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
*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
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
*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
*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,…2020 American Transplant Congress
Frailty at Time of Kidney Transplant Evaluation is Associated with Higher Rate of Waitlist Denial
*Purpose: To determine the association of patient frailty, as assessed by the Fried frailty score at the time of kidney transplant evaluation (KTE), with kidney…2020 American Transplant Congress
Does the New Heart Transplantation Allocation System Improve Access to Transplantation for Restrictive and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Patients? A UNOS Database Analysis
*Purpose: Historically, patients with end-stage restrictive (RCM) and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), experienced longer wait times and increased waitlist mortality while awaiting a heart transplant (HT)…2020 American Transplant Congress
Waiting List Mortality of Liver Tumors
Division of Transplantation, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Liver transplantation has been approved for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), hilar cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) and metastatic neuroendocrine tumors (NET), with the aim to produce similar outcomes…2020 American Transplant Congress
Supporting “The Decision Project:” Understanding Perceptions of Organ, Eye, and Tissue Donation among Baltimore City Community Members
1Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, 2The Living Legacy Foundation of Maryland, Halethorpe, MD
*Purpose: Using information provided by the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA), it was found that the zip code 21205 in Baltimore City had one of…2020 American Transplant Congress
Unresolved Disparities: Sex, Racial, Ethnic, and Insurance Differences in Performance Status at Listing for Liver Transplant
Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation, New York, NY
*Purpose: Cirrhosis is a chronic disease characterized by progressive worsening in physical functioning. We hypothesized that poor performance status at time of listing was an…2020 American Transplant Congress
Protocolized Exercise Improves Frailty Parameters and Lower Extremity Impairment: A Promising Prehabilitation Strategy for Kidney Transplant Candidates
*Purpose: Frailty and lower extremity (LE) impairment are risk factors for numerous adverse outcomes in kidney transplant (KT) candidates, including decreased rates of transplantation, increased…
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