2018 American Transplant Congress
Measuring and Monitoring Equity in Access to Deceased Donor Liver Transplants
Background: In 2016, the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) developed a methodology to measure equity in deceased donor kidney allocation and has adapted it…2018 American Transplant Congress
Patients Prioritize Waitlist Factors over Outcomes When Evaluating Kidney Transplant Centers
Nephrology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY.
The factors that influence transplant candidates' selection of a transplant center for waitlisting are not well understood. Further, the relative weightage of these factors has…2017 American Transplant Congress
HCC and Liver Transplantation Following the Recent Allocation Policy Change.
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
In October 2015, OPTN implemented a revised liver allocation policy to address the disparity between HCC and non-HCC patients in access to deceased-donor liver transplant…2017 American Transplant Congress
Impact of a Novel Prehabilitation Program in Kidney Transplant Candidates.
Background: Prehabilitation is the process of enhancing surgical patient functional capacity prior to surgery to improve tolerance for the upcoming physiologic stress. While prehabilitation has…2017 American Transplant Congress
WHO Group II Pulmonary Hypertension Is Associated with Decreased Survival in Patients Awaiting Liver Transplantation.
Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
End stage liver disease (ESLD) patients with cirrhotic cardiomyopathy often have WHO Group II pulmonary hypertension (PH), characterized by pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) >15…2017 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of the New Kidney Allocation System on Length of Dialysis Prior to Transplantation.
1Emory University, Atlanta; 2Columbia University, New York
Introduction: The Kidney Allocation System (KAS) changed the starting point for calculating waiting time for patients on the kidney transplant (KTx) waitlist from the time…2017 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Allocation Using CMV Matching Optimizes Low and High Risk Profiles for Prevention of CMV Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) confers a major impact on morbidity, mortality, and graft survival in kidney transplant recipients. Efforts to prevent CMV disease and infection have traditionally…2017 American Transplant Congress
Exception Scores for Patients on the Liver Waiting List.
Liver waitlist candidates are prioritized for allocation using model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) scores, and some patients receive higher MELD scores through exception. The…2017 American Transplant Congress
A Cost Comparison for Telehealth Utilization in the Kidney Transplant Waitlist Evaluation Process at a VA Center.
Renal Transplantation, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, U.S. Dept Veterans Affairs, Nashville
Background: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has made efforts to improve access by increasing telehealth utilization. There have been limited publications on telehealth in…2017 American Transplant Congress
HIV and Cognitive Impairment in Kidney Transplant Candidates.
Both HIV-infection and end stage renal disease (ESRD) are independently associated with neurocognitive decline. However, the combined impact of these diseases remains unclear, particularly among…
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