2019 American Transplant Congress
Earlier Transplant Education as CKD Progresses? CKD 3-5 Patients and Providers Weigh In
*Purpose: To increase preemptive and early transplant rates, transplant education must be delivered along the entire chronic kidney disease (CKD) spectrum. To understand patients’ education…2019 American Transplant Congress
Assessing Pressure to Donate among Potential Living Kidney Donors
1Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
*Purpose: In the setting of ongoing methods to increase living donation, including novel methods that harness the power of social media, it is imperative that…2019 American Transplant Congress
Preventing Donor Derived Cryptococcal Infections: Should We Screen Potential Organ Donors with a Serum Cryptococcal Antigen? A Cost Analysis
*Purpose: Donor-derived cryptococcosis is a rare but deadly infection. Serum cryptococcal antigen testing is a sensitive, specific and inexpensive modality that can be used to…2019 American Transplant Congress
Attitudes and Knowledge about Organ Donation in a Cohort of Medical Students: Association of Religion and Ethnicity
Nephrology/Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: Physicians often do not refer appropriate candidates for organ donation and the reasons may be rooted in personal beliefs about transplantation. Students come to…2019 American Transplant Congress
Analgesia and Control of Pain Following Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy
*Purpose: Laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy (LapDNx) for renal transplantation is a standard surgical practice. Effective pain management following this operation is essential. The purpose of…2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of a Liver Waitlist Candidate LDLT Educational Outreach Program on Referrals and Outcomes of Donor Evaluation
*Purpose: Challenges to identify suitable candidates for living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) include low donor acceptance, recipient & provider team reluctance to pursue LDLT. A…2019 American Transplant Congress
Do Reimbursement Programs Increase The Number Of Living Organ Donations?
*Purpose: Living-donor kidney transplantation is the gold standard treatment for the end-stage renal disease. However, living donors worldwide face significant financial and logistic barriers. To…2019 American Transplant Congress
Potential Living Kidney Donors’ Interest in Kidney Paired and Non-Directed Donation
1Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
*Purpose: Kidney Paired (KPD) and Non-Directed Donation (NDD) are avenues to increase living donation and address organ shortage. We investigated interest in KPD and NDD…2019 American Transplant Congress
Maternal and Pregnancy Outcomes after Living Donor Nephrectomy in a Multistate Cohort
*Purpose: Studies have demonstrated increased risk of preeclampsia for pregnancies after kidney donation in homogenous populations or single-center studies. Our study aims to delineate maternal…2019 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Evaluation in Living Kidney Donors: Survey of US Transplant Centers 2018
*Purpose: In recent years, a great deal of new data has emerged on outcomes after living donation. We surveyed US transplant centers to assess current…
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