Articles tagged "Allocation"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Domino Transplantation – Expanding the Liver Donor Pool to the Pediatric Recipient
U. Ekong¹, N. Yazigi¹, K. Khan¹, S. Kaufman¹, K. Chapman², E. Leon², N. Ah Mew², A. Kroemer¹, R. Girlanda¹, J. Hawksworth¹, C. Matsumoto¹, T. Fishbein¹
¹MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC, ²Genetics, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC
*Purpose: Background: Maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) is an inherited autosomal recessive metabolic disorder of amino acid metabolism, caused by a defect of the branched-chain…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Enhancing Kidney Allograft Decision Making: An Organ Offer Simulation Study
J. Mansy¹, J. Case¹, D. Stewart², H. McGehee², K. Lindblad², R. Schaffer¹, J. Fisher¹, J. Rice¹, S. Kurian¹, C. Marsh¹
¹Scripps Center for Organ and Cell Transplantation, La Jolla, CA, ²United Network for Organ Sharing Research Department, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: This study was designed to identify opportunities to improve UNOS organ allocation as well as providers’ decision-making process for cadaveric kidney offers. Using its…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Donor Lung Travel Distance and Time
C. Lehr¹, M. Skeans², M. Valapour¹, E. Lease³
¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, ³University of Washington, Seattle, WA
*Purpose: With the policy change from donation service area (DSA) to 250 nautical miles (NM) as the first unit of US lung allocation, distances between…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Estimating the Potential Pool of Uncontrolled DCD Donors in the United States
B. J. Boyarsky, K. R. Jackson, A. B. Kernodle, J. V. Sakran, J. M. Garonzik Wang, S. E. Ottmann, D. L. Segev
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: In contrast to donation after brain death (DBD), donation after circulatory death (DCD) involves recovery of organs from people with devastating neurologic injury who…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Continuous Distribution: LSAM Simulation Study
T. Weaver¹, N. Salkowski¹, J. Snyder¹, D. Schladt¹, J. Pyke¹, A. Herreid¹, B. Thompson¹, W. Kim², J. Lake³, A. Israni¹
¹SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, ²Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA, ³Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: This liver simulated allocation model (LSAM) study of a simple continuous distribution system for several parameter values introduces and describes its characteristics, demonstrating how…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Geographic Trends in Drug Intoxicated Deceased Donor Recovery and Utilization
R. Urban, D. Klassen, J. Rosendale
United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: The impact of the current opioid epidemic has been felt throughout the nation, and has seen significant geographic variation in the impact on decease…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Grafts From Donors After Circulatory Death Provide Comparable Outcome To Donors After Brain Death Without Intracorporeal In Situ Cooling
H. Harada, M. Miura, A. Mitsuke, H. Higuchi, N. Fukuzawa, H. Tanaka, T. Hirano, T. Seki
Sapporo City General Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
*Purpose: Donation after circulatory death (DCD) had been one and only source of deceased kidney donor in our country. The number of donation after brand…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Effect of DSA-Free Heart Allocation on Children
M. Skeans¹, J. Pyke¹, K. Audette¹, R. White², W. Mahle³, A. Savage⁴, J. Smith⁵
¹SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, ²Children's Hosp, Philadelphia, PA, ³Emory Univ., Atlanta, GA, ⁴Med University of SC, Charleston, SC, ⁵Seattle Children's Hosp, Seattle, WA
*Purpose: On Oct 18, 2018, the heart allocation system changed to better risk stratify adult candidates, and a current project is underway to remove donation…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Factors Associated with the Acceptance of Livers for Liver Transplantation: Validation of the Discard Risk Index in the Eurotransplant Region
J. D. Boer¹, H. Putter², J. J. Blok³, N. Cambridge¹, S. Van den Berg¹, U. Samuel¹, G. Berlakovich⁴, M. Guba⁵, A. E. Braat³
¹Eurotransplant International Foundation, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Department of Biomedical Data Sciences, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Transplant Center, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁵Hospital of the University of Munich, Munich, Germany
*Purpose: In times of organ shortage it has to be better understood why available livers are not transplanted. This study aims to analyze factors associated…
2019 American Transplant Congress
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…