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The Survival Benefits of Using Marginal Allografts in Liver Transplantation
*Purpose: Our study assessed whether using marginal allografts at initial time of listing provided similar or greater survival benefit versus waiting on the transplant waitlist…2021 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Paired Donation in Pediatrics: An Underused Opportunity?
*Purpose: Kidney paired donation (KPD) provides the opportunity for ABO-mismatched or HLA-incompatible pairs to receive a living donor kidney transplant. The superior graft survival among…2021 American Transplant Congress
Non-Invasive Measurement of Transplant Kidney Fibrosis Using Photoacoustic Imaging
1St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: The presence of donor kidney fibrosis adversely impacts transplant outcome. Biopsy remains the only method that can assess fibrosis, despite being subjected to sampling…2021 American Transplant Congress
VO2peak Differentiates Survival Post Kidney Transplant
1Mayo Clinic Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, 2Baylor Scott and White Health, Temple, TX
*Purpose: The OPTN/UNOS utilizes the calculated estimated posttransplant survival (EPTS) score as the measure of post-kidney transplant survival to guide allocation of deceased donor kidney…2021 American Transplant Congress
To Whom do Pediatric Donor Organs Go?
*Purpose: Pediatric priority in organ allocation is mandated by the Final Rule, but prioritization varies by organ, sometimes informed by size-matching needs. Heart (Policy 6.6.E)…2021 American Transplant Congress
When One Size Does Not Fit All: Geographically Heterogeneous Liver Distribution
*Purpose: The new liver allocation system prioritizes distribution within acuity circles, instead of within DSAs. Acuity circles have the same radius around all donor hospitals…2021 American Transplant Congress
Assessing the Accuracy of the Lung Allocation Score
1University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
*Purpose: The Lung Allocation Score (LAS) relies on the performance of two cox proportional hazards models that estimate waitlist and post-transplant survival. These models were…2021 American Transplant Congress
Towards National Organ Sharing: Fair Distribution of Eplets in Canada
McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
*Purpose: Eplet matching is being promoted as a rational approach to prevent immune-mediated injuries in transplantation. We studied the frequencies of eplets in a Canadian…2021 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Deceased Donor Transplants with Donor Specific Antibodies Before and After the New Kidney Allocation System
Columbia University, New York, NY
*Purpose: KAS forced centers to list unacceptable HLA antigens. Some centers excluded antigens at any level of anti-HLA Ab. Our center only excluded antibodies posing…2021 American Transplant Congress
A2 to B Deceased Donor Renal Transplantation Outcome Analysis: Single Center Experience
Nephrology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: Initial experience under kidney allocation system (KAS) implemented in December 2014 showed equivalent outcomes for A2 to B kidney transplantation compared with ABO compatible…
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