Publications by authors named "D Axelrod"
Background: In 2020, liver allocation policy in the United States was changed to allow for broader organ sharing, which was hypothesized to reduce patient incentives to travel for transplant. Our objective was to describe patterns of travel for domestic liver transplant pre- and post-acuity circle (AC) implementation.
Methods: Incident adult liver transplant listings between August 16, 2016, and February 3, 2020 (pre-AC) or June 13, 2020, and December 3, 2023 (post-AC) were obtained from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients.
Developing real-world evidence from electronic health records (EHR) is vital to advancing kidney transplantation (KT). We assessed the feasibility of studying KT using the Epic Cosmos aggregated EHR data set, which includes 274 million unique individuals cared for in 238 US health systems, by comparing it with the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR). We identified 69 418 KT recipients who underwent transplants between January 2014 and December 2022 in Cosmos (39.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Multiple studies have demonstrated safety of short stay after colorectal resections. Remote patient monitoring may allow earlier discharge home after surgery. Remote patient monitoring feasibility after elective colorectal surgery in a largely rural state was evaluated.
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- * In a study of 2,184 LDCs at five transplant centers, 18.6% ended up donating, while 38.2% had modifiable reasons for stopping and 43.2% were found medically ineligible.
- * Factors that increased likelihood of donation included discussing donation with the recipient beforehand, completing high school, and having a close relationship with the recipient; meanwhile, high anxiety levels, the importance of religion, and being Non-White were associated with lower donation rates