Articles tagged "Waiting lists"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Inactive Status Changes Disproportionately Impacts the Probability of Obtaining a Deceased Donor Liver Transplant in Donation Service Areas with Higher MMaT
D. Haakinson¹, S. Noreen², D. Stewart², R. Batra¹, G. Gan¹, Y. Deng¹, S. Kulkarni¹
¹Yale, New Haven, CT, ²UNOS, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Liver transplant (LT) rate is typically calculated by including both active and inactive patients, despite the fact that inactive patients are unable to receive…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Association between Timed-Up-and-Go Test and Montreal Cognitive Assessment on Outcomes of Renal Transplant Candidates
K. Bozhilov, L. Wong
Transplant Surgery, Queens Medical Center, Honolulu, HI
*Purpose: Patients with frailty who undergo renal transplantation (RT) have a higher incidence of delayed graft function and rehospitalization, however little is known about the…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Characterization of Donor/Recipient Citizenship Status in Adult Heart Transplantation: A UNOS Registry Analysis
K. Yang¹, D. Miklin¹, J. Pizula¹, P. Genyk¹, G. Liu², A. Lee¹, S. Nuno¹, S. Hashmi¹, J. Nattiv², A. Kiankhooy³, L. Grazette², M. Fong², J. Rahman², K. Pandya², D. Vucicevic⁴, J. Li¹, P. Kingsford¹, P. Banankhah², R. Chand⁵, A. Wolfson⁶, S. Shah¹, A. Salimbangon⁷, C. Lum⁸, E. C. Depasquale², A. S. Vaidya²
¹Keck Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, ²Cardiology, Keck Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, ³Cardiothoracic Surgery, Keck Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Newark Beth-Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ, ⁵Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, ⁶University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, AZ, ⁷UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁸The Queen's Medical Center, Honolulu, HI
*Purpose: There is a paucity of data describing heart transplant donor and recipient status. We therefore sought to examine the medical and demographic characteristics, and…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Survival of ESRD Patients with an EPTS > 90% Listed for Kidney Transplant
M. S. Sampaio¹, E. Lum¹, P. Homkrailas¹, G. Danovitch¹, H. Gritsch², S. Bunnapradist¹
¹UCLA - Division of Nephrology, Los Angeles, CA, ²UCLA - Division of Urology, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Mortality on the kidney transplant waitlist is high especially in candidates with a high Estimated Post Transplant Survival (EPTS) score. We examined outcomes of…
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…