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Articles tagged "Resource utilization"

  • 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…
  • 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…
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