Tag: Organ Transplants

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

Adding donor histology did not significantly improve prediction of long-term allograft failure in recipients at French, Belgian centers

At one year after transplant, kidney allograft function, rejection rates similar regardless of donor hepatitis C status

Significant variation seen for waitlist mortality, transplant rate, and one-year graft survival