Articles tagged "Cadaveric organs"

2018 American Transplant Congress
Transplantation of Very Small Pediatric En Bloc Renal Allografts from Donors Less Than 8 Months of Age Have Similar Outcomes to Donors More Than 8 Months
S. Aquil,^1,2,3 N. Mitrou,^1,3 V. McAlister,^1,2,3 A. Sener,^1,2,3 P. Luke.^1,2,3
¹Departments of Surgery and Transplant, London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital, London, ON, Canada; ²Microbiology and Immunology and Matthew Mailing Center for Transplant Studies, London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital, London, ON, Canada; ³Departments of Surgery and Transplant, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Purpose: Few programs use kidneys from donors with body weight (BW) less than 10 kg or less than 8 months of age, for fear of…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Use of Public Health Service Increased Risk Kidneys in Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients: Recipient Characteristics
M. Meyers,¹ J. Shults,¹ B. Laskin,¹ P. Porrett,² M. Levine,² P. Abt,² S. Amaral,^1,2 D. Goldberg.¹
¹Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia; ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Purpose: The number of donors labeled as Public Health Service Increased Risk (IR) is rising. This designation identifies organs from donors at 'increased risk' of…
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Utilization of Public Health Service Increased Risk Kidneys in Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients by Era
M. Meyers,¹ J. Shults,¹ B. Laskin,¹ P. Porrett,² M. Levine,² P. Abt,² S. Amaral,^1,2 D. Goldberg.²
¹Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia; ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Purpose: Donors labeled Public Health Service Increased Risk (PHS-IR) continue to rise due to opioid abuse and expanding criteria defining 'increased-risk.' Many PHS-IR donors are…
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A Machine Learning Approach for Prediction of Delayed Graft Function in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients
S. Kawakita,¹ A. Waterman,^1,2 M. Everly.¹
¹Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA; ²Division of Nephrology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
Introduction:Delayed graft function (DGF) is an early signal of graft injury that is common in deceased donor kidney transplant (DDKT) recipients. Although we have predictive…
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Time-Effect of Donor and Recipient Characteristics on Graft Survival after Kidney Transplantation
E. Molmenti,¹ J. Yang,³ C. Molmenti,² E. Grodstein,¹ H. Rilo,¹ L. Teperman.¹
¹Surgery, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Manhasset, NY; ²Feinstein Institute, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Manhasset, NY; ³Epidemiology, Mailman Schoool of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY.
BackgroundThe current kidney allocation system (KAS) is based on the Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) and the Estimated Post-Transplant Survival (EPTS), quality-based “longevity matching” strategies…
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Higher Concordance in the Incidence of DGF and Post-Transplant BKV Infection among Recipients Receiving Mate Kidneys from the Same Deceased Donor: A Paired Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant Analysis
K. Venkatesh,¹ C. Wu,¹ C. Puttarajappa,¹ R. Mehta,¹ P. Sood,¹ A. Tevar,² S. Hariharan.¹
¹Nephrology Division, Univ of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA; ²Transplant Surgery, Univ of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA.
Background: This study was undertaken to explore the degree to which donor variables impact rates of DGF, post-transplant CMV and BKV infections using a paired…
2018 American Transplant Congress
You've Gotta Have HOPE: Seeking HIV Donors in a Large US OPO
A. Friedman,¹ S. Huprikar,² K. Delli Carpini.¹
¹LiveOnNY, NY; ²Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY.
Passage of the HOPE Act in 2013 led to important workflow changes within a large US organ procurement organization (OPO). The initial triage process for…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Geographic Variation in Drug Overdose as Donor Cause of Death
M. Skeans, D. Zaun, B. Kasiske.
SRTR, Minneapolis.
Numbers of deceased organ donors have increased steadily since 2012, with large increases 2015-2016. The opioid epidemic has been speculated to drive these increases, differentially…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Assessing Necroptosis in Brain Dead Kidney Donors: Implications for Predicting Recipient Outcomes
A. Zmijewska, J. Murphy, J. Chen, J. Zmijewski, R. Mannon.
Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
Introduction: Kidney graft transplant obtained from Brain Dead Donors (BDD) is more frequently associated with development of delayed graft function (DGF) and higher risk of…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Shortened Cold Ischemia Time and Reduced Incidence of Delayed Graft Function for Kidney Transplants through Enhanced Tissue Compatibility Testing
I. Helanterä,¹ T. Saarinen,² J. Peräsaari,² M. Lempinen,¹ J. Lauronen.²
¹Transplantation and Liver Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland; ²Histocompatibility Laboratory, Finnish Red Cross Blood Service, Helsinki, Finland.
A. HLA-typing and prospective leukocyte cross-matching needed for deceased donor kidney transplantation (kTX) may delay the onset of surgery. We compared cold ischemia times (CIT)…