Articles tagged "Resource utilization"

2015 American Transplant Congress
Burden of Early Antibody-Mediated Rejection (AMR): Complications, Resource Utilization and Cost-Differential in Treatment of AMR
R. Banga,¹ C. Schinstock,¹ A. Boscoe,⁴ M. Hathcock,³ W. Kremers,³ M. Stegall.²
¹Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; ²Division of Transplantation Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; ³Division of Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; ⁴Health Outcomes Research, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Cheshire, CT.
Early antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) is common in positive crossmatch kidney transplants (+XMKTx). The current study determined the complications, resource utilization and cost associated with early,…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Local Expansion in DCD Kidney Transplant Activity Improves Waiting List Outcomes and Addresses Inequities of Access to Transplantation
B. Mirshekar-Syahkal,¹ L. Bradbury,² P. Sun,¹ M. Aly,¹ M. Berry,¹ J. Norris,¹ J. Bradley,¹ G. Pettigrew.¹
¹Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom; ²NHSBT, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Introduction: Following expansion in our circulatory death (DCD) transplant program, our center now performs twice as many DCD as brain-death (DBD) kidney transplants. Here, we…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Alemtuzumab Induction Is Associated With a Lower Risk of Early Rehospitalization After Kidney Transplant
G. Dube,¹ D. Tsapepas,² Y. Coppleson,³ L. Ratner,⁴ D. Cohen,¹ S. Mohan.¹
¹Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; ²Pharmacy, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY; ³Quality and Patient Safety, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY; ⁴Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY.
Early rehospitalizations within the first 30 days (R-30D) are common after kidney transplant. R-30D are costly and associated with an increased risk of graft failure…