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Quality Reports - Solid Organ Transplant

Volume - overall

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Why we measure it
- Research shows that physicians and hospitals that treat a large number of patients tend to provide better care and have improved outcomes for treatments and procedures. This is especially true of transplants.

What this means - Children's Hospital of Wisconsin has had steady numbers of solid organ transplants from 2004 through 2008.

About the data - These data reflects the number of pediatric kidney transplants and pediatric heart transplants performed between 2004 and 2008.

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What we're doing to provide the best care:

  • Our 72-bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit is staffed by board-certified and pediatric-trained critical care specialists and anesthesiologists.
  • We have a core team of heart specialists and a dedicated cardiac critical care unit to care for children undergoing heart transplants.
  • Each patient has a transplant coordinator who closely manages the care before and after surgery.
  • Children's Hospital's Solid Organ Transplant Program ranks in the top 25 percent of pediatric transplant programs for volume.
  • We offer ABO-incompatible heart transplants, which decreases wait times and prevents wait-list deaths.
  • Children's Hospital is one of the first centers with successful application of a virtual cross-match strategy for heart transplant patients. Virtual cross-match can lead to better outcomes and shorter wait-list times and allows transplant physicians to risk-stratify patients eligible for heart transplant. Collaborating with the BloodCenter of Wisconsin allows Children's Hospital to transplant more patients who are highly sensitized.

Patients/Families:

  • Take a virtual tour of Children's Hospital, which will help prepare you and your child for a hospital stay.
  • Be an advocate for your child. Participate in daily bedside clinical discussions, and provide any information about your child that may be helpful to staff.
  • Follow medical instructions fully and carefully before and after surgery.
  • Ask questions if you don't understand the plan of care or if you are not sure how to care for your child at home.
  • Attend any and all follow-up appointments.

If you have questions about these data or information, e-mail us or call (414) 266-6556.

 

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