Tag: Organ Transplants

Registering Blacks on transplant wait list at eGFR of 24 to 25 mL/min/1.73 m² could improve racial equity in wait time prior to ESKD onset

Surgeon who handled the donor lungs also became infected and fell ill but recovered

Mortality significantly higher for patients receiving care after kidney transplant in Medicare only, dual care

Four-year waitlist placement or transplantation for adults with ESKD unchanged across five eras from 1997-2000 to 2013-2016

Mortality risk elevated in the first year after transplant for 18- to 30-year-olds; risk also up for those aged 31 to 40 years, 41 to 60 years

Probability of any kidney transplant lower in association with Black race, older age, lower income, more comorbidities, greater religiosity

Blood test measuring percent donor-derived cell-free DNA could eliminate much of the need for endomyocardial biopsy

However, racial disparities in liver transplantation are greatly diminished

Telehealth platform enabled maintenance of wait-list evaluation volume in large kidney transplant program during COVID-19 pandemic

Frailty mediated an estimated 13 percent of the gender gap in wait-list mortality among those awaiting liver transplant