2018 American Transplant Congress
Viability Outcomes for Donor Livers Discarded Due to Steatosis Following Extra-Corporeal Machine Perfusion of the Liver
Background: Steatosis is the main reason for discarding donor livers worldwide. Ex-vivo machine perfusion offers superior preservation for marginal organs and permits viability testing during…2018 American Transplant Congress
Donor Acute Kidney Injury Does Not Affect Fibrosis on 1 Year Post-Transplant Kidney Biopsy
Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA.
PurposeThe use of kidneys from deceased donors with acute kidney injury (AKI) at the time of donation is a potential method by which to expand…2018 American Transplant Congress
QPI-1002, a siRNA Targeting p53: Improvement in Outcomes Following Acute Kidney Injury (AKI): Cardiac Surgery to AKI Donors
Background: QPI-1002 has been observed to statistically reduce the incidence, severity and duration of AKI in a large Phase 2 study of AKI following cardiac…2018 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Donor Hepatectomy Time during Organ Procurement in Donation after Circulatory Death Liver Transplantation; The United Kingdom Experience
St James University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom.
IntroductionNo data exists to evaluate the impact of hepatectomy time (HT) during donation after cardiac death (DCD) procurement on short and long-term outcomes following liver…2018 American Transplant Congress
Unique Recipient Benefits with Paired Kidney Donation
Introduction: Kidney transplantation is the treatment choice for ESRD with improved survival and cost benefit compared with dialysis. The imbalance of supply over demand along…2018 American Transplant Congress
A Study to Identify Marginal Factors for Donors of Pancreas Transplantation in Japan
ObjectiveAlthough pancreas transplantation is generally performed with donors in less-than-ideal condition in Japan, such as over 40% of donors being over 45 years of age…2018 American Transplant Congress
Evolution of Very Old Donor Grafts
Introduction: The need to implement the pool of donors has led to the use of organs from older donors, as has been described in several…2018 American Transplant Congress
DCD Kidneys with Remuzzi Scores of 4-5 Can Be Accepted for Solitary Kidney Transplantation
Organ Transplant Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Background Baseline chronic donor kidney injury is usually scored using Remuzzi's classification. It has been suggested that kidneys with Remuzzi scores of 0-3 can be…2018 American Transplant Congress
A Phase I/II, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study Assessing Safety and Efficacy of C1 Esterase Inhibitor for Prevention of Delayed Graft Function in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients
Background: Delayed graft function (DGF)in kidney allograft recipients is traditionally defined as need for dialysis during the first week after transplantation. DGF is related to…2018 American Transplant Congress
Elevated Donor Terminal Creatinine Does Not Appear to Be Associated with Worse Outcomes in Kidney Transplantation
There is justified reluctance to use kidneys from donors with significantly elevated creatinine as they may have severe, irreversible injury. Recently, thanks, in part to…
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