Articles tagged "Waiting lists"

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…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Waitlisting for Kidney Transplant and Social Determinants of Health Predict Health-Related Quality of Life (hrqol) in End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Patients
S. L. Swift¹, S. Wang², C. H. Chang³, J. Pleis⁴, M. Dew³, R. Shapiro⁵, M. Unruh¹, K. Kendall⁶, E. Croswell⁷, J. D. Peipert⁸, L. Myaskovsky¹
¹University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, ²University of Florida, Gainsville, FL, ³University of Pittsburg, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA, ⁵Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ⁶Highmark Health, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁷University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁸Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Getting waitlisted for a KT has important health implications for patients with ESRD. Less is known about the relationship between waitlisting and subsequent HRQoL…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Distribution of High-Urgency Listing and Regional Variation before and after Implementation of the 2018 US Heart Allocation Policy
T. Cascino¹, M. Skeans², V. Patel¹, M. Colvin¹
¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²SRTR, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: The demand for heart transplant exceeds organ availability. The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network/United Network for Organ Sharing (OPTN/UNOS) updated heart allocation policy in…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Validation of the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Sodium Score in the Eurotransplant Region
B. F. Goudsmit¹, H. Putter², B. Van Hoek³, A. E. Braat¹
¹Transplantation Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Biostatistics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
*Purpose: The shortage of liver grafts results in the prioritization of the sickest patients on the waiting list for liver transplantation. Since 2006, the degree…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Relationship Between Frailty and Performance Status in Patients with Cirrhosis Awaiting Liver Transplantation
C. Q. Xu¹, F. Yao², Y. Mohamad², R. Wong², D. Kent², S. Seetharaman², Y. Srisengfa², J. C. Lai²
¹Department of Medicine, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ²Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Frailty—a multi-dimensional construct that encapsulates physical function, performance status, and nutritional status—has emerged as a critical determinant of mortality in patients with cirrhosis. Currently,…