Articles tagged "Resource utilization"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Navigating the Ethics of Transplant Research Involving Newly Deceased
B. Parent¹, T. Schiff², E. Weldon³, N. Lawson⁴, S. Mehta⁵, R. A. Montgomery⁶
¹Medical Ethics, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²Medical Ethics, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ³NYU Langone Health-Transplant Institute, New York, NY, ⁴NYU Langone Transplant Institute, New York, NY, ⁵New York University Langone Transplant Institute, New York, NY, ⁶NYU Langone, New York, NY
*Purpose: The most promising innovations for overcoming the organ shortage include novel organ sources such as xenotransplant and bioengineered organs. Studying these organs in mechanically…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Implications of Accumulated Cold Time for US Kidney Transplantation Offer Acceptance
M. Barah¹, V. Kilambi², J. Friedewald¹, S. Mehrotra¹
¹Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, ²Department of Engineering and Applied Sciences, RAND Corporation, Arlington, VA
*Purpose: Reducing discard is a current focus in US transplantation of deceased donor kidneys. One cause for the discards is the avoidance of protracted cold…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Use of Kidneys from Hepatitis C Nat Positive Donors for Uninfected Recipients: Early Results from a Rural Appalachian Kidney Transplant Program
B. Gillis¹, F. Afridi¹, R. Lopez¹, V. Chaudhary¹, D. Kannabhiran¹, C. Fagella¹, R. Zomak¹, K. Meyer¹, M. Thornberg¹, L. Biondi²
¹Department of Surgery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, ²Department of Surgery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, WV
*Purpose: Increasing mismatch between kidneys available for transplant and the number of patients on the transplant wait list has led to research into novel sources…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Healthcare Cost And Kidney Allocation In Liver Recipients With Kidney Disease
Y. Lu¹, X. Cheng², S. Sanoff³, L. McElroy³
¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ³Duke University, Durham, NC
*Purpose: End stage kidney disease (ESKD) in liver transplant (LT) candidates is associated with worse survival. We sought to identify the predictors of ESKD in…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Research Publication Rates, Characteristics, and Perceptions of Solid Organ Transplant Pharmacy Residency Training: A Survey of Program Directors
J. Melaragno¹, D. Kovac², S. Witek³, M. Harris⁴, K. Khalil⁵, M. Laub⁶, D. Quan⁷, A. Lichvar⁸
¹University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ²NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, ³Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, VA, ⁴Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, ⁵NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, ⁶Augusta University Medical Center, Augusta, GA, ⁷UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, ⁸UCSD Health, San Diego, CA
*Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the publication rate of post-graduate year 2 (PGY2) transplant pharmacy residents, to characterize current practices surrounding…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Race-Based Differences in Simultaneous Liver and Kidney Transplant Utilization and Outcomes
L. Subbaraj¹, J. Lai², G. Cullaro²
¹Department of Internal Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Race-based variations in rates of kidney dysfunction exist. We aimed to understand the utilization and impact of simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation (SLKT) by race.*Methods: Patients…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Streamlining Donation Transplantation Communication Via HIPAA-compliant App
J. Piano, W. Liu
Transplant Connect, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Communication across the donation transplantation ecosystem is fractured and ineffectual, often necessitating the use of unsecured methods such as texting in order to accomplish…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Creating a Workflow for the Electronic Medical Record Allows Living Donor Liver Transplantation Programs to Track Candidates and Identify Areas for Optimization
A. Liapakis¹, R. Batra¹, E. Cohen², D. Haakinson¹, M. Schilsky¹, K. Ventura², D. Mulligan¹
¹Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ²Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
*Purpose: To provide a pathway to increase living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) opportunities through creation of a simple workflow algorithm embedded within the EPIC electronic…
2022 American Transplant Congress
A Single Center Analysis of Organ Offers and Workload for Liver and Kidney Allocation
V. Reddy, T. Ma, R. Ruiz, H. Fernandez, J. Bayer, N. Onaca, E. Martinez, A. Gupta, S. Lee, G. J. McKenna, G. Testa, A. Wall
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: UNOS/OPTN transitioned to Acuity Circles allocation for kidneys and livers which has increased the complexity of the network of organ procurement organizations (OPOs) and…
2022 American Transplant Congress
The Cost And Logistical Challenges To Kidney Paired Donation
S. G. Yi¹, V. E. Whittaker², T. B. Dunn³, N. Goldaracena⁴, V. Humphreville⁵, C. Kubal⁶, C. Kuhr⁷, D. Leeser⁸, J. Pomposelli⁹, E. Thomas¹⁰, N. Turgeon¹¹, C. Varma¹², M. Rees¹³, A. K. Mathur¹⁴
¹Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, ²New York Medical College, Scarsdale, NY, ³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Transplant Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, ⁵University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, ⁶Indiana University Hospital, Indianapolis, IN, ⁷Virgina Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA, ⁸East Carolina Univ Sch of Med, Greenville, NC, ⁹University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ¹⁰University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, ¹¹Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas, Austin, TX, ¹²St Louis University Hospital, St Louis, MO, ¹³University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, OH, ¹⁴Mayo Clinic in Arizona, Phoenix, AZ
*Purpose: Kidney paired donation (KPD) is a strategy for finding compatible pairing for living kidney transplantation (LDKT); however, only a small portion of LDKT continues…