Articles tagged "Waiting lists"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Utility of Gallium-67 Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography in the Evaluation of Left Ventricular Assist Device Infections
F. Parkar¹, A. Tlamsa², J. Nistico², V. A. Muggia², G. Y. Minamoto², U. Jorde³, D. J. Goldstein³, R. Moadel¹, Y. A. Puius²
¹Division of Nuclear Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, ²Division of Infectious Diseases, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, ³Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
*Purpose: We routinely use gallium-67 single photon emission computed tomography (67Ga-SPECT-CT) to determine the presence and extent of left ventricular assist device (LVAD) infections. The…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Listening to the Patients Voice for Developing Transplant Education
S. Brown, H. Li, D. Tsapepas
Renal Transplant, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
*Purpose: Successful outcomes following transplantation (Tx) require a thorough understanding of the Tx process, a close partnership between the patient and transplant center, and life-long…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Association of Pretransplant and Posttransplant 5-Tier Ratings with Candidate Mortality after Listing
A. Wey, S. Gustafson, N. Salkowski, B. Kasiske, M. Skeans, C. Schaffhausen, A. Israni, J. Snyder
SRTR, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: The OPTN Final Rule mandates the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) to publish understandable reports of transplant rate, waitlist mortality, and posttransplant outcomes.…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Favorable Waitlist Outcomes in Patients with Alcoholic Liver Disease in the MELD-Na Era
M. Safwan, K. Collins, D. Moonka, S. Jafri, M. Rizzari, A. Yoshida, M. Abouljoud, S. Nagai
Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is a common indication for liver transplantation. Patients with ALD are often required to be abstinent for a period of…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Unsuccessful Resuscitative Thoracotomy Patients Are Potential Kidney Donors
K. Prins¹, H. B. Moore¹, A. Sauaia¹, R. Choudhury¹, R. C. McIntyre¹, A. Cralley², S. Urban¹, E. E. Moore², E. A. Pomfret¹, T. L. Nydam¹
¹University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO, ²Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO
*Purpose: Renal transplantation remains the most effective therapy in patients with end-stage renal disease, offering exceptional survival benefits and quality of life improvement. However, a…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Effect Of Missed Hemodialysis Treatment Prior To Transplant
A. Padiyar¹, A. Agrawal¹, D. Hricik¹, N. Sarabu¹, A. Jittirat¹, K. Yadav², E. Sanchez², M. Debroy², V. Humphreville², J. Rabets², A. Palanisamy², K. Chavin²
¹Medicine, Nephrology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ²Transplant Surgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Missed hemodialysis sessions confer heightened morbidity and mortality for ESRD patients. The effect of missed dialysis in the month prior to transplant on the…
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…