Search Results - "Grams, M.E."

Trends in the Inactive Kidney Transplant Waitlist and Implications for Candidate Survival by Grams, M. E., Massie, A. B., Schold, J. D., Chen, B. P., Segev, D. L.

“…In November 2003, OPTN policy was amended to allow kidney transplant candidates to accrue waiting time while registered as status 7, or inactive. We evaluated…”
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New Creatinine- and Cystatin C–Based Equations to Estimate GFR without Race by Inker, Lesley A, Eneanya, Nwamaka D, Coresh, Josef, Tighiouart, Hocine, Wang, Dan, Sang, Yingying, Crews, Deidra C, Doria, Alessandro, Estrella, Michelle M, Froissart, Marc, Grams, Morgan E, Greene, Tom, Grubb, Anders, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Gutiérrez, Orlando M, Kalil, Roberto, Karger, Amy B, Mauer, Michael, Navis, Gerjan, Nelson, Robert G, Poggio, Emilio D, Rodby, Roger, Rossing, Peter, Rule, Andrew D, Selvin, Elizabeth, Seegmiller, Jesse C, Shlipak, Michael G, Torres, Vicente E, Yang, Wei, Ballew, Shoshana H, Couture, Sara J, Powe, Neil R, Levey, Andrew S

“…Equations for estimating GFR with serum creatinine overestimate measured GFR in Blacks. The authors report new equations, without race as an inflation factor,…”
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Patterns of End‐Stage Renal Disease Caused by Diabetes, Hypertension, and Glomerulonephritis in Live Kidney Donors by Anjum, S., Muzaale, A. D., Massie, A. B., Bae, S., Luo, X., Grams, M. E., Lentine, K. L., Garg, A. X., Segev, D. L.

“…Inferences about late risk of end‐stage renal disease (ESRD) in live kidney donors have been extrapolated from studies averaging <10 years of follow‐up…”
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Early Hospital Readmission After Kidney Transplantation: Patient and Center‐Level Associations by McAdams‐DeMarco, M. A., Grams, M. E., Hall, E. C., Coresh, J., Segev, D. L.

“…Early hospital readmission (EHR) is associated with increased morbidity, costs and transition‐of‐care errors. We sought to quantify rates of and risk factors…”
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Disparities in Provision of Transplant Information Affect Access to Kidney Transplantation by Kucirka, L. M., Grams, M. E., Balhara, K. S., Jaar, B. G., Segev, D. L.

“…Recently Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) began asking providers on Form‐2728 whether they informed patients about transplantation, and if not,…”
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Induction Immunosuppression and Clinical Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients Infected With Human Immunodeficiency Virus by Kucirka, L. M., Durand, C. M., Bae, S., Avery, R. K., Locke, J. E., Orandi, B. J., McAdams‐DeMarco, M., Grams, M. E., Segev, D. L.

“…There is an increased risk of acute rejection (AR) in human immunodeficiency virus–positive (HIV+) kidney transplant (KT) recipients. Induction…”
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Sequelae of Early Hospital Readmission After Kidney Transplantation by McAdams‐DeMarco, M. A., Grams, M. E., King, E., Desai, N. M., Segev, D. L.

“…We recently elucidated risk factors for early hospital readmission (EHR) following kidney transplantation (KT). We now sought to quantify the independent…”
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Early Hospital Readmission After Simultaneous Pancreas–Kidney Transplantation: Patient and Center-Level Factors by King, E.A., Kucirka, L.M., McAdams-DeMarco, M.A., Massie, A.B., Al Ammary, F., Ahmed, R., Grams, M.E., Segev, D.L.

“…Early hospital readmission is associated with increased morbidity, mortality, and cost. Following simultaneous pancreas–kidney transplantation, rates of…”
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Listing for Expanded Criteria Donor Kidneys in Older Adults and Those with Predicted Benefit by Grams, M. E., Womer, K. L., Ugarte, R. M., Desai, N. M., Montgomery, R. A., Segev, D. L.

“…Certain patient groups are predicted to derive significant survival benefit from transplantation with expanded criteria donor (ECD) kidneys. An algorithm…”
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Early Assessment and Targeted Education Is Imperative in Assuring Equal, Timely Access to Kidney Transplantation by Kucirka, L. M., Grams, M. E., Balhara, K. S., Jaar, B. G., Segev, D. L.

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