Articles tagged "Allocation"

2019 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Eplet Mismatches on Kidney Transplant Outcome: A Single-Center Cohort Study
A. Senev¹, M. Coemans¹, V. Van Sandt², B. Sprangers³, D. Kuypers³, M. Emonds², M. Naesens³
¹Department of Microbiology and Immunology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ²Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Laboratory, Belgian Red Cross-Flanders, Mechelen, Belgium, ³University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
*Purpose: It has been shown that HLA-matching at classic antigen-level for HLA-A, -B and -DRB1 loci, provides benefits in matching and outcome after solid organ…
2019 American Transplant Congress
A New Risk Stratification Scoring System for Deceased Donor Kidneys and Suitable Candidates for Marginal Kidneys in Korea
T. Koo¹, J. Ryu¹, S. Park², S. Lee², J. Hwang², C. Ahn³, J. Yang¹
¹Transplantation Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: The dichotomous criteria for expanded criteria donor (ECD) vs. standard criteria donor (SCD) have been useful for making decisions about accepting deceased donor kidney…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Organ Procurement Organization Surgeon Improves Utilization of Livers from Pediatric Donors
M. MacConmara¹, J. Reese², T. Anthony², A. Aqul³, S. Hanish¹, P. Vagefi¹, D. Desai¹, C. Hwang¹
¹Surgery (Division of Surgical Transplantation)I, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²Southwest Transplant Alliance, Dallas, TX, ³Childrens Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Pediatric liver transplant centers tend to send their own procurement team for organ assessment and recovery. TXSB organ procurement organization (OPO) hired a full-time…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Effects of Major Liver Allocation Policy Changes on Waitlist Outcomes in Multivisceral Transplantation
S. Nagai¹, M. Rizzari¹, Y. Muszkat², K. Collins¹, A. Yoshida¹, S. Jafri², M. Abouljoud¹
¹Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgeryery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, ²Gastroenterology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Liver-intestine allocation is determined in the liver waitlist. This study aimed to evaluate effects of recent updates in liver allocation policy on waitlist outcomes…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Validation Of The Optimized Prediction Of Mortality (Opom) Machine Learning Model For Non-hepatocellular Carcinoma Candidates Awaiting Liver Transplant
L. Lau¹, X. Xie², F. Jia², P. D. Greig¹, T. C. Chan²
¹Multi-Organ Transplant, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Currently the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) is used to rank candidates for liver transplant in many jurisdictions. However, MELD does not provide…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Regional Differences in Transplantation for Expected Post-Transplant Survival Top 20% Candidates
S. Husain, K. King, D. Tsapepas, G. Dube, D. Cohen, L. E. Ratner, S. Mohan
Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
*Purpose: The Kidney Allocation System (KAS) introduced the Expected Post-Transplant Survival (EPTS) score for deceased donor kidney (DDK) candidates to improve organ-recipient longevity matching. Candidates…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Non-Immunologic Donor-Recipient Pairing, HLA Matching, and Graft Loss in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation
A. Vinson¹, B. Kiberd¹, R. Davis², K. Tennankore¹
¹Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, ²Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
*Purpose: In kidney transplantation, non-immunologic donor-recipient (D-R) pairing is generally not given the same consideration as immunologic matching. The aim of this study was to…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Investigating Deceased Donor Kidney Discard Trend – An Opportunity To Expand The Donor Pool
J. A. Shah¹, D. P. Borle¹, K. Koontz², W. Irish¹, K. V. Ravindra¹
¹Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ²Carolina Donor Services, Durham, NC
*Purpose: As the number of patients awaiting kidney transplantation increases from year to year, centers must maximize efforts to transplant kidneys procured. One way of…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Costs Associated with A2 to B Kidney Transplantation: A Barrier to Its Utilization?
R. Forbes, B. Concepcion, D. Shaffer
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: In 2014 the updated Kidney Allocation System (KAS) allowed for allocation of blood type A2 kidneys to B recipients in an effort to ameliorate…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Independent Risk Factors for Discard of Pediatric Liver Allografts
T. H. Malik¹, J. Goss², N. T. Galvan², M. L. Kueht II², A. Rana³
¹Department of Student Affairs, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Department of Abdominal Transplantation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ³Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: The aim of this study is to identify risk factors available at the time of initial DonorNet offer to predict discard of pediatric liver…