2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Enteric Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus Colonization on Waitlist Outcomes among Liver Transplant Candidates
Aurora St Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI
*Purpose: To determine the impact of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) colonization on 90-day Liver Transplant (LT) waitlist outcomes.*Methods: Single center, retrospective observational study of LT…2019 American Transplant Congress
Willingness to Acquire Donor-Derived Hepatitis C Infection May Reduce Waitlist Mortality for Heart Transplant Candidates
NYU Langone Transplant Institute, New York, NY
*Purpose: Hearts from deceased donors with hepatitis C infection (HCV+) are disproportionately discarded because most waitlist registrants are HCV negative (HCV-). For some with end-organ…2018 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes Analysis of Liver Transplantation Combined with Neoadjuvant Therapy in Patients with Unresectable Locally-Advanced Cholangiocarcinoma
Objective: Liver transplantation (LT) combined with neoadjuvant chemoradiation (NCR) in well-selected patients with unresectable cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) achieves excellent long-term recurrence-free survival. Current criteria for NCR-LT…2018 American Transplant Congress
Reducing No-Show Rate and Filling Cancelled Appointments: Multi-Faceted Interventions Markedly Reduced Time to Kidney Transplant Evaluation
Piedmont Transplant Institute, Piedmont Atlanta Hospital, Atlanta, GA.
Introduction: Time from referral to appointment for kidney transplant evaluation is an important metric. Demands of dialysis schedules and transportation logistics typically lead to high…2018 American Transplant Congress
A 5-Tier System for Categorizing Program-Specific Adjusted Transplant and Waitlist Mortality Rate Ratios
SRTR may begin reporting tiers for program-specific transplant and waitlist mortality rate ratios. A 3-tier system based on statistical hypothesis testing has several deficiencies. Waitlist…2018 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Registration Volume vs. Expectation: Impact of ESRD Burden and Outreach
United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA.
Overall trends in waiting list registrations prior to KAS have predominately monotonically increased, albeit with varied rates of growth, since 2000. However, as a result…2018 American Transplant Congress
Racing to Activation: Using LEAN Principles to Effectively Manage Your Waitlist with Predicted Improved Outcomes
Introduction: In July 2017, our waitlist was approximately 950 pts, 36% which were inactive. One coordinator & one program assistant managed the kidney waitlist. Review…2018 American Transplant Congress
Discriminative Accuracy of Physician Assessments of Kidney Transplant Candidate Function by Candidate Age, Sex, and Race
Background: Clinical assessments of patient health status are integral in kidney transplant (KT) waiting list management. Few data exist on the whether the accuracy of…2018 American Transplant Congress
Race, Income, and Insurance Status Predict Migration for Liver Transplantation in the United States
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
Background: Ongoing organ shortage and regional differences in organ availability have encouraged patients in need of liver transplantation (LT) to travel in order to increase…2018 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Transplant Duration of Dialysis, N-Terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide and Post-Transplant Mortality in Renal Transplant Recipients
Background and objective: Pre-transplant dialysis duration (DD) is associated with increased mortality in renal transplant recipients (RTRs) due to accelerated atherosclerosis, intradialytic volume overload and…
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