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Articles tagged "Resource utilization"

  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Measures of Transplant Activity is Higher in Lower-Income Countries: A Multinational Survey Study

    S. Sandal1, B. Boyarsky2, P. Chiang2, A. Massie2, D. Segev2, M. Cantarovich1

    1McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

    *Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the field of solid organ transplantation due to the “ramp-down” of activity during the initial months. Impact on transplant…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Early Review of Liver Acuity Circles Allocation

    S. Noreen1, J. Heimbach2, J. Pomposelli3, M. Cafarella1, J. Trotter4

    1UNOS, Richmond, VA, 2Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 3UCHealth, Aurora, CO, 4BSWHealth, Dallas, TX

    *Purpose: Acuity circles (AC) allocation was implemented on February 4, 2020, followed shortly by the declaration of national emergency for COVID-19. The goal of this…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Kidney Programs Can Filter Off a Majority of Their Unwanted Organ Offers without Harming Transplant Volumes

    A. Toll, H. McGehee, R. McTier, D. Stewart

    Research, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA

    *Purpose: Evaluate if multifactorial filters can reduce unwanted kidney offers to centers, thereby reducing administrative burden and getting to the accepting candidate quicker.*Methods: 34 centers…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Investigating Physician Outlook Regarding Living Donation Prior to Planned Withdrawal of Care

    S. Rath1, L. Washburn2, S. Creden1, M. Goss3, A. Rana1, J. Goss1, N. T. Galvan1

    1Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 3McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX

    *Purpose: The aim of this study is to assess the attitudes of physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners in transplant and critical care regarding Living…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Clinical Impact of Transplant Pharmacists on the Care of Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

    I. Shah1, J. Au1, A. Diamond1, N. Sifontis2, C. Ruggia-Check1

    1Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 2Temple School of Pharmacy, Philadelphia, PA

    *Purpose: The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requires transplant centers to document the participation of a…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Peri-operative Liver Transplant Anesthesia Practice Patterns in the United States

    C. Crouch1, A. Hendrickse1, W. Stoll2, C. Sullivan3, M. Kaufman4, E. Pivalizza5, D. Damian6, D. Sellers7, M. Little8, S. McCluskey7, S. Kumar9, L. De Marchi10, S. Sridhar5, T. Sakai6

    1Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, 2Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 3Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 4Lahey Health, Burlington, MA, 5University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 6University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 7University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 8University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 9University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 10Georgetown University, Washington DC, DC

    *Purpose: Transplant anesthesiology is an evolving subspecialty and has not been the subject of an overall review of practice patterns in the United States since…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    A Payer’s Perspective: The Cost of Hemodialysis versus Living Donor Kidney Transplant for Kidney Failure Patients in Nigeria

    J. Lang1, I. James2, D. Da Rocha Afodu1, C. G. Okwuonu3, O. Ekwenna1

    1University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, OH, 2Surgical Specialists of Charlotte, Matthews, NC, 3Department of Internal Medicine, Nephrology Unit, Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria

    *Purpose: To primarily quantify the costs of LDKT and HD in Nigeria from a ‘payer’s perspective’ and secondarily inform future cost-effectiveness studies to guide health…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Multi-drug Resistant Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients, a New Era of Risk

    L. A. Morais, D. Reynoso, A. Lea, M. Mujtaba, S. Merwat, R. Kulkarni, J. Fair, M. Kueht

    University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX

    *Purpose: Antibiotic drug resistant organisms (DRO) [extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL), vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE), and carbapenem resistant bacteria (CRB)] are becoming more prevalent and pose a…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Organ Decline Rate and Outcomes of Shared Kidneys from OneLegacy OPO Donation Service Area in Los Angeles

    M. Hussain1, P. Homkalrias1, K. Wheeler2, G. Danovitch1, S. Bunnapradist1

    1UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 2OneLegacy, Los Angeles, CA

    *Purpose: Background: 20% recovered kidneys are discarded in the US. Southern California has a high number of End-Stage Kidney Disease patients and the waitlist time…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of Elevated Initial Donor Creatinine on Outcomes After Transplanting Kidney from Deceased Donor with Severe AKI

    L. Kodali, K. Reddy, P. Budhiraja, S. Nair, G. Mour, J. Huskey, C. Jadloweic, H. Khamash, H. Chakkera, R. Heilman

    Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Arizona, Phoenix, AZ

    *Purpose: Several studies have shown good outcomes with transplanting kidneys from deceased donors with AKI; however, the impact of having elevated initial donor creatinine has…
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