2019 American Transplant Congress
Reduction in Waitlist Time Using HCV Positive Liver Grafts in HCV Negative Recipients
Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, LA
*Purpose: With direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy, we feel that HCV+ organs are safe for all patients regardless of their HCV status and have adopted a…2019 American Transplant Congress
Investigating Deceased Donor Kidney Discard Trend – An Opportunity To Expand The Donor Pool
*Purpose: As the number of patients awaiting kidney transplantation increases from year to year, centers must maximize efforts to transplant kidneys procured. One way of…2019 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Kidney Transplant Patient Education: Information Retention is Associated with Improved Waitlist Outcomes
Transplant Nephrology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
*Purpose: Patients who present for a kidney transplant (KT) evaluation undergo extensive education in a short period of time in the form of a one…2019 American Transplant Congress
Gait Speed Predicts Kidney Transplant Candidate Mortality
*Purpose: Waiting list mortality is increasingly scrutinized as a metric of transplant center quality. It is unknown if gait speed assessments may augment physician evaluations…2019 American Transplant Congress
Preserved Heart Rate Variability and Endothelial Function One Year after Pancreas Transplantation
Department of Transplantation Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, OSLO, Norway
*Purpose: Cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy and reduced endothelium-dependent vasodilation are prevalent in patients listed for pancreas transplantation and associated with increased cardiovascular risk in the general…2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact Of The Provision Of Transplant Information On Access To First And Repeat Kidney Transplantation
Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
*Purpose: To determine whether the provision and relative impact of transplant information differs in incident ESRD patients and patients with a history of previous transplant…2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Revised Policy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma MELD Exception Points on Recurrence after Liver Transplantation
1University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 2Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
*Purpose: On October 8, 2015, a revised liver policy regarding HCC exception scores was implemented with the intention to create a better balance in transplant…2019 American Transplant Congress
Modeling the Effect of Presumed Consent on Waitlist Candidate Quantities
*Purpose: Organ transplantation is a life-saving and cost-effective treatment for patients with end-organ failure. However, the current supply of donors is unable to match demand,…2019 American Transplant Congress
Keeping Patients Lifetime Perspective in Focus: Modest Rates and Wide Variation in Preemptive Re-Listing for Kidney Transplantation in the US
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Success of transplantation is not limited to initial receipt of a donor organ. Many patients experience graft loss within their lifetime and the benefits…2019 American Transplant Congress
Management of Inactive Candidates on the Kidney Transplant Waitlist: Results from a National Survey
Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: As the inactive deceased donor kidney transplant (DDKT) waitlist pool continues to grow, management of these patients has become an increasingly complex administrative undertaking.…
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