2019 American Transplant Congress
Use, Safety and Effectiveness of Hepatitis B Virus NAT-Positive Donor Livers in the Current Era
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: The use of hepatitis B (HBV) core antibody positive (HBcAb+) donor allografts in liver transplantation (OLT) has become accepted practice; however, given limited data…2019 American Transplant Congress
Pancreas Allograft Importation Should Be Fostered by Any Transplant Center Challenged by Excessively Long Waitlist Times
Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
*Purpose: Pancreas transplantation is a durable option for patients with insulin dependent diabetes. However, geographic inequity has created a supply side problem for our region.…2018 American Transplant Congress
A Calculator for Kidney Transplant Waitlist Outcomes under the New Kidney Allocation System
1HCMC, Minneapolis; 2SRTR, Minneapolis; 3Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
BACKGROUND: Outcomes on the kidney transplant waiting list vary markedly by region and patient characteristics, and the new kidney allocation system (KAS) changed the probability…2018 American Transplant Congress
Assessing Response to Desensitization: What Makes Sense?
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles.
Purpose: Sensitized candidates experience prolonged waiting times for heart transplant (HT). Desensitization therapies can increase access to HT for sensitized candidates, but changes in calculated…2018 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Accepting Kidneys of Varying Quality for Transplantation or Expedited Placement with Decision Trees
Underutilization of marginal-quality kidney-organs for transplantation has occupied the community and led to introducing the idea of expediting the placement of kidneys for populations at…2018 American Transplant Congress
The Transplant-Death Index: A Novel Method to Identify Disenfranchised Liver Transplant Waitlist Candidates
Surgery, Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
The transplant field is seeing a shift in outcome priorities from just 1-year survival to include waitlist metrics such as the transplant rate. Identifying disenfranchised…2018 American Transplant Congress
Broader Geographic Sharing and Impact on Lung Transplant Waitlist Time and Lung Allocation Score
Background: Donor lungs are preferentially offered to patients within a local geographic area before being offered to a broader region. This algorithm may prevent patients…2018 American Transplant Congress
Assessing Renal Transplant Candidate Survival at Listing Using a Risk-Adjusted Multi-State Semi-Markov Model
1Industrial Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL; 2RAND Corporation, Boston, MA.
Newly listed candidates for kidney transplant must navigate several processes over the course of their treatment. Of special interest to such candidates is their expected…2018 American Transplant Congress
Midodrine Associated with Increased Mortality on Liver Transplant Waitlist
General Surgery - Transplant, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
Background:Midodrine is an alpha-1 agonist which induces arterial and venous vasoconstriction. It prevents symptomatic hypotension and is used for treatment of refractory ascites and hepatorenal…2018 American Transplant Congress
The Benefit of Higher KDPI Renal Transplantation over Waiting for a Better Offer
Background: The kidney donor profile index (KDPI) helps discern kidney function. While recipients must consent for KDPI >85% kidneys, clinicians often decide whether to accept…
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