Articles tagged "Waiting lists"

2020 American Transplant Congress
MELD is MELD is MELD? Geographic/ Center-Level Variation in Mortality for Patients with the Same MELD Score
T. Ishaque¹, A. B. Massie¹, A. B. Kernodle¹, S. Getsin¹, P. Chaing¹, J. G. Jacqueline Garonzik Wang¹, S. Gentry², D. Segev¹
¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Department of Mathematics, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
*Purpose: Waitlist candidates living in areas with poor access to health care may have higher mortality risk compared to candidates with same MELD in other…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Shorter Waiting Time Was Associated with Higher Risk of Recurrence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Liver Transplantation
T. Kitajima¹, S. Nagai¹, D. Moonka², S. Yeddula¹, O. Rizzo¹, M. Kavousi¹, R. Salgia², M. Rizzari¹, K. Collins¹, A. Yoshida¹, M. S. Abouljoud¹
¹Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, ²Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Liver transplantation (LT) is an established treatment option for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). After 6-month waiting rule was implemented, the impact of wait-listing (WL) time…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Wait Times in Pediatric Heart Transplant Candidates: Impact of Size and Blood Type Following the 2016 Allocation Policy Revision
R. J. Williams, M. Lu, L. A. Sleeper, S. Urbach, K. P. Daly
Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: To describe wait times for pediatric heart transplant (HT) candidates following institution of a new allocation system in March 2016.*Methods: The OPTN database was…
2020 American Transplant Congress
No Kidney after Liver Left Behind: An Analysis of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network “Safety Net” Policy
T. C. Lee, K. Wima, M. C. Morris, A. Kassam, S. A. Shah, R. Quillin
Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: Liver transplant (LT) recipients who develop persistent renal dysfunction face increased morbidity and mortality. These patients may be eligible for prioritization on the kidney…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Pediatric National Liver Review Board: Impact on Children on the Waitlist
J. Foutz¹, S. Noreen¹, E. Hsu², E. Perito³, G. Mazariegos⁴
¹United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ²Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ³UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: On 5/14/19 changes were made to the exceptions review process for pediatric liver transplant candidates, with transition from 11 Regional Review Boards to one…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Living Donor versus Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation in USA: Where Do We Stand, Where to Go
A. M. Elsabbagh¹, A. Yoshida¹, J. Fung², M. Abouljoud¹
¹Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, ²University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: LDLT represents a very small percentage of all liver transplants done in the United States, despite the shortage of deceased donor organs. The aim…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Potential Significance of ABO Genotyping for Donor Selection in Kidney Transplantation
Y. Zhou¹, W. Deng¹, Y. Wang¹, N. Cui¹, Y. Wu¹, J. Xu¹, S. Fu¹, L. Xiao¹, H. Liu¹, F. Xiong², Y. Miao¹
¹Department of Organ Trasplantation, Nanfang Hospital, Guangzhou, China, ²Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
*Purpose: The ABO blood group system is clinically important in kidney transplantation, but ABO genotyping fails to attract sufficient attention in China. We identified one…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Effect of DSA-Free Heart Allocation
V. Patel¹, M. Skeans², T. Cascino¹, R. Davies³, M. Colvin¹
¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, ³UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Currently, donation service area (DSA) is the first geographic unit for heart allocation, which creates discrepancies in access for high-urgency candidates. We studied the…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Waitlist Mortality in Children with Biliary Atresia: A Competing Risks Analysis
I. A. Ziogas, F. Ye, Z. Zhao, L. K. Matsuoka, M. I. Montenovo, S. P. Alexopoulos
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: Biliary atresia (BA) is the most common indication for liver transplant (LT) in children. The current PELD allocation algorithm does not accurately reflect the…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Higher Probability of Living Donor Liver Transplantation is Associated with DSAs Having a Higher Median Meld at Transplant
D. Haakinson¹, S. Noreen², D. Stewart², R. Batra¹, G. Gan¹, Y. Deng¹, S. Kulkarni¹
¹Yale, New Haven, CT, ²UNOS, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Recent studies show that outcomes of living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) are superior compared to those receiving deceased donor grafts. Access to deceased donor…