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Articles tagged "Waiting lists"

  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Survival Benefit of Liver Transplant Among HIV+ Waitlist Candidates

    C. Durand,1 S. Gustafson,2 J. Locke,3 J. Snyder,2 B. Shelton,3 R. Reed,3 P. MacLennan,3 S. Mehta,3 A. Nellore,3 D. Segev.1,2

    1Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; 2Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR), CDRG, Minneapolis, MN; 3University of Alabama, Birmingham, Birmingham, Al.

    Liver failure is the most common cause of non-AIDS related death among HIV+ patients, primarily due to high prevalence of co-infection with hepatitis C (HCV)…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Results of Broader Sharing of Young Pediatric Donor Lungs and Priority Allocation System for Young Pediatric Lung Candidates

    W. Cherikh,1 A. Wilk,1 L. Edwards,1 G. Visner,2 Y. Cheng,1 S. Sweet.3

    1United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA; 2Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; 3Washington Univ, St. Louis, MO.

    Background. Two major changes for allocation of young pediatric (ped) lung (LU) donors and young ped candidates were implemented on 9/12/10. LUs from 0-11 year…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Association Between the Timed Up and Go Test and Waitlisting for Kidney Transplantation

    M. Chiles,1 K. Foley,1 R. Crew,1 G. Dube,1 H. Morris,1 S. Patel,2 J. Camacho,2 D. Cohen,1 L. Ratner,2 S. Mohan.1

    1Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY; 2Department of Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY.

    Introduction: The Timed Up and Go Test (TUGT) is a test of balance, mobility and functional capacity. Longer times on the TUGT are associated with…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Racial Differences in Transplant and Waitlist Mortality Rates Among HIV+ Kidney Transplant Candidates

    J. Locke,1 S. Gustafson,2 C. Durand,3 J. Snyder,2 B. Shelton,1 R. Reed,1 P. MacLennan,1 S. Mehta,1 A. Nellore,1 D. Segev.2,3

    1University of Alabama, Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; 2SRTR, MMRF, Minneapolis, MN; 3Johns Hopkins Univerity, Baltimore, MD.

    Kidney transplant (KT) is now a viable option for select HIV+ end-stage renal disease patients. As OPTN does not collect HIV status at waitlisting, no…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    A Tool to Estimate Probability of Outcomes on the Liver Transplant Waiting List

    A. Hart,1,2 D. Schladt,1 J. Zeglin,1 N. Salkowski,1 S. Leppke,1 W. Kim,1,3 J. Lake,1,4 A. Israni,1 B. Kasiske,1 J. Snyder.1

    1Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN; 2Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN; 3School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA; 4Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

    The probability of liver transplant (LTX) and death for candidates varies by donation service area (DSA), making it difficult for candidates to understand the likely…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Frailty in Patients Being Evaluated for Kidney Transplantation

    M. McAdams DeMarco, I. Olorundare, N. Desai, N. Dagher, B. Lonze, R. Montgomery, D. Segev.

    Johns Hopkins, Baltimore.

    BACKGROUND: In patients undergoing hemodialysis, frailty prevalence is high and predicts mortality and hospitalization. Little is known about frailty in patients with ESRD who are…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Changing Demographics of HIV+ Liver Transplant Candidates

    C. Durand, S. Gustafson, J. Locke, J. Snyder, B. Shelton, R. Reed, P. MacLennan, S. Mehta, A. Nellore, D. Segev.

    Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR), Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN; University of Alabama, Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.

    Liver transplant (LT) is considered a reasonable therapeutic option for certain HIV+ patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD). As OPTN does not collect HIV status…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Functional Decline in Liver Transplant Candidates: Results from the Functional Assessment in Liver Transplantation (FrAILT) Study

    J. Lai, K. Covinsky, J. Dodge, S. Sen, S. Feng.

    UCSF, San Francisco, CA.

    Background: Cirrhosis is characterized by sarcopenia and malnutrition, leading to progressive functional decline. No studies have objectively measured physical functional decline in cirrhotics awaiting liver…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Local Expansion in DCD Kidney Transplant Activity Improves Waiting List Outcomes and Addresses Inequities of Access to Transplantation

    B. Mirshekar-Syahkal,1 L. Bradbury,2 P. Sun,1 M. Aly,1 M. Berry,1 J. Norris,1 J. Bradley,1 G. Pettigrew.1

    1Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom; 2NHSBT, Bristol, United Kingdom.

    Introduction: Following expansion in our circulatory death (DCD) transplant program, our center now performs twice as many DCD as brain-death (DBD) kidney transplants. Here, we…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Survival Benefit of Kidney Transplant Among HIV+ Waitlist Candidates

    J. Locke,1 S. Gustafson,2 C. Durand,3 J. Snyder,2 B. Shelton,1 R. Reed,1 P. MacLennan,1 S. Mehta,1 A. Nellore,1 D. Segev.2,3

    1University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL; 2Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR), Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN; 3Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.

    Chronic diseases, such as end-stage renal disease (ESRD), are now the leading causes of death among HIV+ patients. Multiple studies have demonstrated the efficacy of…
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