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Articles tagged "Resource utilization"

  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Paired Exchange Living Donor Liver Transplantation Using Compatible Pairs- U.S. Single Center Experience

    T. Klair, D. Fritze, E. Thomas, G. Abrahamian, G. Halff, K. Speeg, F. Cigarroa

    University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

    *Purpose: ABO and size incompatibility are common reasons for non-acceptance of otherwise suitable donors in Living Donor Liver Transplantation (LDLT). Paired exchange LDLT has been…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Facebunk: Does Social Media Have a Positive Impact on Living Kidney Donation

    E. K. Venniro1, R. Kashyap2, J. G. Taylor1

    1Nephrology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, 2Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY

    *Purpose: More kidney transplant recipients are reaching out beyond their immediate contacts in order to find potential living donors. In addition, transplant centers and organizations…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Traveling For Transplant: A Comparison of Singly Listed, Multiply Listed, and Non-Citizen Non-Resident Liver Transplant Candidates

    H. J. Braun1, D. Amara1, A. Shui1, C. Huang1, P. G. Stock1, R. Hirose1, F. L. Delmonico2, N. L. Ascher1

    1University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 2Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

    *Purpose: Multiply listed (ML) and non-citizen non-resident (NCNR) patients comprise approximately 8% of the liver transplant (LT) waitlist (WL) and approximately 4% of LT recipients.…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Relative Transplant Center Organ Volumes are Associated with Patient and Graft Survival

    J. T. Adler, T. C. Tsai, S. K. Malek, S. G. Tullius, J. S. Weissman

    Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

    *Purpose: Transplant programs differ in relative volume of kidney and liver transplants. While there is a known volume-outcome relationship for organ-specific transplantation at an institutional…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of the Organ Procurement Organization Surgeon on Utilization of High KDPI Kidneys

    C. S. Hwang1, J. Reese2, T. Anthony2, P. Vagefi1, B. Tanriover3, V. Ariyamuthu3, S. Levea3, M. MacConmara1

    1Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 2Southwest Transplant Alliance, Dallas, TX, 3Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

    *Purpose: In 2014, TXSB organ procurement organization (OPO) employed a full-time donor surgeon. We previously demonstrated that presence of a donor surgeon had a beneficial…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Hepatitis A Hospitalizations among Kidney Transplant Recipients in the United States: A Nationwide Study

    W. Cheungpasitporn1, C. Thongprayoon2, P. Ungprasert3, K. Wijarnpreecha4, P. T. Kroner4

    1Nephrology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, 2Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 3Nephrology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Bangkok, Thailand, 4Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL

    *Purpose: Hepatitis A illness severity increases in immunosuppressed patients and one of important indicators of hepatitis A illness severity is whether patients require hospitalization. This…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    A Retrospective Analysis Evaluating Various Tissue Biopsy Scoring Systems in Predicting Recipient Outcomes Following Transplantation of Extended Criteria Donor Kidneys

    A. Hijazi1, D. Nap1, M. Gabril2, M. Moussa2, V. Ibrahim3, M. A. Levine4, M. Madruah4, P. Luke4, A. Sener4

    1Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, ON, Canada, 2Pathology, London Health Sciences Center, London, ON, Canada, 3Western University, London, ON, Canada, 4Urology, London Health Sciences Center, London, ON, Canada

    *Purpose: Organ selectivity for transplantation can be quite challenging, especially for marginal kidneys. We examined the prognostic utility of the Maryland Aggregate Pathology Index (MAPI)…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Utilization of Hepatitis C Donors is Safe and Cost Effective

    J. Shaw, D. Reino, N. Kapila, K. Al Khalloufi, S. Ebaid, S. Rhazouani, X. Zervos, J. Vanatta, N. Agrawal

    Cleveland Clinic, Weston, FL

    *Purpose: The use of hepatitis C (hep C) positive donors has become increasingly attractive with the advent of improved curative pharmacologic treatments. As a result…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Costs Associated with A2 to B Kidney Transplantation: A Barrier to Its Utilization?

    R. Forbes, B. Concepcion, D. Shaffer

    Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

    *Purpose: In 2014 the updated Kidney Allocation System (KAS) allowed for allocation of blood type A2 kidneys to B recipients in an effort to ameliorate…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Organ Procurement Organization Performance is Not Related to Educational Spending

    J. P. Roberts1, J. Bragg-Gresham2, P. Held3

    1Univ of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 2Nephrology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 3Stanford University, Stanford, CA

    *Purpose: We examined the educational spending by OPOs in relationship to OPO performance metrics.*Methods: Data sources: OPO Cost Reports (CMS 216-94 Form), SRTR OPO Specific…
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