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…
2018 American Transplant Congress
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…
2018 American Transplant Congress
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…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Lactate Level Immediate Post-Liver Transplantation Is a Predictor of Early Allograft Dysfunction.
K. Takahashi,^1,2 S. Nagai,¹ M. Safwan,¹ K. Putchakayala,¹ K. Collins,¹ M. Rizzari,¹ A. Yoshida,¹ M. Abouljoud,¹ S.-M. Jafri.³
¹Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI; ²Surgery, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; ³Gastroenterology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
Background; Early allograft dysfunction (EAD) after liver transplantation (LT) is defined as a peak values of aminotransferase >2000 IU/mL during the first week or an…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Eliminating False Positive Virtual Crossmatch Results for Lung Transplant Candidates by Using Multiple Antibody Testing Platforms.
O. Timofeeva,¹ M. Kashem,² S. Geier,¹ D. Grogan,² S. Keshavamurthy,² J. Gomez-Abraham,² Y. Toyoda,² F. Cordova.²
¹Department of Pathology and Laboratory of Medicine, Temple University, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; ²Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Temple University, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Purpose: At present, immunologic risk for lung transplant patients is evaluated based on Virtual crossmatch (VXM) by comparing recipient's HLA antibodies detected by Single antigen…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Is Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation (DDTX) Justified in Patients with More Than 10 Years of Pre-TX Dialysis Exposure?
C. Rose, J. Gill, J. Lesage, Y. Joffres, J. Gill.
UBC, Vancouver, Canada
Background: The new kidney allocation system (KAS) led to an increase in DDTX among patients with ≥10 years of pre-TX dialysis exposure. We aimed to…
2017 American Transplant Congress
What Are “Normal” CSF Findings in the Non-Infected Brain Dead Organ Donor?
R. Steiner,^1,2 C. Wainaina,² J. Tragaser,² L. Stocks.²
¹Medicine, University of California at San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, CA; ²Lifesharing Organ Procurement Organization, San Diego, CA
Abnormalities in CSF in deceased organ donors may suggest infection and lead to refusal of organs by transplant centers, particularly if a viral process is…
2017 American Transplant Congress
HCV+ Waitlist Candidates More Likely to Die Waiting for Kidney Transplant from HCV- Donor.
B. Shelton,¹ D. Sawinski,² S. Mehta,¹ R. Reed,¹ P. MacLennan,¹ J. Locke.¹
¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham; ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Background: HCV-infected ESRD patients derive a significant survival benefit from kidney transplantation (KT) over remaining on dialysis. Given the high mortality rates on dialysis and…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Prediction of Positive Cytotoxic and Flow Crossmatches for Sensitized Wait List Candidates: Comparison of Luminex MFI, C1q and FcR Binding Assays.
A. Girnita, E. Woodle.
Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati
Clinical relevance of HLA antibodies identified in solid phase assays includes their ability to generate a positive crossmatch (XM) test, which often precludes transplantation. The…