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2019 American Transplant Congress
Organ Donation Rates And Transplantation Activity Comparing Opt-out Versus Opt-in Systems: A Cross-sectional Study Of Oecd Countries
A. Arshad¹, M. Babiker², B. Anderson², A. Sharif²
¹University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ²Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Department of Nephrology and Transplantation, Birmingham, United Kingdom
*Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare organ donation and transplantation rates between opt-out versus opt-in countries to investigate for any significant difference…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Neighborhood Deprivation is Associated with Decreased Rates of Organ Donor Designation
S. I. Wadhwani¹, J. Bucuvalas², C. Brokamp¹, M. A. Bhuiyan¹, J. C. Lai³, A. Beck¹
¹Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ³University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Only half of adults in the United States are designated as organ donors on their state driver’s license or identification card. We leveraged data…
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Do Reimbursement Programs Increase The Number Of Living Organ Donations?
A. Siddique¹, J. Ortiz², S. Fry-Revere², V. Apte², Y. Jin³, N. Koizumi¹
¹Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University, Arlington, VA, ²University of Toledo Hospital, Toledo, OH, ³The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
*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…
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Specific Reasons for Public Health Service (PHS) Increased Risk (IR) Designation Had Little Influence on Doctors’ Kidney Offer Acceptance Decisions in Controlled “Lab” Experiment
D. Stewart¹, J. Rosendale¹, H. McGehee¹, J. Schold², J. Lindemans³, J. Kessler⁴, C. Sullivan⁴, K. Mekeel⁵, R. Stratta⁶, R. Formica⁷, D. Klassen¹
¹UNOS, Richmond, VA, ²CCF, Cleveland, OH, ³Duke, Durham, NC, ⁴Wharton, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵UCSD, San Diego, CA, ⁶Wake Forest, Winston-Salem, NC, ⁷Yale, New Haven, CT
*Purpose: Over 25% of donors are labeled as PHS “increased risk,” a designation associated with reduced organ utilization despite favorable risk/benefit calculations for most patients.…
2019 American Transplant Congress
National Landscape of Donors Allocated through the Hope Act in the United States
A. R. Wilk¹, R. Hunter², M. A. McBride², D. K. Klassen²
¹Research, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ²United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: To address the shortage of donor organs and to increase transplantation opportunities for HIV+ recipients, the HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act was enacted…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Unfavorable Donor after Cardiac Death Characteristics in Lung Transplantation: An Analysis of the UNOS Registry
A. Y. Choi¹, O. K. Jawitz², V. Raman², Y. Barac², M. S. Mulvihill², C. Moore², M. G. Hartwig²
¹Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ²Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Despite growing evidence that donation after circulatory death (DCD) lung transplants have comparable survival outcomes and primary graft dysfunction rates to donation after brain…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Different Options Available For Patients Registered In A Kidney Paired Donation (KPD) Program
S. Stepkowski, B. Mierzejewska, M. Rees
University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
*Purpose: We examined what happened during a 6-year period to 1,121 end-stage renal disease patients who registered with their willing/incompatible living donors for kidney exchanges…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Exploring Perceptions of Organ Procurement: Need for a Formal Medical Student Curriculum
L. Winer¹, M. Vivero², B. Scully³, A. Cortez¹, A. Kassam¹, J. Kuethe¹, R. Nowygrod³, J. Emond³, R. C. Quillin III¹
¹Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ²Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Surgery, Columbia University, New York City, NY
*Purpose: Medical student participation in organ procurement provides early exposure to surgery and may inspire donor advocacy. We evaluated medical students’ experiences with an organ…
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Modeling the Effect of Presumed Consent on Waitlist Candidate Quantities
L. DeRoos¹, W. Marrero¹, M. Lavieri¹, D. Hutton², N. Parikh³
¹Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: Organ transplantation is a life-saving and cost-effective treatment for patients with end-organ failure. However, the current supply of donors is unable to match demand,…
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A Collaborative AI Framework to Improve the MELD Exception Request Policy Process
A. M. Placona, S. M. Noreen, R. Carrico
Research, United Network for Organ Sharing, Henrico, VA
*Purpose: A goal of organ allocation policy is to balance medical urgency with equitable access to transplant. MELD Exceptions attempt to ensure that patients’ medical…