2021 American Transplant Congress
Single Day Centralized Approach in Kidney Transplant Workup – Lessons Learned from 2 Centers
Tulane Abdominal Transplant Institute, New Orleans, LA
*Purpose: Time from transplant evaluation to UNOS listing is unaccounted towards wait-list time in pre-dialysis patients and hence longer evaluation to listing times can prolong…2021 American Transplant Congress
Geographic Divergence in Waitlist Registration and Trends in Waitlist Removal for Liver Transplantation in Patients with Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)
*Purpose: This study aims to evaluate regional trends of waitlist (WL) registrations and removal for liver transplantation (LT) among United States (US) adults listed for…2021 American Transplant Congress
Better Dialysis Facility Five-Star Rating is Associated with Increased Listing for Kidney Transplantation
*Purpose: Improving the quality of dialysis care for patients with end stage kidney disease (ESKD) is a national clinical and policy priority: the Advancing American…2021 American Transplant Congress
Right Kidneys and Kidneys with Complex Anatomy are More Likely to be Transplanted to the Waiting List in a National Kidney Paired Donation Program
*Purpose: In the era of laparoscopic donor nephrectomy, there is a preference for left kidneys with a single renal artery. In paired exchange, the receiving…2021 American Transplant Congress
Creating Efficiency in the Kidney Transplant Listing: Can We Streamline Candidate Ineligibility?
Tulane Abdominal Transplant Institute, New Orleans, LA
*Purpose: Evaluation of multiple transplant candidate referrals is a resource-intensive process that may delay listing and eventually transplanting appropriate patients. In this study, we sought…2021 American Transplant Congress
Extreme Hyponatremia as a Risk Factor for Early Mortality After Liver Transplantation in the MELD-Sodium Era
*Purpose: The impact of hyponatremia on waitlist and post-transplant outcomes following the implementation of MELD-Na based liver allocation remains unclear. We sought to evaluate waitlist…2021 American Transplant Congress
The Quality Incentive Program (QIP) is Associated with Increased Waitlisting for Transplantation
*Purpose: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced the Quality Incentive Program (QIP) in 2012, a pay-for-performance program which penalizes dialysis centers payments…2021 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplant Justified at Any Meld Score?
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Assessing the survival benefit of transplantation in patients with chronic liver failure is critical in guiding the decision-making process for liver allocation. Current protocols…2021 American Transplant Congress
27 Months Follow Up of a Cohort in the Transplant Continuum After Using a New Electronic Medical Record Tool to Document Transplant Option Discussions Among Patients with EGFR <20 Ml/min/1.73m2
*Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess: 1) the documentation of transplant option discussions; 2) the number of members listed & transplanted preemptively;…2021 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Increasing Liver Discard Rate and Waiting List Drop-Off in Post-MELD Era
*Purpose: As number of donors and transplant cases rises each year, it is important to evaluate not only post-transplant survival rate but also the organ…
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