Articles tagged "Waiting lists"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Meld 3.0 for Liver Allocation: Results From the Liver Simulated Allocation Model
A. Kwong¹, T. Weaver², D. Schladt², A. Wey², K. Audette², S. Biggins³, J. Snyder², A. Israni², J. Lake⁴, W. Kim¹
¹Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ²Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN, ³University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁴University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Priority on the US liver transplant waitlist is determined by the model for end-stage liver disease (MELD), a score composed of serum bilirubin, creatinine,…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Increased Survival Benefit Amongst Highest Priority Candidates Undergoing Heart Transplant Following the New Us Heart Allocation System
S. Tolmie¹, W. Parker²
¹Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²Department of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: A key policy change in the new US heart allocation system was splitting the previous highest status (1A) into statuses 1, 2, and 3…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Individual and Community-Level Social Determinants of Health in Liver Transplant
M. Yilma¹, R. Cogan², N. Mehta³, J. Neuhaus², J. Voelkel⁴, C. Light⁵, I. Allen², R. Hirose²
¹General Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Kaiser Permanente Northern California, San Francisco, CA, ⁵UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: To investigate the individual and census-level social determinants of health on liver transplant listing.*Methods: Retrospective review of patients referred to the University of California…
2022 American Transplant Congress
The Rise in the Number of Eligible Donors for Liver Transplantation Has Been Driven by an Exponential Increase in Marginal Donors
C. Goff¹, M. F. McDonald¹, A. Anand¹, K. Agahi¹, J. Kahla¹, A. Jang¹, B. Martin¹, Z. Shah¹, S. Stockum¹, R. Vopni², J. A. Goss¹, A. Rana¹
¹Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock, TX
*Purpose: To determine which subcategories of marginal livers have seen advancements in utilization and which have not.*Methods: 181,992 eligible donors listed in the Organ Procurement…
2022 American Transplant Congress
VCA Waiting List and Transplant Trends and Challenges in the US
J. Wainright¹, W. Cherikh¹, S. Booker¹, D. Klassen²
¹Research, UNOS, Richmond, VA, ²Office of the CMO, UNOS, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: VCA transplantation has grown and changed, encountering challenges such as scarce funding sources and the COVID-19 pandemic.*Methods: The OPTN cohort includes 105 candidates listed…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Race Inequity in Liver Transplant Waitlisting: Effect Modification by Psychosocial Factors and the Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplant
S. Deutsch-Link¹, L. Nephew², E. Weinberg³, R. Weinrieb⁴, M. Serper³
¹Gastroenterology & Hepatology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ²Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Indiana University, Chapel Hill, NC, ³Gastroenterology & Hepatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Race inequity in liver transplantation (LT) has been a longstanding area of injustice within the field of hepatology. Information from psychosocial evaluations and The…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Racial Hot Spots of Non-Preemptive Kidney Transplant Wait Listing, 2010-2020
R. B. Buchalter, J. D. Schold
Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Waitlisting kidney transplant patients before dialysis results in better long-term outcomes. Substantial racial disparities exist for preemptive waitlisting and identification of areas where race…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Moving Beyond the Waitlist in Measurement of Access in Kidney Transplantation
L. C. McMichael, D. T. Chang, M. Kadatz, J. Gill
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
*Purpose: Studies limited to waitlist candidates have suggested better access to kidney transplantation and fewer disparities in acesss since the new kidney allocation system (KAS)…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Race-Based Differences in Simultaneous Liver and Kidney Transplant Utilization and Outcomes
L. Subbaraj¹, J. Lai², G. Cullaro²
¹Department of Internal Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Race-based variations in rates of kidney dysfunction exist. We aimed to understand the utilization and impact of simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation (SLKT) by race.*Methods: Patients…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Four Separate Frailty Metrics Lack Concordance and Are Non-Reflective of the Kidney Transplant Listing Outcome: A Large Single Center Review
A. Cimeno, G. Lewis, R. Parsons
Transplant Surgery, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: It is well known that functional status has prognostic value for post-surgical outcomes, however pre-transplant patients are not required to undergo objective frailty testing.…