Articles tagged "Age factors"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Performance of Aged Liver Grafts in a Rat Model of Normothermic Ex Vivo Liver Machine Perfusion
S. Moosburner¹, M. Zimmer¹, J. M. Gassner¹, N. Roschke¹, N. Berndt², J. Michelotto¹, K. H. Hillebrandt¹, J. Pratschke¹, I. M. Sauer¹, N. Raschzok¹
¹Department of Surgery, Experimental Surgery, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Institute of Biochemistry, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
*Purpose: We aimed to characterize the performance of old vs. young liver grafts in a standardized rat model of normothermic ex vivo liver machine perfusion…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Early Kidney Transplantation Irrespective of Donor Profile Offers Survival Benefit in Recipients Older Than 70 Years
A. Mujkanovic¹, T. Jarmi², C. B. Taner¹, K. P. Croome¹, S. A. Mao¹
¹Transplant Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, ²Transplant Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
*Purpose: Donor and recipient pre-transplant risk factors are known to influence post-transplant recipient survival. This study’s purpose was to identify the most important donor and…
2022 American Transplant Congress
A Retrospective Evaluation of Organ Donation in the United States: Trends in Donors and Organ Utilization Over 15-Years
J. A. Steggerda¹, I. K. Kim², D. Borja-Cacho¹
¹Transplant Surgery, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, ²Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: The general population of the United States has changed considerably over the past 15 years. This study evaluates longitudinal changes in potential organ donors…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Left Digit Bias in Selection and Acceptance of Deceased Donor Organs
C. E. Jacobson¹, C. S. Brown², K. H. Sheetz³, S. A. Waits²
¹University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Organs suitable for donation are a scarce resource and maximizing the use of available donor organs is a public health priority. Transplantable organs may…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Factors Linked with Evaluation to Wait Listing for Referred Patients at the University of Texas Medical Branch’s Main Center and Outreach Clinic – A Step Towards Kidney Transplantation
A. Rizvi¹, M. Mujtaba², S. Hussain³, J. Fair⁴, M. Kueht⁴, A. Gamilla-Crudo⁵
¹Internal Medicine, Nephrology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, ²University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, ³University of Texas Medical Branch, Houston, TX, ⁴Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, ⁵University of Texas Medical Branch, League City, TX
*Purpose: Numerous factors can be associated with transplant candidates’ placement on the wait list. We herein set forth to assess patient characteristics and factors associated…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Characteristics of OPOs with Increased Education Spending, 2013-2018
J. Roberts¹, J. L. Bragg-Gresham², T. Peters³, F. McCormick⁴
¹University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL, ⁴Bank of America (former), Walnut Creek, CA
*Purpose: OPO spending on education would be expected to increase donor registration and increase the number of donors. Using data from multiple sources, we examined…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Cognitive Impairment In Liver Transplant Recipients 6 Months Or More After Transplant
K. Berry¹, L. Gaynor¹, F. Barry¹, E. Tsoy¹, C. Goode¹, R. Wong¹, S. Erlhoff¹, L. VandeVrede¹, K. Possin¹, J. C. Lai²
¹University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Patients with decompensated cirrhosis awaiting liver transplant (LT) exhibit a spectrum of neurocognitive disorders, largely attributed to hepatic encephalopathy (HE) and considered reversible after…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Centers That Assess Frailty as Part of Clinical Practice Have Better Outcomes
X. Chen¹, Y. Liu¹, V. Thompson¹, N. M. Chu¹, E. A. King¹, J. D. Walston², J. A. Kobashigawa³, D. M. Dadhania⁴, D. L. Segev¹, M. A. McAdams-DeMarco¹
¹Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
*Purpose: Frailty predicts adverse post-kidney transplant (KT) outcomes, yet impacts of frailty assessments on center-level outcomes remain unclear. We tested whether transplant centers assessing frailty…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Favorable Outcomes in Older Diabetics Receiving a Simultaneous Kidney Pancreas Transplant Compared to Those Receiving a Living Donor Kidney Transplant
P. Budhiraja¹, H. Me¹, J. Ninan², S. Reddy², S. S. Misra¹, R. Heilman¹, H. Khamash¹, K. Reddy¹, C. Jadloweic¹, N. Katariya¹, H. Chakkera¹
¹Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: To compare the long-term outcomes of older (50-65 yr) diabetic patients who received Simultaneous Kidney pancreas transplantation (SKP) vs. living donor (LD) kidney transplants.*Methods:…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Donor and Recipient Age Matching for Kidney Transplantation: A Machine Learning Approach
J. Kim, J. Ahn, A. Massie, D. Segev, S. Bae
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Under the concept of ‘longevity matching,’ the Kidney Allocation System favors matching younger deceased donors with younger kidney transplant (KT) candidates. However, it remains…

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