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Impact of Ozone Exposure of Lung Donors and Recipients on All-Cause Mortality after Lung Transplant
*Purpose: A Belgian study found proximity to a motorway increased risk of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after lung transplant (LT). Using zip codes as a surrogate…2020 American Transplant Congress
Distribution of High-Urgency Listing and Regional Variation before and after Implementation of the 2018 US Heart Allocation Policy
1University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2SRTR, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: The demand for heart transplant exceeds organ availability. The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network/United Network for Organ Sharing (OPTN/UNOS) updated heart allocation policy in…2020 American Transplant Congress
Opioid Use Prior to Liver Transplant is Associated with Increased Risk of Death after Transplant
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: The impact of the opioid epidemic on liver transplant (LT) candidates and recipients has not been widely studied, but pre-LT opioid use in LT…2020 American Transplant Congress
Outcome Disparities of Primary Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients by Payor, Ethnicity and Gender in the United States
*Purpose: Racial disparity outcome in pediatric kidney recipients has been reported. We sought to assess other predictors of outcomes disparities.*Methods: Using the SRTR database, between…2020 American Transplant Congress
Comparing Early Kidney after Liver Transplant (KALT) and Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplant (SLK): Evaluating Racial Disparities. Will Everyone Have the Same “Safety Net”?
*Purpose: In 2017, UNOS implemented simultaneous liver-kidney transplant (SLK) guidelines that included medical eligibility criteria and a “safety net” providing prioritization on the kidney transplant…2020 American Transplant Congress
Survival of Right and Left Living Donor Renal Allografts is Equivalent Even with Higher-Than-Average Rates of Right Graft Utilization
Surgery, Indiana University, indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Previous studies have demonstrated comparable rates of graft survival for right and left living donor renal allografts, however such analyses have been conducted among…2020 American Transplant Congress
Understanding the Molecular Phenotype of Kidney Injury
1University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, 2., ., AB, Canada
*Purpose: The injury status of transplanted organs is a strong predictor of graft loss. We used injury-related gene expression to explore the relationship between function,…2020 American Transplant Congress
Does the New Heart Transplantation Allocation System Improve Access to Transplantation for Restrictive and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Patients? A UNOS Database Analysis
*Purpose: Historically, patients with end-stage restrictive (RCM) and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), experienced longer wait times and increased waitlist mortality while awaiting a heart transplant (HT)…2020 American Transplant Congress
Re-Establishing Abstinence after Alcohol Relapse after Early Transplant (LT) for Alcoholic Hepatitis (AH) Provides Survival Advantage
*Purpose: Among the ACCELERATE-AH cohort: (i) Identify factors associated with re-established abstinence in patients with alcohol relapse after LT for alcoholic hepatitis (AH); (ii) Determine…2020 American Transplant Congress
11 Years Experience of Early Steroid Withdrawal Immunosupression Protocol in Kidney Allograft Recipient
Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Early Steroid Withdrawal (ESW) Immunosuppression protocol has become a viable alternative to steroid based regimen. Our transplant program has adopted ESW protocol since 2003…
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