Articles tagged "Waiting lists"

2017 American Transplant Congress
Current Practice and Center-Level Variation in Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Listing.
X. Luo, A. Massie, J. Garonzik-Wang, R. Choudhury, A. Shaffer, S. Zhou, D. Segev.
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
The OPTN has proposed medical eligibility criteria to determine which transplant candidates are appropriate for SLK vs liver-alone transplantation. We investigated center variation of SLK…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Non-Medical Factors Contributing to Racial Disparity in Kidney Transplant Wait-Listing.
Y.-H. Ng,¹ S. Pankratz,¹ K. Bornemann,² E. Croswell,² J. Pleis,² R. Shapiro,³ M. Unruh,¹ L. Myaskovsky.²
¹Medicine, Nephrology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM; ²Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; ³Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
Background: African American (AA) and other minorities (OM) are known to have disproportionately higher incidence of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) but lower rates of kidney…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Race, Admissions, and Renal Transplant Waitlisting.
R. Lynch, R. Zhang, R. Patzer, C. Larsen, A. Adams.
Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Background: We have previously shown that increased hospitalization while listed for renal transplantation is associated with excess waitlist mortality, reduced odds of transplantation, and inferior…
2017 American Transplant Congress
The Ultimate Calculated Panel Reactive Antibody Value Predicts Mortality After Heart Transplantation.
E. Kransdorf,¹ M. Kittleson,¹ J. Patel,¹ M. Pando,² L. Czer,¹ J. Kobashigawa.¹
¹Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles; ²Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix
Background: Sensitized heart transplant (HT) candidates are known to be at higher risk for adverse events after transplantation, including a positive crossmatch, rejection, and death.…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Readiness Assessment Clinic: A New Approach to Kidney Waitlist Management in the KAS Era.
X. Cheng,¹ J. Lee,² Z. Tulu,² J. Tan.²
¹Div Nephrology, Stanford University, Palo Alto; ²Kidney Transplant Program, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Kidney waitlist management has become increasingly complex in regions with long wait times. Increasing transplant options and the new Kidney Allocation System has added to…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Disparities in Access to the Liver Transplant Wait List: A Statewide Analysis.
Y. Bababekov, D. Chang, Y.-C. Hung, J. Adler, S. Stapleton, J. Markmann, H. Yeh.
Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background:Racial disparities in access to the liver transplant wait list for patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD) are thought to be attributable to differences in…
2017 American Transplant Congress
The Forgotten Element of KAS: A2 to B Transplantation Reduces Waiting Time for Blood Group B Patients by 20%.
A. Gilbert, S. Radomski, A. Langeberg, B. Diedrich, S. Rosen-Bronson, D. Li, M. Awwad, M. Grafals, J. Moore, J. Verbesey, P. Abrams, S. Ghasemian, M. Cooper.
Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC
Introduction Since the implementation of the Kidney Allocation System (KAS) in 2014 blood group B patients have been able to receive priority for blood group…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Educational Strategies for Increased Wait-Listing Rates: Opportunities for Dialysis Center Intervention.
A. Waterman,¹ J. Peipert,¹ H. Xiao,² C. Goalby,¹ K. Lentine.²
¹UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; ²SLU, St. Louis, MO
Dialysis centers vary in how well they educate patients about kidney transplant (KT). This study categorized common groups of educational strategies used by dialysis staff;…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Factors Associated with Death or Transplant in Low-MELD Patients.
A. Harper,¹ E. Edwards,¹ J. Heimbach.²
¹Research, UNOS, Richmond, VA; ²Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background. The Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) score is a good discriminator of 3-month mortality in patients awaiting a liver transplant. Previous research showed…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Disparity in Transplant Referral Patterns Based on Physician Dependent Variables.
V. Loy, A. Rzepczynski, S. Bello, C. Blackburn, A. Lu.
Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Il
Introduction: Distance from a liver transplant (LT) center does not affect outcomes; however, rural areas have lower rates of listing and receiving solid organ transplants.…