Articles tagged "Waiting lists"

2021 American Transplant Congress
Comorbidity Burden is Associated with Increased Waitlist Mortality Among NASH Patients
J. R. Montgomery¹, M. J. Englesbe¹, C. Connelly²
¹Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, ²General Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
*Purpose: Nonalcoholic steatotic hepatitis (NASH) is an increasing and common indication for liver transplantation. The association between increased comorbidity burden and risk of death on…
2021 American Transplant Congress
HLA Haplotype Frequency and Racial Disparities in Access to Transplant Among Highly Sensitized Kidney Transplant Candidates
L. Gragert¹, M. Kadatz², D. Chang², H. Gebel³, D. Stewart⁴, E. Kransdorf⁵, S. Brar², S. Vaishnav², J. Gill², J. Lan²
¹Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, ²University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ⁴UNOS, Richmond, VA, ⁵Cedars-Sinai, Beverly Hills, CA, Canada
*Purpose: Despite implementation of the Kidney Allocation System (KAS) which prioritizes sensitized patients, sensitized Black individuals are less likely to receive a transplant than non-Black…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Temporal Changes in Renal Function Predict Waitlist Death or Deterioration in Pediatric Liver Transplantation
N. Thalji, L. Thalji, S. Ibrahim, T. Diwan, P. Kamath, J. Heimbach
Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: Renal dysfunction at the time of listing predicts inferior waitlist outcomes in pediatric liver transplant candidates, independent of the Pediatric End-Stage Liver Disease (PELD)…
2021 American Transplant Congress
High Degree of Center Variation in Simultaneous Heart Kidney Transplant: Opportunities for Standardization
B. I. Shaw¹, M. L. Samoylova¹, S. J. Kesseli¹, D. Olaso², A. S. Barbas¹, D. L. Sudan¹, L. E. Boulware³, L. M. McElroy¹
¹Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, ²School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, ³Medicine-Nephrology, Duke University, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Simultaneous heart kidney transplant (SHK) is increasingly common and unregulated. We sought to understand variation in patient selection for SHK at the center level.*Methods:…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Disparities in Access to Listing in Rural Populations Post-KAS Implementation
S. H. Nguyen¹, R. R. Redfield², N. Neidlinger¹, D. P. Foley¹, D. B. Kaufman¹, J. T. Adler³
¹Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ²Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: One major goal of the Kidney Allocation System (KAS) was to improve access to transplantation. The impact of KAS on rural populations has been…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Sharing Under KAS – What is the Impact According to KDPI?
M. Jacobs, R. Stratta, C. Jay
Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston Salem, NC
*Purpose: The new Kidney Allocation System (KAS) implemented in 2014 was designed to facilitate sharing of kidneys due to changes in prioritization of highly sensitized…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Pediatric Living Donor Liver Transplant Center Volume on Waiting List and Post-Transplant Outcomes
D. Yoeli, R. A. Choudhury, H. B. Moore, T. L. Nydam, M. E. Wachs, E. A. Pomfret, M. A. Adams
Transplant Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare pediatric liver transplant (pLT) waiting list and post-transplant outcomes by center pediatric living donor liver transplant…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Waitlist and Post-Transplant Outcomes of Candidates with Iabp or Ecmo: Comparison of Old and New Heart Allocation Policies
M. Colvin¹, Y. Ahn², S. Hall³, M. Skeans², M. Walsh⁴, A. Israni²
¹Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, ³Baylor Univ, Dallas, TX, ⁴St. Vincent Heart Ctr, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: New heart allocation policy prioritizes candidates on short-term circulatory support to promote transplant of the sickest candidates. There has been a shift in the…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Rural Dialysis Facilities are Associated with Better Dialysis Quality but Less Home Dialysis Use
J. T. Adler¹, L. Xiang¹, S. S. Waikar²
¹Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Dialysis facility quality is associated with patient outcomes. The 60 million rural dwellers across the United States are older, more likely to live in…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of the Kidney Allocation System on Kidney Transplant Outcomes in Patients with Long Dialysis Treatment (> 10 Years)
M. Kadatz, S. Vaishnav, S. Brar, D. Chang, J. Lan, J. Gill
Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
*Purpose: Prior to the new kidney allocation system (KAS), patients treated with dialysis for > 10 years before transplantation were shown to derive a survival…