Articles tagged "Waiting lists"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Effect of 2015 T2 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Exception Policy Implementation on Waitlist Time and Tumor Characteristics
C. Durkin¹, D. E. Kaplan², T. Bittermann²
¹Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Gastroenterology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: A United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) policy change in 2015 created a 6-month delay in the receipt of T2 hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) exception…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Green Channel of Human Organ Transport (GCHOT) Improved the Utilization Rate of Chinese Citizens’ Donated Lungs: A Single-Center Data Analysis
J. Chen, X. Li, C. Hu, F. Liu
Wuxi Lung Transplant Center, Wuxi, China
*Purpose: Lung transplantation in China has been developing for over forty years. Wuxi lung transplant center has the largest lung transplant (LT) volume nationwide. It…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Developing a Patient Specific Search of Heart Transplant Programs: Feedback from Heart Transplant Candidates and Recipients
W. T. McKinney¹, M. J. Bruin², C. R. Schaffhausen¹, S. Chu², 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: Patients seeking a heart transplant must contemplate numerous factors when making decisions regarding their care. Waitlist acceptance criteria, donor acceptance practices and outcomes often…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Improving Liver Transplant (LT) Waitlist Attrition
W. Concepcion¹, A. Ahmed¹, Z. Tulu², L. Hogan², A. Bonham¹, A. Gallo¹, M. Melcher¹, P. Kwo¹, C. Esquivel¹
¹Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, ²Stanford Health Care, Palo Alto, CA
*Purpose: LT patients are listed with the goal of receiving a transplant. Jan-2018 SRTR report showed that our observed waitlist (WL) mortality rate was 11.8…
2020 American Transplant Congress
HCC Liver Transplantation Waitlist Dropout Rates before and after the Mandated Six-Month Wait-Time
M. LaVere¹, K. Robichaux², J. Buggs³, E. Rogers³, S. Nyce⁴, A. Kumar¹, J. Sokolich³
¹Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ²Honors College, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ³Transplant Surgery, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ⁴University of Tampa, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: Studies have shown significant improvement in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) recurrence rates following the UNOS implementation of a six-month wait period. However, few have examined…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Waiting List and Transplant Outcomes of Highly Sensitized Kidney Patients
R. Schmitz, O. K. Jawitz, S. J. Knechtle, A. M. Jackson
Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Sensitized kidney transplant candidates represent a growing population on the waiting list. Transplantation of patients with high calculated panel reactive antibody (CPRA) can be…
2020 American Transplant Congress
High Health Literacy is Associated with Decreased Likelihood of Waitlist Mortality for Some Solid Organ Transplant Candidates
L. Dageforde¹, S. Rega², I. Feurer³
¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Vanderbilt Transplant Center, Nashville, TN, ³Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt Transplant Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: Health Literacy (HL) impacts post-transplant outcomes and listing for kidney transplant patients, but little is known about likelihood of solid organ transplant for kidney…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Distance and Community Characteristics are Associated with Waitlist Mortality Prior to Lung Transplantation
H. Hoy, W. Gannon, S. Rega, J. Karp, E. Lambright, E. Gillaspie, M. Bacchetta, I. Feurer
Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: While specific clinical characteristics known to impact lung transplant waitlist mortality and proximity to the transplant center have been associated with outcomes in other…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Center Performance for Liver Retransplantation Candidates is More Heterogeneous Than for Initial Liver Transplantation Recipients
T. Bittermann, P. L. Abt, D. E. Schaubel
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: This study evaluated center performance for wait-list outcomes for adult candidates awaiting liver retransplantation (reLT), and its association with initial liver transplant (iLT) center…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Characteristics Associated with Center Satisfaction in Management of the Inactive Kidney Transplant Waitlist
J. Hiller, J. Chen, W. Zhang, A. Massie, K. Covarrubias, K. Jackson, J. Long, S. DiBrito, D. Segev, J. Garonzik-Wang
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: As the deceased donor kidney transplant (DDKT) waitlist grows, many centers maintain a large pool of inactive candidates to prioritize those most likely to…