The SRTR supports the ongoing evaluation of the scientific and clinical status of solid organ transplantation in the United States. It is administered by the University Renal Research and Education Association (URREA) with the University of Michigan.
HRSA transplant data report published
The 13th Annual Report on Transplant Data was published in spring 2004 in a special issue of the American Journal of Transplantation. The report summarizes official and definitive data on solid organ transplantation in the United States from 1993 to 2002, and provides data vital to the entire transplant community, including patients, medical professionals, and researchers in many fields.
A special-focus chapter in this year’s report examines the adoption and early effects of a new liver allocation policy, the Model for End-stage Liver Disease and Pediatric End-stage Liver Disease allocation system (MELD/PELD), which was introduced in 2002.
Read the full-text articles here.
Immunosuppression and the Risk of Post-Transplant Malignancy Among Cadaveric First Kidney Transplant Recipients
We focus specifically on the use of antilymphocytle preparations as induction therapy at time of transplantation, as they use of these agents has been assoicated with an increase in the severity and frequency of infection compared with noninduction immunosuppressive regimes. View full listing.
Prevalence and outcomes of multiple-listing for cadaveric kidney and liver transplantation
Transplant candidates are permitted to register on mulitple waiting lists. We examined multiple-listing practices and outcomes, using data on 81,481 kidney and 26,260 liver candidates registered between 7/1/95 and 6/30/00. Regression models identified factors associated with multiple-listing and its effect on relative rates of transplantation, waiting list mortality, kidney graft failure, and liver transplant mortality. See full listing.
Measures of Donation Rates included in new OPO reports
The January 2004 release of Center-Specific Reports and OPO-Specific Reports has been published. New in this release, the SRTR publishes risk-adjusted measures of organ donation for each of the 59 Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) serving Donation Service Areas across the country. Read more about these new measures, which are presented in Table 3 and 3A (for individual hospitals) of the OPO reports, here.
Click here to browse the CSRs, and here to browse the OPO reports.