2019 American Transplant Congress
Patient Response to a Formal Living Donor Liver Transplant Educational Program
Transplantation Center, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
*Purpose: Informed consent for liver waitlist candidates is required and includes discussion of donor graft options. Living donor liver transplant (LDLT) is an established option…2019 American Transplant Congress
Modeling Multiple Registrations and the Impact at the National and Regional Scale
Computational Science and Informatics, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
*Purpose: Current policies in the U.S. allow patients to register at multiple organ donor service areas (DSAs), provided they have physician approval and can cover…2019 American Transplant Congress
Lower Extremity Impairment and Frailty among Adults with Diabetes Awaiting Kidney Transplantation
*Purpose: Frailty and lower extremity impairment, both indicators of poor physical performance, are predictive of all-cause mortality among patients awaiting kidney transplantation (KT). Diabetes, the…2019 American Transplant Congress
Estimated Post Transplant Survival Allocation: Not Just Better Kidneys, but Faster Ones as Well
*Purpose: Since 2014 the Kidney Allocation System (KAS) has used estimated post-transplant survival (EPTS) scores and longevity matching to prioritize patients with the best EPTS…2019 American Transplant Congress
Improving Pre-Kidney Transplantion Laboratory Utilization in an Era of Increasing Waitlist Size
*Purpose: Beginning on March 25, 2015, our institution’s kidney transplant program has implemented a “readiness” protocol, whereby patients are listed after limited workup and comprehensive…2019 American Transplant Congress
Opioid Use Policies and Practices in Liver Transplant and Lung Transplant Candidates: A Comparison of National Surveys
*Purpose: Pre-transplant opioid use has been associated with increased risk of morbidity and mortality. Alternatively, opioid substitution therapy (OST) has been proven to be a…2019 American Transplant Congress
Reduction in Waitlist Time Using HCV Positive Liver Grafts in HCV Negative Recipients
Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, LA
*Purpose: With direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy, we feel that HCV+ organs are safe for all patients regardless of their HCV status and have adopted a…2019 American Transplant Congress
Investigating Deceased Donor Kidney Discard Trend – An Opportunity To Expand The Donor Pool
*Purpose: As the number of patients awaiting kidney transplantation increases from year to year, centers must maximize efforts to transplant kidneys procured. One way of…2019 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Kidney Transplant Patient Education: Information Retention is Associated with Improved Waitlist Outcomes
Transplant Nephrology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
*Purpose: Patients who present for a kidney transplant (KT) evaluation undergo extensive education in a short period of time in the form of a one…2019 American Transplant Congress
Gait Speed Predicts Kidney Transplant Candidate Mortality
*Purpose: Waiting list mortality is increasingly scrutinized as a metric of transplant center quality. It is unknown if gait speed assessments may augment physician evaluations…
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