Articles tagged "Waiting lists"

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…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Center Variability in Organ Offer Acceptance and Waitlist Mortality in Lung Transplantation
A. Y. Choi¹, M. S. Mulvihill², J. Weber³, H. Lee³, M. Cox², B. Yerokun², M. Kuchibhatla³, J. A. Klapper², M. G. Hartwig²
¹Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ²Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ³Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Lung transplantation (LTx) offers a survival benefit for patients with end-stage lung disease. When suitable donors are identified, centers must accept or decline the…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Center-Level Probability of Kidney Transplant Varies Considerably for Waitlisted Patients
K. L. King¹, S. A. Husain¹, P. Reese², J. Schold³, S. Pastan⁴, S. Mohan¹
¹Columbia University, New York, NY, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁴Emory University, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: Prior studies identify reducing time spent on the waitlist as a top priority for deceased donor kidney (DDK) transplant (Tx) candidates. Despite well-described geographic…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Vaccination And Allosensitization In Solid Organ Transplant Candidates
L. Lourenco¹, K. B. Bain², L. Bowman³, D. C. Brennan⁴, G. A. Ewald⁵, R. R. Hachem⁶
¹Pharmacy, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²Pharmacy, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO, ³Pharmacy, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ⁴Internal Medicine, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, ⁶Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
*Purpose: Clinical practice guidelines recommend vaccinating patients awaiting solid organ transplantation (SOT) against vaccine-preventable infections, but there is little evidence to suggest that vaccination reduces…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Development and Implementation of a Pediatric Transplant Consortium
K. Soltys¹, S. K. Rassmussen², J. Squires³, R. Sindhi¹, S. Pelletier², K. Brayman², M. Angelis⁴, T. Chin⁴, R. Teaster², J. Oberholzer², R. Gonzalez-Peralta⁵, B. Friedman⁴, D. Hupp⁶, M. Mendoza⁷, P. A. Eicker⁶, J. Middleton⁷, G. Mazariegos¹
¹Transplant Surgery, Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Charles O. Strickler Transplant Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, ³Hepatology, Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴AdventHealth Transplant Institute, Florida Hospital, Orlando, FL, ⁵AdventHealth for Children, Florida Hospital, Orlando, FL, ⁶Nursing, Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁷Hepatology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
*Purpose: Access to pediatric liver transplant expertise varies nationally and variability in practice leads to potential suboptimal organ utilization and outcomes. A multi-institutional collaborative was…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of the Pediatric End-Stage Liver Disease Growth Failure Threshold on Waitlist Mortality in Children Awaiting Liver Transplant
S. M. Swenson, J. P. Roberts, S. Rhee, E. R. Perito
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: To examine the impact on waitlist mortality of Pediatric End-Stage Liver Disease (PELD)’s incorporation of growth failure (GF) as a threshold variable—present or absent…