2022 American Transplant Congress
Late Liver Turn Downs: The Utilization and Impact of the Expedited Process
*Purpose: There is belief that the discard rates are higher for organs turned down late in the recovery process. The expedited liver (LI) pathway, allows…2022 American Transplant Congress
What If Only Days After Dialysis Counted Towards Kidney Candidates’ Qualified Waiting Times?
Research, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Current kidney policy allows patients who have not yet initiated dialysis to qualify for allocation priority based on the time since a recorded eGFR…2022 American Transplant Congress
Changes in Cold Ischemia Time and Transplantation Practices with the Concentric Model of Kidney Allocation
1University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 2Columbia University, New York, NY
*Purpose: Evaluate impact of the new concentric kidney allocation system (KAS250) on kidney utilization, allocation practices and cold ischemia time (CIT).*Methods: Using data from the…2022 American Transplant Congress
Growing Use of Perfusion for Heart, Liver, and Lung and Early Outcomes
1United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, 2University of Washington, Seattle, WA
*Purpose: In 2015 the OPTN began collecting data on perfusion for heart, liver, and lung deceased donors (DD) on the DD registration form. Since 2015,…2022 American Transplant Congress
What Does It Mean—and How Common is It—For Deceased-Donor Kidneys to ‘Cross in the Air’ En Route to a Recipient?
United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Recent initiatives to broaden organ allocation beyond “local” boundaries (replacing with circle-based or continuous allocation) have brought logistical concerns into sharper focus than ever…2022 American Transplant Congress
Increased Costs, Cold Ischemia Time, and Sharing Associated with Removing DSA and OPTN Region from Kidney Allocation: A Single-Center Analysis
*Purpose: On March 15, 2021, Donation Service Area (DSA) and OPTN Region were removed from kidney allocation and replaced with a 250 nautical mile (NM)…2022 American Transplant Congress
Association Between Histopathological Features on Implantation Renal Biopsies and Graft Outcomes and Kdpi
Nephrology, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia
*Purpose: The global shortage of organs and the increasing use of marginal kidneys for transplantation necessitates an accurate assessment of deceased donor kidneys. The kidney…2022 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Rates Increased with Broader Distribution of Deceased Donor Kidneys
*Purpose: The OPTN Kidney Transplantation Committee implemented a policy removing donation service area (DSA) and OPTN region from kidney allocation on 3/15/2021. In addition to…2022 American Transplant Congress
Allocation Based on Acuity Circles Decreases Waiting Time for Liver Transplant Patients
Stanford University, Stanford, CA
*Purpose: In February, 2020, UNOS implemented a new liver allocation system incorporating a combination of acuity based on MELD/PELD score and distance from the donor…2022 American Transplant Congress
Post-Transplant Outcomes and Financial Burden in Donation After Cardiac Death Donor Liver Transplant After the Implementation of Acuity Circle Allocation Policy
Division of Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: The use of donation after cardiac death (DCD) donor liver grafts has been increasing in many transplant centers after introducing the acuity circles (AC)…
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