P8.097: Patient Experience of the Kidney Transplant Waitlist: An Australian Cohort Studydoi:10.1097/01.tp.0000888772.89760.38N. L. De La MataV. KhouJuliet ByrnesP. KellyJames A HedleyR. MortonA. WebsterLippincott Williams & WilkinsTransplantation...
The selection of a kidney graft recipient should be made not only taking into account biological and clinical parameters, for assuring the maximum possible clinical success; the ethical objective to allow every patient equal opportunity of receiving a transplant should also be pursued. In every waiti...
With over 100,000 patients on the kidney transplant waitlist in 2019, it is important to understand if and how the functional status of a patient may change while on the waitlist. Recorded both at registration and just prior to transplantation, the Karno
according to federal quality data, while theheartandliver transplant programsstand out in national survival rates and in their success getting patients off the waitlist. In 2023, the institute performed 576 organ transplants. NYU Langone’s heart, kidney, liver, lun...
Frailty and poor physical function are associated with adverse kidney transplant outcomes, but how to incorporate this knowledge into clinical practice is uncertain. We studied the association between measured physical performance and clinical outcomes among patients on kidney transplant waitlists. Study De...
NKDO is the largest living kidney donor organization in the United States, devoted to eliminating the wait list for kidney transplants and protecting the interests of living donors.
secondary outcomes (kidney transplant [from a living or deceased donor], deceased donor transplant, referral, and waitlisting); in follow-up truncated to March 16, 2020, the date when nearly all kidney transplant activity in Ontario stopped due to the COVID-19 pandemic32; and in multiple ...
Memorial Hermann has seen an increasing number of liver transplant candidates die while on the wait list or become too sick for a transplant in recent years, according to data from the Organ Procurement Transplantation Network. Four patients died or became too ill for a transplant in 2021...
Despite efforts to address them, racial disparities in access to kidney transplantation persist in the United States. New research published in an upcoming issue ofJASNindicates that policy changes surrounding patients' eligibility to be put on kidney transplant waitlists might help address these dispar...
New technology could increase donor kidneys for transplants Most people in need of a kidney wait three to five years on a national transplant list in the United States, according to the National Kidney Foundation. The most current list has more than 103,000 people on it. ...