Articles tagged "Waiting lists"

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…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Accounting for Survivor Bias in Transplant Benefit Models
E. M. Schnellinger¹, E. Cantu², M. O. Harhay¹, D. E. Schaubel¹, S. E. Kimmel¹, A. J. Stephens-Shields¹
¹Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ²Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*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
Response to a Pandemic: The Fall and Rise of Kidney Transplantation in the US
S. Bisen¹, B. Boyarsky¹, W. Werbel¹, J. Snyder², J. Garonzik-Wang¹, D. Segev¹, A. Massie¹
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
Delay in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation Due to Infection: A Single Center Study
T. A. Heald-Sargent¹, S. Manz², P. Verghese³
¹Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Lurie Children's Hospital/Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Central Michigan University, Mt Pleasant, MI, ³Pediatric Kidney Diseases, Lurie Children's Hospital/Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*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
Adults Undergoing First Time Liver Transplantation with Biliary Atresia: An Analysis of the United Network for Organ Sharing Database
E. Hsu¹, J. Perkins², S. P. Horslen¹, A. A. Dick¹, N. M. Blondet¹, J. D. Reyes²
¹Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ²Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
*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…