
G. Defelice, H. Harrington, M. Ratcliff, D. Moravec, E. Wands, A. Sauviac, A. Paramesh, A. Vijay
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
*Purpose: Education for pre-Kidney Transplant recipient candidates aims to improve their knowledge and understanding about the transplant process, outcomes and potential complications and facilitate adjustment…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Utility of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Cytology for Detection of Malignancy or Infection in Lung Transplant Recipients
G. Cerro Chiang¹, R. Rampolla²
¹Department of Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²Department o Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: The role of cytologic evaluation in the diagnosis of acute allograft dysfunction has been described. Specific changes in cell count of bronchoalveolar lavage during…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Preferred Language And Disease Severity Predict Evaluation For Liver Transplantation Among Patients Admitted With Alcoholic Hepatitis
D. J. Cloonan¹, J. Broekhuis², T. Coe¹, S. Criss³, S. Li³, E. Bethea¹, H. Yeh¹, L. Dageforde¹
¹Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Liver transplantation (LT) for alcoholic hepatitis (AH) without a sobriety period is a relatively new practice. While AH patients are no longer categorically excluded…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Nonprocurement in Deceased Donors with Acute Kidney Injury
K. Yu¹, K. King¹, S. Husain¹, J. Stevens¹, C. Parikh², S. Mohan¹
¹Division of Nephrology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Division of Nephrology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Deceased donor acute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with high rates of kidney discard by transplant centers, despite evidence of excellent post-transplant outcomes. High…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Changes in Cold Ischemia Time and Transplantation Practices with the Concentric Model of Kidney Allocation
C. M. Puttarajappa¹, P. Sood¹, A. Tevar¹, V. Gunabushanam¹, S. Hariharan¹, S. Mohan²
¹University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Columbia University, New York, NY
*Purpose: Evaluate impact of the new concentric kidney allocation system (KAS250) on kidney utilization, allocation practices and cold ischemia time (CIT).*Methods: Using data from the…