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2022 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Kidney Transplantation from a Male Donor with a Highly Elevated Prostate Specific Antigen Level (PSA) in Female Recipients
S. K. Patel, E. Siskind, M. Jaleco, S. Shah, A. Adekile, S. Nijim, M. Laftavi
Center for Transplantation, University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
*Purpose: Donor derived malignancy is a contraindication for kidney transplantation. Published literature is devoid of instances of utilization of organs from donors with high PSA…
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Case Times For Brain Dead Donors: Longer Is Not Better, No Impact Of Longer Case Time On Organ Yield Or OPO Performance Tier
M. J. Moritz¹, R. Hasz¹, H. Nathan¹, E. Hunt², S. Noreen³, A. Toll⁴
¹Gift of Life Donor Program, Philadelphia, PA, ²Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA, ³United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ⁴Research, United Network for Organ Sharing, Silverdale, WA
*Purpose: Having observed the steady increase in case times, we wished to examine if this has impacted organ yield*Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study…
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Superoxide in Cardiac Allografts from Donors After Circulatory Death
M. Urban¹, T. Bruett², K. F. Duncan¹, N. W. Markin³, M. M. Chacon³, M. C. Zimmerman⁴
¹Department of Surgery. Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²College of Medicine. Department of Cellular and Integtrative Physiology., University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³Department of Anesthesiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁴Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
*Purpose: Quality of cardiac allografts from donors after circulatory death (DCD) is adversely impacted by warm ischemia and subsequent reperfusion during organ resuscitation. Post-transplant myocardial…
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Graft and Patient Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Tourism: A Single-Center Experience
A. Altheaby¹, R. Algain², R. Salem², A. Alotaibi², K. Owaidah², M. Tawahri¹, M. Shaheen³, Z. Arabi⁴
¹Nephrology, King Abdulaziz Medical City-NGHA, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ²Internal Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City-NGHA, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ³King Saud Bin Abdulaziz for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ⁴Renal Transplant, King Abdulaziz Medical City-NGHA, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
*Purpose: The expanding supply-demand mismatch between organs available for transplantation and patients in need led to the growth of transplant tourism. In our study, we…
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Adding Epitope Compatibility To Deceased Donor Kidney Allocation Criteria: Recommendations From An Online Public Deliberation
L. Edwards¹, R. Sapir-Pichhadze², P. Keown³, S. Bryan¹
¹School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
*Purpose: With increasing demand for kidneys and a scarce supply, ways to reduce rejection and improve transplant outcomes are needed. One possibility is using epitope…
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Gsk3beta Regulates the Resolution of Liver Ischemia Reperfusion Injury via MerTK
H. Zhang¹, M. Ni², J. Zhang¹, R. Busuttil¹, J. Kupiec-Weglinski¹, W. Li³, X. Wang², Y. E. Zhai¹
¹Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, ³China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, JiLing, China
*Purpose: We have shown previously that glycogen synthase kinase β (Gsk3β) regulates liver inflammatory activation against ischemia/reperfusion injury (IRI). The question of whether it also…
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The Role of Advanced Practice Providers in Liver Transplant Centers
S. Nargiso, L. Sher, V. Tristan
Keck Medical Center at University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Care for the liver transplant (LT) recipient requires expertise and consistency. Due to the rotation of trainees and the emphasis on surgical experience for…
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Preoperative Blood Pressure and Risk of Delayed Graft Function in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation
S. Wazir, M. Abbas, P. Ratanasreemehta, C. Zhang, C. M. Puttarajappa
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Evaluate association between preoperative blood pressure and delayed graft function (DGF) in deceased donor kidney transplantation (DDKT)*Methods: In this single center study of adult…
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Understanding Transplant Awareness in Pre-Kidney Transplant Recipients – Role of Surgeon Visit
G. Defelice, H. Harrington, M. Ratcliff, D. Moravec, E. Wands, A. Sauviac, A. Paramesh, A. Vijay
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
*Purpose: Education for pre-Kidney Transplant recipient candidates aims to improve their knowledge and understanding about the transplant process, outcomes and potential complications and facilitate adjustment…
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Identical Kidneys Are Discarded at Higher Rates When Labeled as High KDPI
C. Crannell, J. Perkins, C. Kling
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
*Purpose: The kidney donor risk index (KDRI) and percentile conversion kidney donor profile index (KDPI) were introduced with the Kidney Allocation System (KAS) to provide…