Articles tagged "Waiting lists"

2020 American Transplant Congress
A Video Education Intervention to Improve Kidney Transplant Knowledge and Self-Efficacy in Dialysis Center End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Patients
D. A. DuBay¹, T. Morinelli¹, Z. Sutton¹, M. Chastain¹, T. Thompkins Tindal¹, Z. Su¹, E. Weeda¹, P. Mauldin¹, M. Casey¹, J. Bian¹, J. Rodrigue², P. Baliga¹, D. Taber³
¹Medical University of South Carolina`, Charleston, SC, ²Departments of Surgery and Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconiess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ³Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina`, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: Only 34% of incident ESRD patients are referred for transplant (Tx) evaluation within 12 months of initiating dialysis. There is great need for effective…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Waitlist Times, Hospital Length of Stay, and Immediate Post-Operative Outcomes of HCV Positive Donors in HCV Negative Liver and Kidney Transplant Recipients
H. Elbeshbeshy¹, J. M. Ray¹, A. Befeler¹, R. Desai¹, K. Qureshi¹, C. Varma²
¹Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, ²Surgery, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
*Purpose:Introduction The advent of direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) has significantly changed liver and kidney transplantation for patients with chronic hepatitis C (HCV) infection. Successful and relatively…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Identifying an Optimal Liver Frailty Index Cutoff to Predict Waitlist Mortality in Liver Transplant Candidates
A. Kardashian¹, J. Ge¹, C. McCulloch¹, M. R. Kappus², M. A. Dunn³, A. Duarte-Rojo³, M. L. Volk⁴, R. S. Rahimi⁵, E. C. Verna⁶, D. R. Ganger⁷, D. Ladner⁷, J. L. Dodge¹, B. Boyarsky⁸, M. McAdams-DeMarco⁸, D. L. Segev⁸, J. C. Lai¹
¹UCSF, SF, CA, ²Duke, Durham, NC, ³UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴LLU, Loma Linda, CA, ⁵BSWH, Dallas, TX, ⁶Columbia, NY, NY, ⁷Northwestern, Chicago, IL, ⁸JHMI, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Frailty is associated with mortality in liver transplant (LT) waitlist candidates. We developed the Liver Frailty Index (LFI) to assess frailty in patients with…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Quantifying the Number of ESRD Patients Who Might Benefit from Bariatric Surgery to Achieve Listing for Transplant
B. Orandi¹, P. MacLennan¹, S. Mehta¹, J. Grams¹, R. Stahl¹, R. Cannon¹, D. Anderson¹, M. Hanaway¹, C. Young¹, J. Purvis¹, N. Terrault², C. Lewis¹, J. Locke¹
¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Mounting evidence suggests bariatric surgery may play a role in helping obese ESRD patients achieve sufficient weight loss to be transplant-eligible. We sought to…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Variations in Recipient and Donor Clinical Characteristics between Heart Transplant Centers
W. T. McKinney¹, M. J. Bruin², S. Chu², D. Schladt³, J. Synder³, C. M. Martin⁴, T. Alexy⁴, B. L. Kasiske⁵, A. K. Israni¹
¹Nephrology, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN, ²College of Design, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ³Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴Cardiology Division, University of Minnesota Department of Medicine, Minneapolis, MN, ⁵Department of Medicine, Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: When a patient has discretion over which heart transplant program will evaluate them for the waitlist, prior knowledge of program acceptance practices can enable…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Geographic Variation in Listing for Kidney Transplantation: A State-Level Assessment of Access among Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease in the United States
M. N. Mustian, H. Qu, D. Anderson, P. A. MacLennan, R. D. Reed, C. Kale, B. Orandi, B. A. Shelton, V. Kumar, M. Hanaway, J. E. Locke
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: Barriers to deceased donor kidney transplantation (DDKT) exist, including referral for transplant and waitlist addition, which may vary regionally. The objective of this study…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Association between Alcoholic Liver Disease and Alcohol Tax
S. Melo¹, A. Ermekbaeva², J. Buggs³, E. Rogers³, A. Kumar⁴, N. Kemmer⁵
¹School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ²Honors College, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ³Transplant Surgery, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ⁴Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁵Transplant Hepatology, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: The incidence of Alcoholic Liver Disease (ALD) has increased, causing ALD to become a primary indication for liver transplantation in the United States. We…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Flagging of Transplant Centers Associated with Increased Waitlist Mortality among Liver Candidates
R. L. Grant, B. A. Shelton, P. A. MacLennan, R. D. Reed, R. M. Cannon, B. J. Orandi, D. E. Eckhoff, J. E. Locke
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: Previous studies have demonstrated decreased transplant rates among poor performing transplant centers meeting Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) flagging criteria. However, no…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Transarterial Chemoembolization and Radio-Embolization are Similarly Efficacious in Achieving Successful Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) Down-Staging: Results from the Multicenter Evaluation of Reduction in Tumor Size Before Liver Transplantation (MERITS-LT) Consortium
N. Mehta¹, J. Guy², C. Frenette³, P. Tabrizian⁴, M. Hoteit⁵, N. Parikh⁶, T. Ghaziani⁷, R. Dhanasekaran⁷, J. L. Dodge¹, M. L. Holzner⁴, S. Florman⁴, F. Yao¹
¹UCSF, SF, CA, ²CPMC, SF, CA, ³Scripps Hospital, La Jolla, CA, ⁴Mt Sinai, NY, NY, ⁵U. Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶U. Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁷Stanford, Palo Alto, CA
*Purpose: United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS) Region 5 has reported excellent liver transplantation (LT) outcomes after successful down-staging (DS) in HCC patients exceeding Milan…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Center Effects Substantially Explain Disparities in Access to Kidney Transplants, Yet DSA Effects Remain
D. Stewart, A. Robinson, D. Klassen, A. Wilk
United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: The OPTN developed a novel methodology in 2016 to monitor equity in access to deceased donor kidney transplants (Tx) among waitlisted candidates. Results have…