Articles tagged "Waiting lists"

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…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Racial and Income-Based Disparities in Access to Kidney Transplantation in the Context of a Nationally-Financed Health System in Brazil
A. Saha¹, G. Ferreira², Y. Yu¹, M. Waldram¹, V. Colares², J. Bastos², M. Henderson¹, D. Segev¹, A. Massie¹
¹Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Santa Casa de Misericordia de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil
*Purpose: Changes in economic and social factors in low- and middle-income countries have led to rising burden of chronic disease. Brazil, a middle-income country with…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Costs Associated with A2 to B Kidney Transplantation: A Barrier to Its Utilization?
R. Forbes, B. Concepcion, D. Shaffer
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: In 2014 the updated Kidney Allocation System (KAS) allowed for allocation of blood type A2 kidneys to B recipients in an effort to ameliorate…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Liver Waitlist Dropout and Transplant Rates for Metropolitan vs. Non-Metropolitan Candidates
D. Schladt¹, T. Weaver¹, J. Pyke¹, A. Herreid¹, B. Thompson¹, B. Kasiske¹, J. Snyder¹, W. Kim², J. Lake³, A. Israni¹
¹SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, ²Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA, ³Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Rural candidates may be disadvantaged on the liver waiting list. We evaluated rates and hazards of waitlist dropout and transplant by urbanicity.*Methods: We selected…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The More You Wait, the More You Lose: Prostatectomy and Kidney Transplant Waiting Time in End Stage Renal Disease
N. Sarabu¹, N. Schiltz², K. D. Chavin¹, D. E. Hricik¹
¹University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, ²Case Western Researve University, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Optimal treatment and waiting time for patients with prostate cancer awaiting kidney transplant is unclear.*Methods: We studied male patients, 40 years or older, with…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Racial Disparity in Pre-Kidney Transplant Work-Up
J. Buggs¹, H. Mohamed², C. Myer³, S. Lloyd⁴, E. Rogers¹, H. Pearson¹, J. Clement¹, D. Zunick¹, A. Kumar², V. Bowers¹
¹Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ²University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ³University of Tampa, Tampa, FL, ⁴University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
*Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the disparity, by race, for pre-kidney transplant work-up completion rates of referred patients.*Methods: We conducted a…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Patient Response to a Formal Living Donor Liver Transplant Educational Program
P. Narayanan, C. Palumbo, K. Ventura, R. Tomlin, L. Hammers, M. Joyce, D. Wuerth, D. Haakinson, S. Kulkarni, D. Mulligan, S. Emre, A. Liapakis
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
C. Harvey, R. Weigel
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
E. Lorenz, A. Kukla, C. Kennedy, R. McCoy, L. Hickson
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*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
L. Ormiston¹, G. Vranic², J. Moore², B. Thomas², M. Cooper², A. Gilbert²
¹Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, ²Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC
*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…