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Summary of the OPTN’s Policy and System Modifications in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
A. Wilk, S. Taranto, C. Jett, L. Cartwright
UNOS, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: In April 2020, the OPTN made several policy and system modifications in response to the growing COVID-19 pandemic including updates to candidate lab data,…
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Short Term Outcomes in Previously Covid Positive Living Kidney Donors and Their Recipients
R. Prashar, N. J. Khoury, M. Ramesh, A. K. Patel
Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Study short term outcomes of living kidney donors (LKD) who were previously infected with COVID 19, and in their recipients.*Methods: After a brief hiatus…
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Clinical Analysis of the Prognosis After Receiving a Liver Graft That Abandoned Transplantation Due to Poor Graft Conditions in the Centers Allocated as a Priority
H. Choi¹, G. Na²
¹Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Surgery, Bucheon St. Mary's hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: LT has the limitation of lack of donors compared to those waiting for a transplant. Depending on the recipient's condition, even liver grafts with…
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Offer Acceptance Models for Various Endpoints: Initial Response, Final Response, and Conversion from Provisional Yes to Yes
C. Martinez, M. Stuart, A. Placona
United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Offer acceptance models are routinely used for program evaluation and academic research, but the focus tends to be on modelling the final offer response.…
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Human Leukocyte Antigen Mismatches Between Donor-Recipient or Donor-Donor are Not Associated with Adverse Pancreas Outcomes in Pancreas After Kidney Transplant Recipients
S. Parajuli, D. Kaufman, B. Welch, H. Sollinger, D. Mandelbrot, J. Odorico
University of Wisconsin, MADISON, WI
*Purpose: A greater degree of HLA mismatch has been previously associated with inferior graft survival in kidney and pancreas transplantation. Pancreas after kidney (PAK) recipients…
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Patient Feedback of a Patient and Family Decision Support Tool for Liver Organ Offer Decisions
C. Schaffhausen¹, S. Chu², M. Bruin³, S. Chinnakotla³, J. Lake³, A. Israni⁴
¹Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN, ²University of Minnesota (UMN), Minneapolis, MN, ³UMN, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴Hennepin Healthcare, UMN, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: For liver transplant candidates on the waiting list, deciding to accept a donor organ with known or potential risk factors can be stressful and…
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Extreme Hyponatremia as a Risk Factor for Early Mortality After Liver Transplantation in the MELD-Sodium Era
T. Ivanics¹, S. Leonard-Murali¹, H. Mouzaihem¹, D. Moonka², T. Kitajima¹, S. Yeddula¹, T. Shamaa¹, M. Rizzari¹, K. Collins¹, A. Yoshida¹, M. Abouljoud¹, S. Nagai¹
¹Division of Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, ²Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: The impact of hyponatremia on waitlist and post-transplant outcomes following the implementation of MELD-Na based liver allocation remains unclear. We sought to evaluate waitlist…
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Role of Recovering Surgeon in DCD Liver Transplant Outcomes
E. Macdonough, K. Pont, B. Aqel, K. Valenti, W. Hewitt, A. Moss, K. S. Reddy, C. Jadlowiec
Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ
*Purpose: Donation after cardiac death (DCD) liver transplant (LT) outcomes have continued to improve. Variability in outcomes has been attributed to center and recovering surgeon…
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Adults Undergoing First Time Liver Transplantation with Biliary Atresia: An Analysis of the United Network for Organ Sharing Database
E. Hsu¹, J. Perkins², S. P. Horslen¹, A. A. Dick¹, N. M. Blondet¹, J. D. Reyes²
¹Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ²Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
*Purpose: Although biliary atresia (BA) is the most common indication for liver transplantation in children, there is no published data on outcomes for individuals who…
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Immunologic Benefits of Maternal Living Donor Allografts in Pediatric Liver Transplantation: Less Rejection Episodes and No Evidence of De Novo Allosensitization
A. Barbetta¹, G. Meeberg², B. Rocque¹, S. Barhouma³, S. Gilmour⁴, F. Faytrouni⁵, O. Guttman⁵, P. Campbell⁴, J. Shapiro², J. Emamaullee¹
¹Surgery, Abdominal Transplant, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ²Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁵University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
*Purpose: Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) offers improved graft and patient survival in pediatric liver transplant (LT) recipients. Prior studies have suggested immunological advantage when…