Equity factors in pediatric transplant listing: Initial findings from a single center review.

Background: In order to improve transparency within the patient selection process, a transplant listing advisory committee was formed within the Boston Children's Hospital Pediatric Transplant Center. Its mission is to promote equity in access to organ transplantation by ensuring that the institutional transplant selection criteria are fair, unbiased, and nondiscriminatory. The committee conducts comprehensive case and data review of individual characteristics and reviews in aggregate to identify potential systems bias.

Presentation and outcomes of post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder at a single institution pediatric transplant center.

Background: This study aimed to characterize features present at the time of diagnosis and describe outcomes in patients with post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) following pediatric solid organ transplantation.

Methods: We performed a retrospective review of solid organ transplant patients who developed pathologically confirmed PTLD at our center from 2006 to 2016.

Results: Of 594 patients included in this study, 41(6.

Utilization of the Boston Children's Hospital SRTR Cohort Visualization Tool to increase team understanding of reporting cohorts.

Background: While reviewing outcomes metrics and data from the SRTR, it became apparent that prospective assessment of the SRTR reporting cohorts would be an important proactive strategy for internal quality control. It was particularly important to identify the number of patient deaths and graft failures within 1 year of transplant that would result in being flagged by the UNOS and the MPSC.

Methods: A simple Microsoft Excel line graph was created to visually display retrospective, current, and future SRTR cohorts.

Immediate extubation after pediatric liver transplantation: a single-center experience.

The care of pediatric liver transplant recipients has traditionally included postoperative mechanical ventilation. In 2005, we started extubating children undergoing liver transplantation in the operating room according to standard criteria for extubation used for general surgery cases. We reviewed our single-center experience to determine our rates of immediate extubation and practice since that time.