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Articles tagged "Screening"

  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    The Association between Timed-Up-and-Go Test and Montreal Cognitive Assessment on Outcomes of Renal Transplant Candidates

    K. Bozhilov, L. Wong

    Transplant Surgery, Queens Medical Center, Honolulu, HI

    *Purpose: Patients with frailty who undergo renal transplantation (RT) have a higher incidence of delayed graft function and rehospitalization, however little is known about the…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Evaluation of Pretransplant Serologies and Vaccination Rates in Kidney Transplant Candidates

    S. Schneider, C. Truax, A. Carlson, B. Clark, B. Sirandas, L. Smith

    Department of Pharmacy Services, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT

    *Purpose: Assessing serologic status presents opportunities to provide live vaccinations to solid organ transplant (SOT) candidates. This is especially important given the increased risk of…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Frailty Predicts Increased Length of Stay after Kidney Transplantation: An Implementation Study

    J. Schaenman, B. Hale-Durbin, C. Lee, N. Ventigan, S. Jaladanki, L. Shih, B. Abdalla, R. Ahn, S. Chang, M. Dunbar-Forrest, H. A. Gritsch, G. Danovitch, D. Goldwater

    David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

    *Purpose: Our objective was to implement a standardized an assessment of physical frailty and other aging-associated syndromes during routine evaluation of kidney transplant candidates over…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Immunosurveillance with Donor Derived Cellular Free DNA Assay Plus Donor Specific Antibody, an Alternative to Renal Allograft Biopsy

    S. Machado, G. Agarwal, F. Ahmed, B. Julian, R. Mannon, S. Mehta, V. Kumar, S. Ong, S. Thaduri, G. Towns, C. Kew

    Transplant Nephrology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

    *Purpose: Surveillance allograft biopsies (SVAB) are used by many centers to identify subclinical immunologic injury. SVAB entails bleeding risks. Non-invasive modalities such as donor-derived cell-free…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Predictors of Kidney Transplant Evaluation Attendance

    C. G. Ford1, Y. Leyva1, Y. Zhu2, E. J. Croswell3, C. Puttarajappa4, M. A. Dew3, M. L. Unruh2, Y. Ng2, L. Myaskovsky1

    1Center for Healthcare Equity in Kidney Disease, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, 2University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, 3University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 4University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

    *Purpose: Given that clinic non-attendance is associated with worse health outcomes for patients and increased burden for providers, we examined whether patient worry about harm…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Medication Adherence Assessment Findings in Kidney Transplant Candidates Undergoing Living Donor Transplant

    J. Trofe-Clark1, G. Malat1, M. Norris1, D. Sawinski2, M. Bleicher2, R. Bloom2

    1Hosp of Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2Renal Div, Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

    *Purpose: Medication adherence is key to kidney transplant (KTx) success. Our center implemented standardized medication adherence assessment and education in KTx candidates undergoing living donor…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Getting to Yes Faster: Multifactorial Filters to Reduce Unwanted Offers

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

    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: Using recursive…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Because That is Not How The Hierarchy Works: Primary Care Provider Perspectives on Liver Transplant Referral and Access to Transplant

    V. Madabhushi1, A. Murphy2, C. Reams3, R. Gedaly3, M. Shah3, N. Pope4, M. Gupta5

    1General Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 2University of Kentucky, College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, 3Surgery, DIvision of Transplant Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 4University of Kentucky, College of Social Work, Lexington, KY, 5Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

    *Purpose: In rural America, the road to obtaining a liver transplant (LTX) often starts at the primary care provider’s (PCP) office. Patients in rural communities…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Testing Deceased Organ Donors for Infections: An Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) Survey

    N. M. Theodoropoulos1, P. Chin-Hong2, M. Greenwald3, M. G. Ison4

    1University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, 2UCSF, San Francisco, CA, 3Uniformed Services University School of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, 4Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: We surveyed the 58 U.S. OPOs to update our knowledge about the current methods of infectious disease testing in deceased organ donors.*Methods: An IRB…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Comparison of Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplantation Scores to Medication Adherence Assessment Findings in Kidney Transplant Candidates Undergoing Living Donor Transplant

    J. Trofe-Clark1, G. Malat1, M. Norris1, M. Bleicher2, E. Smith3, D. Sawinski2, R. Weinrieb4, R. Bloom2

    1Pharmacy, Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2Renal Division, Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 3Social Work, Hosp of Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 4Pyschiatry, Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

    *Purpose: The Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplantation (SIPAT) is a standardized, evaluation tool intended to assess psychosocial health in organ transplant candidates. The purpose…
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