2022 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Centers That Assess Frailty as Part of Clinical Practice Have Better Outcomes
*Purpose: Frailty predicts adverse post-kidney transplant (KT) outcomes, yet impacts of frailty assessments on center-level outcomes remain unclear. We tested whether transplant centers assessing frailty…2022 American Transplant Congress
Knowledge Gaps and Perceptions of Liver Disease and Liver Transplant Referral Serve as Barriers to Transplant Among Primary Care Providers in Non-Urban America
*Purpose: The path to liver transplant (LTX) typically begins with primary care providers(PCPs), and is dependent on timely referral to transplant centers. The referral patterns…2022 American Transplant Congress
International Practices on COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates for Transplant Candidates
*Purpose: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has created unprecedented challenges and there are practice differences for solid organ transplant programs worldwide. We sought to…2022 American Transplant Congress
Process Evaluation of the Ascent Study: A Hybrid Type 1 Effectiveness-Implementation Trial of a Multi-Level Intervention to Improve Dialysis Provider Knowledge of Kidney Allocation Policy Changes and Increase Kidney Transplant Waitlisting
*Purpose: Kidney transplant is the optimal treatment for end-stage kidney disease, yet only a fifth of patients are on the waitlist and inequities in access…2022 American Transplant Congress
Normothermic Organ Preservation: The New Standard?
*Purpose: Normothermic perfusion (NMP) is a new technique that has been introduced into transplantation expanding capacity for organ utilization. NMP has been shown to be…2022 American Transplant Congress
Surging Liver Transplant Rates for Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease May Exacerbate Waitlist Death of Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma in MMAT-3 Era
*Purpose: Rates of liver transplantation (LT) for alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) have increased significantly, in part related to broader acceptance of severe alcohol hepatitis (AH)…2022 American Transplant Congress
Factors Linked with Evaluation to Wait Listing for Referred Patients at the University of Texas Medical Branch’s Main Center and Outreach Clinic – A Step Towards Kidney Transplantation
*Purpose: Numerous factors can be associated with transplant candidates’ placement on the wait list. We herein set forth to assess patient characteristics and factors associated…2022 American Transplant Congress
Differences in Acceptance to the Kidney Transplant List
*Purpose: During the COVID-19 pandemic, kidney transplant (KT) evaluations shifted from in-person evaluation (IPE) to telemedicine evaluation (TME). Given differences in access to electronics and…2022 American Transplant Congress
Waitlisted and Transplant Patient Perspectives on Expanding Access to Deceased Donor Kidney Transplants
*Purpose: A concerning number of kidneys (expanded donor criteria, extended criteria, or marginal kidneys) are discarded yearly, and novel solutions are needed to solve the…2022 American Transplant Congress
Survival Comparison of Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplant with Pancreas After Living-Donor Kidney Transplant by Wait Time and Organ Quality
*Purpose: The survival benefit of simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) compared to pancreas after living-donor kidney (PALK) transplant is controversial. Wait times for SPK and donor risk…
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