Articles tagged "Screening"

2021 American Transplant Congress
The Perfect Candidate? The Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplant
E. J. Henricksen¹, K. Stott², S. Ilango², Y. Moayedi³, K. Waddell⁴, H. I. Luikart⁴, J. Twiggs⁴, R. Lee¹, B. M. Zhang⁵, W. Hiesinger⁶, K. K. Khush⁴, J. J. Teuteberg⁴
¹Transplant, Stanford Healthcare, Stanford, CA, ²Social Work, Stanford Healthcare, Stanford, CA, ³Cardiology, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Cardiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁵Pathology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁶Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
*Purpose: The Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplant (SIPAT) is a tool used to objectify and enhance the pre-transplant psychosocial evaluation. We sought to assess…
2021 American Transplant Congress
PDSA Model to Improve Pneumococcal Vaccine Adherence Among Kidney Transplant Candidates
J. M. Ramakrishna, L. Brumble, C. R. Libertin
Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Florida, Jacksonville, FL
*Purpose: Streptococcus pneumoniae infections occur in solid organ transplant patients at a rate of 146 per 100,000 persons per year versus 11.5 per 100,000 persons…
2021 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Health Literacy on Kidney Transplant Listing
G. Chen¹, J. Siahaan², L. Leon Novelo², I. Rizvi³, A. M. De Golovine⁴, A. R. Edwards⁴, A. Pai⁴, W. A. Dar³
¹Abdominal Transplant, Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, TX, ²Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, School of Public Health The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ³Department of Surgery, McGovern Medical School The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Renal Diseases and Hypertension, McGovern Medical School The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Limited health literacy has long been associated with poor health outcomes in the general population, but there have been few studies investigating the association…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Utility of Screening-Bead Assay in Post-Transplant Testing of Donor-Specific Antibodies (DSA) and Antibody-mediated Rejection (ABMR) in Renal Allografts
A. Agrawal¹, E. Dijke², A. Murray³, P. Campbell³
¹Transplant Nephrology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Lab. Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³Division of Nephrology, Dept. of Medicine, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, AB, Canada
*Purpose: ABMR is a major cause of poor long-term graft survival. Though post-transplant monitoring of HLA DSAs can aid in risk stratification and optimizing immunosuppression,…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Pre-Screening on OPTN Kidney Paired Donation Pilot Program Transplant and Refusal Rates
S. E. Booker¹, R. Leishman¹, J. Musick¹, M. Oley¹, T. Sandholm², J. Dickerson³, M. Pavlakis⁴, V. Casingal⁵
¹UNOS, Richmond, VA, ²Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, ³University of Maryland, College Park, MD, ⁴Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ⁵Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
*Purpose: The OPTN Kidney Paired Donation Pilot Program (KPDPP) donor pre-screen tool allows centers to review and pre-accept or pre-refuse potential donors for individual candidates…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Centers Avoided 67% of Kidney Offers by Participating in the OPTN’s Multifactorial Offer Filter Pilot Project
A. Toll, H. McGehee, D. Stewart, R. McTier
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: 40 centers…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Non-Liver Transplant Patients
R. Claudio¹, C. Conceicao², K. Robichaux², A. Kumar¹, J. Buggs³, N. Kemmer⁴
¹Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ²Honors College, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ³Transplant Surgery, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ⁴Transplant Hepatology, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: The global prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is rising at an alarming rate, driven in large part by an increased incidence of…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Systematic Implementation of Alcohol Screening Program Using Urine Ethyl Glucuronide Can Identify Post-transplant Alcohol Use and Aid Return to Sobriety in Liver Transplant Recipients
N. Lim¹, T. Leventhal¹, M. Thomson¹, M. Hassan¹, J. Thompson¹, S. Chinnakotla², V. Kirchner², T. Pruett¹, R. Kandaswamy², V. Humphreville², A. Adams², J. Lake¹
¹Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Division of Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Rates of liver transplantation (LT) for alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) are increasing, particularly in patients with acute alcoholic hepatitis. Post-LT alcohol (ETOH) use has…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Implementation of an Alcohol Screening Program Identifies Active Pre-transplant Drinking and Allows Engagement in Chemical Dependency Treatment
N. Lim¹, T. Leventhal¹, M. Thomson¹, M. Hassan¹, J. Thompson¹, S. Chinnakotla², V. Kirchner², T. Pruett², R. Kandaswamy², V. Humphreville², A. Adams², J. Lake¹
¹Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Division of Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Alcohol (ETOH) is an important cause of cirrhosis in the US today. Screening patients for ETOH use prior to LT is important to identify…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Extended Living Donor Criteria on Donor Safety in Living Donor Liver Transplantation
J. KIM
Department of Surgery, Catholic University of Daegu College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Donor safety is major concern during living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) and most transplant centers accept strict selection criteria although some centers have been…