2019 American Transplant Congress
Should First and Second Transplant Candidates Be Treated Equally?
Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
*Purpose: To inform future organ distribution policy.*Methods: We determined access to deceased donor transplantation, transplant survival, the duration of additional renal replacement therapy needed within…2019 American Transplant Congress
Patients With Persistently Low MELD-Na Scores Continue To Be At Risk Of Liver Related Death
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: The Model for End Stage Liver Disease-Sodium (MELD-Na) score is a reliable predictor of 90-day mortality however its long term predictive ability is unclear,…2019 American Transplant Congress
Screening for Renal Cell Masses in Kidney Transplant
Columbia University MC, New York, NY
*Purpose: End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is a risk factor for development of acquired cystic kidney disease (ACKD) with the incidence of ACKD rising from 90%…2019 American Transplant Congress
Disparities in Pediatric Liver Transplant Waitlist Access
1Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 2University of Washington, Seattle, WA
*Purpose: While disparities in access to liver transplant are well documented among adults, differences in access to the waitlist for children in remote or underserved…2019 American Transplant Congress
Renal Transplantation in Patients Older Than 60 Years with High Comorbidity. Is There a Survival Benefit? A Multicenter Study in Argentina
*Purpose: The impact of renal transplantation (RT) in the elderly with comorbid conditions is a matter of concern. Our aim was to assess the impact…2019 American Transplant Congress
Increasing Incidence and Transplantation of Individuals Listed with Alcoholic Liver Disease
*Purpose: Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) has recently become the most common indication for liver transplantation in the US; it is important to characterize changes in…2019 American Transplant Congress
Effects of Major Liver Allocation Policy Changes on Waitlist Outcomes in Multivisceral Transplantation
*Purpose: Liver-intestine allocation is determined in the liver waitlist. This study aimed to evaluate effects of recent updates in liver allocation policy on waitlist outcomes…2019 American Transplant Congress
Opioid and Benzodiazepine Use in Lung Transplant Candidates: A National Survey of Policies and Practices
*Purpose: The opioid epidemic has raised the question of how transplant teams should work with patients who are prescribed opioids. Benzodiazepine use has also received…2019 American Transplant Congress
Using Transplant Referral Regions to Measure Access to Kidney Transplant
*Purpose: The transplant community has advocated to emphasize pre-transplant quality metrics to promote access to kidney transplantation (KT). Measuring access to transplant requires a well-defined,…2019 American Transplant Congress
Extreme Hyponatremia as a Risk Factor for Early Mortality after Liver Transplantation in the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease-Sodium Period
Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: While we reported that implementation of MELD-Na based liver allocation improved waitlist outcomes in patients with hyponatremia, its impact on post-transplant outcomes in this…
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