2021 American Transplant Congress
Summary of the OPTN’s Policy and System Modifications in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
*Purpose: In April 2020, the OPTN made several policy and system modifications in response to the growing COVID-19 pandemic including updates to candidate lab data,…2021 American Transplant Congress
Adults Undergoing First Time Liver Transplantation with Biliary Atresia: An Analysis of the United Network for Organ Sharing Database
*Purpose: Although biliary atresia (BA) is the most common indication for liver transplantation in children, there is no published data on outcomes for individuals who…2021 American Transplant Congress
Delay in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation Due to Infection: A Single Center Study
*Purpose: The infectious risks of immunosuppression following pediatric kidney transplant are well described but little is known about the impact of infections on patients with…2021 American Transplant Congress
Response to a Pandemic: The Fall and Rise of Kidney Transplantation in the US
1JHU, Baltimore, MD, 2SRTR, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: During the first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic in March-April 2020, waitlist registrations and living/deceased donor kidney transplants (LDKT/DDKT) dropped substantially. A second wave…2021 American Transplant Congress
Accounting for Survivor Bias in Transplant Benefit Models
*Purpose: The lung allocation system in the U.S. prioritizes lung transplant candidates based on estimated pre- and post-transplant survival. However, these models do not account…2021 American Transplant Congress
Early Effects of Acuity Circle-Based Liver Allocation During Covid-19 Pandemic in the United States
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: One month before the COVID-19 pandemic was declared, liver transplant (LT) allocation in the US was updated (February 4th, 2020), by introducing the acuity…2021 American Transplant Congress
Immune Response to Covid-19 in Kidney Transplant Waitlist Patients
1Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, Houston, TX
*Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the immune response in Kidney Transplant Waitlist Candidates (KTWC) and…2021 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Multi-Organ Transplant Allocation on Pediatric Kidney Waitlist Candidates
Pediatric Nephrology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Multi-Organ Transplants (MOTs) have variable allocation policies and often take precedence over other waitlist candidates. Lack of defined MOT guidelines divert kidneys to MOT…2021 American Transplant Congress
Black Disparity in Access to Kidney Transplant Waitlist Worsens in Illinois After New Kidney Allocation System (kas)
*Purpose: We hypothesized racial/ethnic disparities to access the kidney transplant (KT) waitlist (WL) remain after the implementation of the new kidney allocation system (KAS) at…2021 American Transplant Congress
Survival Adult Liver Transplantation: Experience in a Latinoamerican High Complexity Center. 15 Years with More Than 500 Transplants
Transplant Unit, Fundación Cardioinfantil, Bogotá, Colombia
*Purpose: Liver disease is one of the main causes of chronic disease morbidity and mortality in the world and liver transplantation is the only curative…
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