Articles tagged "Waiting lists"

2020 American Transplant Congress
A Multi-Center Pilot and Feasibility Randomized Clinical Trial of a Home-Based Exercise Program for Patients with Cirrhosis: The Strength Training Intervention
J. C. Lai¹, M. R. Kappus², J. L. Dodge¹, R. Wong¹, Y. Mohamad¹, D. L. Segev³, M. A. McAdams-DeMarco⁴
¹University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Duke University, San Francisco, NC, ³Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Patients with cirrhosis experience progressive physical frailty and functional decline that may ultimately lead to an increased risk of death. We developed the Strength…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Trends in Time to Graft Loss by Dialysis Vintage
P. Ahearn, C. Lenihan, J. Scandling
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
*Purpose: Preemptive transplantation has been shown to be beneficial regarding all-cause graft failure compared to transplantation after dialysis initiation, and transplantation after a shorter time…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Bypassing the Nearest Transplant Center for Care is Associated with Gains in Time to Living Donor but Not Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation or Improved Graft Outcomes
A. M. Whelan¹, C. McCulloch², E. Ku¹
¹Division of Nephrology, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, ²Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Some patients may gain an advantage if they choose to bypass their local transplant center and receive care at a center further away but…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Acute Liver Failure Etiology is an Independent Predictor of Waitlist Outcome Accounting for Severity of Illness in a National Cohort
N. Z. Wong, K. R. Reddy, T. Bittermann
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Severity of illness and liver transplant (LT) waitlist outcome can differ according to acute liver failure (ALF) etiology. However, it is unknown whether ALF…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Vascularized Composite Allograft (VCA) Waiting List and Transplant Trends in the U.S
J. Wainright¹, C. Wholley², W. Cherikh¹, D. Klassen³
¹Research, UNOS, Richmond, VA, ²Policy and Community Relations, UNOS, Richmond, VA, ³Chief Medical Officer, UNOS, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Vascularized Composite Allograft (VCA) transplantation is a rapidly changing field. *Methods: Since the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) implemented the VCA waiting list…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The National Landscape of Heart Transplant Candidates with HIV
A. A. Shaffer¹, A. G. Thomas², D. L. Segev¹
¹Surgery & Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
*Purpose: Heart disease is a leading cause of death for HIV+ individuals, and the number of HIV+ heart transplant (HT) recipients is growing. Although understanding…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Using an Electronic Medical Record Tool to Document Transplant Option Discussions among Patients with EGFR ≤ 20 mL/min/1.73m²
A. Yishak¹, R. R. Brentari², R. M. Love La Londe³, E. Clark⁴, E. Clark⁴, J. Sun⁵, S. Vupputuri⁶
¹Nephrology, MAPMG, Mc Lean, VA, ²KP National Transplant Service, Oakland, CA, ³KP National Transplant Services, Oakland, CA, ⁴KP National Transplant Services, silver spring, MD, ⁵KP, Rockville, MD, ⁶MAPRI, MAPMG, Rockville, MD
*Purpose: The purpose of this study, in a large integrated health system, was to improve: 1) the documentation of transplant option discussions by providers among…
2019 American Transplant Congress
A New Risk Stratification Scoring System for Deceased Donor Kidneys and Suitable Candidates for Marginal Kidneys in Korea
T. Koo¹, J. Ryu¹, S. Park², S. Lee², J. Hwang², C. Ahn³, J. Yang¹
¹Transplantation Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: The dichotomous criteria for expanded criteria donor (ECD) vs. standard criteria donor (SCD) have been useful for making decisions about accepting deceased donor kidney…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Kidney & Pancreas Transplant Waitlist Management – A Tiered System Approach
H. L. Busch
Transplant, UCI Health, Orange, CA
*Purpose: Developed and implemented an innovative kidney & pancreas transplant waitlist management system in order to more effectively and efficiently re-evaluate patients on a transplant…
2019 American Transplant Congress
6-Minute Walk Testing in Patients on the Kidney Transplant Waitlist
X. S. Cheng¹, J. Lee², K. V. Discipulo¹, J. Myers³, J. C. Tan¹
¹Nephrology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ²Kidney Transplant, Stanford Hospital, Palo Alto, CA, ³Cardiology, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA
*Purpose: Poor physical function in kidney transplant candidates is associated with frailty, sub-optimal transplant outcomes, and higher health care utilization. We need an instrument to…