2019 American Transplant Congress
Organ Procurement Organization Performance is Not Related to Educational Spending
*Purpose: We examined the educational spending by OPOs in relationship to OPO performance metrics.*Methods: Data sources: OPO Cost Reports (CMS 216-94 Form), SRTR OPO Specific…2019 American Transplant Congress
Trends in Utilization of Deceased Donor Kidneys Based on Donor Hep C Antibody and Nucleic Acid Status
*Purpose: HCV nucleic acid testing (NAT) testing for deceased donors (DD) has been routine since 2015. We intended to look at utilization/discard rates based on…2019 American Transplant Congress
Pushing the Limits: A Large Multicentric Case-Control Study Evaluating the Impact of Kidney Transplants from Expanded Criteria Donors after Controlled Circulatory Death the Limits: A Large Multicentric Case-Control Study Evaluating the Impact of Kidney Transplants from Expanded Criteria Donors after Controlled Circulatory Death
*Purpose: Controlled donation after circulatory death (cDCD) has allowed to significantly increase the deceased donors pool. However, while excellent previous reports have been shown using…2019 American Transplant Congress
Desensitization Using Only IVIG: Is That an Option for Highly-Sensitized Patients Waiting for Kidneys from Cadaveric Donors?
Nefrologia, Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
*Purpose: The reduction of anti-HLA has been proven to be efficient and safe in transplants of highly-sensitized with living donors (LD). The results of adopting…2019 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Reduction of Warm Ischemia on DCD Kidney Transplantation Outcomes
*Purpose: Warm ischemic time (WIT) during donation after cardiac death (DCD) kidney transplantation has significant effects on post-operative outcomes, such as graft survival, function, and…2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Ureteral Stent on Urinary Tract Complications after Deceased Donor Renal Transplantation
*Purpose: Urinary tract complications after renal transplantation, including urinary mechanical and infectious complications, could lead to graft loss. In order to avoid these situations, prophylactic…2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact Of Aggressive Utilization Of Liver Allografts On Outcomes
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Many risk factors impact outcomes for liver transplantation, among them are factors that are particular to individual transplant centers or center-level factors. Our aim…2019 American Transplant Congress
Taking a Step toward Standardization: Results of an American Society of Transplant Surgeons/Association of Organ Procurement Organizations Survey of Donation after Circulatory Death Liver Recovery Practices
*Purpose: Donation after circulatory death (DCD) liver transplants (LT) represented only 6.3% of total U.S. LT in 2017, despite DCD comprising 18.3% of the deceased…2019 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes in Non-A1 and Non A1 B to B Deceased Donor Renal Transplantation Are Comparable to B Donor Renal Transplants
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: Blood type B patients wait longer to get deceased donor (DD) renal transplants compared to other blood types. On December 2014, the US national…2019 American Transplant Congress
Twin Epidemics: Drug Overdoses And Suicides Are Increasingly Fueling The United States Donor Liver Supply
1Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2Southwest Transplant Alliance, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: In 2010, 6893 donor livers were procured for United States (U.S.) transplant. A reduction from the former pinnacle of U.S. liver transplant in 2006,…
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