Articles tagged "Waiting lists"

2021 American Transplant Congress
27 Months Follow Up of a Cohort in the Transplant Continuum After Using a New Electronic Medical Record Tool to Document Transplant Option Discussions Among Patients with EGFR <20 Ml/min/1.73m2
A. A. Yishak¹, M. S. Bhatnagar², A. V. Tomimatsu³, R. La Londe⁴, E. Clark⁵, K. B. Rubenstein⁶, S. Vupputuri⁶
¹MAPMG, McLean, VA, ²Kaiser Permanente |, Oakland, CA, ³Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA, ⁴Kaiser Permanente, Oakland,, CA, ⁵Kaiser Permanente, Hyattsville, MD, ⁶MAPRI, Rockville, MD
*Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess: 1) the documentation of transplant option discussions; 2) the number of members listed & transplanted preemptively;…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Increasing Liver Discard Rate and Waiting List Drop-Off in Post-MELD Era
R. Matsumoto¹, K. Halazun², J. Emond¹, B. Samstein², R. S. Brown Jr.², L. Dove¹, T. Kato¹
¹Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY
*Purpose: As number of donors and transplant cases rises each year, it is important to evaluate not only post-transplant survival rate but also the organ…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Seasonality of Mortality for Solid Organ Waitlist Candidates
J. Miller, D. Musgrove
SRTR, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Analysis of the impact of policies or natural occurrences on transplant system outcomes requires comparison of a treatment (post-policy) period to a control (pre-policy)…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Influence of Frailty on Psychometric Factors and Health-related Quality of Life in Patients on the Waitlist for Liver Transplantation
C. G. Klein, J. Latuske, E. Malamutmann, A. Paul, A. Oezcelik
University Medicine Essen, Essen, Germany
*Purpose: The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate the influence of frailty on depression, anxiety and health-related quality of life for patients on…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Brain Natriuretic Peptide and Pedometer Activity are Most Predictive of Poor Kidney Transplant Waitlist Outcomes
P. Manay¹, P. TenEyck², R. Kalil³, M. Sanders⁴, M. Swee⁴, G. Binns⁵, J. Hornikel⁵, D. Katz¹
¹Department of Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ²Institute for Clinical and Translational Science, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ³Department of Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Department of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ⁵Iowa City VAMC, Iowa City, IA
*Purpose: Tools for indicating which patients are most at risk for complications and death after transplant listing would allow for a rational approach to targeted…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Survival Adult Liver Transplantation: Experience in a Latinoamerican High Complexity Center. 15 Years with More Than 500 Transplants
C. A. Murcia, N. Ramirez, M. E. Ramos, C. Benavides, J. Rivera, G. Mejia
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…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Black Disparity in Access to Kidney Transplant Waitlist Worsens in Illinois After New Kidney Allocation System (kas)
S. Park¹, D. Simpson¹, N. Katariya², J. Friedewald³, B. Ho³, D. P. Ladner¹
¹Transplant Outcomes Research Collaborative, Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Division of Transplant Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³Transplant Nephrology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*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
Effect of Multi-Organ Transplant Allocation on Pediatric Kidney Waitlist Candidates
D. Shepherd, R. M. Engen
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
Immune Response to Covid-19 in Kidney Transplant Waitlist Patients
P. T. Jindra¹, C. M. Foye¹, I. Sharf², A. Rana¹, T. N. Galvan¹, A. Awan¹, C. A. O'Mahony¹, B. V. Murthy¹
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
Early Effects of Acuity Circle-Based Liver Allocation During Covid-19 Pandemic in the United States
S. Nagai, T. Ivanics, T. Kitajima, M. Shamaa, M. Lu, S. Yeddula, K. Collins, M. Rizzari, A. Yoshida, M. Abouljoud
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…