2016 American Transplant Congress
A Kidney Paired Donation Standard Acquisition Charge Pilot Program.
1UT, Toledo; 2APKD, Perrysburg; 3Arbor Res, Ann Arbor.
Background/Purpose: A national non-profit Kidney Paired Dontion (KPD) organization undertook a demonstration project to redesign payment for KPD transplants with a payment model similar to…2016 American Transplant Congress
Removing Geographic and Financial Barriers for Directed Living Kidney Donations: Lessons from Kidney Paired Donation.
1Univ Hosp Case Med Ctr, Cleveland, OH; 2UNOS, Richmond, VA.
Living donor (LD) kidney (K) transplants (Tx), which peaked at 6647 in 2004 (42.5% of tx), decreased by 2014 to 5538 (32.4% of tx). Although…2016 American Transplant Congress
Analysis of Broken Chains in Kidney Paired Donation During an 8 Year Period within the National Kidney Registry.
Purpose: Chain transplantation in kidney paired donation (KPD) offers the ability to facilitate multiple kidney transplants between incompatible pairs using a non-directed donor (NDD) to…2016 American Transplant Congress
Characteristics of Compatible Pair Participants in Living Donor Kidney Transplant Exchanges.
Renal & Pancreas Transplant Division, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ.
Introduction: Compatible pairs of living kidney donors and their intended recipients are being increasingly entered into living donor kidney transplant (LDKT) exchanges. The characteristics of…2016 American Transplant Congress
Reciprocity for Compatible Pair Participation in Kidney Paired Donation.
Participation of ABO and HLA compatible pairs (CPs) in kidney paired donation (KPD) could significantly increase living donor (LD) transplantation (TX). CPs may be more…2016 American Transplant Congress
Global Kidney Exchange.
Introduction: Instead of thinking of the developing world as a place where there are desperate people who will sell their kidneys for money, we propose…2016 American Transplant Congress
Accumulation of Highly Sensitized Patients in a KPD Registry.
University of Toledo, Toledo, OH.
Objectives: We analyzed sensitization against HLA among patients in a kidney paired donation (KPD) registry. In particular, three groups of patients were included: 1) all…2016 American Transplant Congress
Informing Informed Consent for High KDPI Kidneys.
Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
The standard approach to informed consent for high KDPI (KDPI 86-100%) deceased donor kidneys (DDK) relies on anticipated graft half-life and may not provide candidates…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Relationship Between Kidney Donor Profile Index and Six Month eGFR in Deceased Donor Recipients.
Division of Nephrology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Kidney function, as measured by GFR, at 6 months post-kidney transplant is a powerful predictor of long-term post-transplant outcomes. This study sought to understand the…2016 American Transplant Congress
Analysis of Local versus Imported Expanded Criteria Donor (ECD) Kidneys: A Single Center Experience with 497 ECD Kidney Transplants.
With the new Kidney Allocation System, broader sharing of expanded criteria donor (ECD) kidneys may occur, which may influence discard rates and survival outcomes. To…
American Transplant Congress abstracts