Articles tagged "Cadaveric organs"

2017 American Transplant Congress
Increasing Organ Supply in the US: A Systematic Review of Presumed Consent vs. Informed Consent (2006-2016).
M. Ahmad,¹ A. Hanna,¹ A. Mohamed,^1,2 R. Mhaskar,¹ T. Jarmi,^1,3 A. Schlindwein,⁴ C. Pley,⁴ I. Bahner.¹
¹University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL; ²Stetson University College of Law, Gulfport, FL; ³Transplant & Specialty Services, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL; ⁴University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Purpose: Literature was systematically reviewed from 2006 to 2016 to assess the effectiveness of presumed consent vs. informed consent on increasing the deceased donor organ…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Worsening Rather Than Severe Acute Kidney Injury Affects Kidney Transplantation Outcomes.
M.-Y. Yu,¹ B. Yu,² Y. Kim,¹ S. Mi,³ J. Ha,³ J. Yang,³ Y. Kim,¹ H. Lee.¹
¹Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea; ²Internal Medicine, Soon Chun Hyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Republic of Korea; ³Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
BackgroundThe growing evidence has suggested that deceased donor kidneys with acute kidney injury (AKI) may be a good solution to overcome organ shortage. Although previous…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes with Kidney Transplant from Deceased Donors with Acute Kidney Injury and Prolonged Cold Ischemia Time: UNOS Analysis.
G. Dube, S. Mohan, M. Chiles.
Nephrology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
Longer cold ischemia time (CIT) is associated with an increased risk of delayed graft function and may increase the risk of graft failure. Kidneys with…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Organs Transplants When the Donor Is a Prior Recipient.
G. Lee,¹ D. Goldberg,² M. Levine,¹ P. Abt.¹
¹Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ²Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Introduction: Organ scarcity continues to limit the field of transplantation, which leads to death for patients on waiting lists. Organs from “Organ Donors After Transplant”…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Many Discarded Kidneys Are Similar to Kidneys Accepted for Transplantation as Judged by Their Histologic Lesions and Molecular AKI Scores.
K. Famulski,¹ J. Reeve,¹ O. Aubert,² A. Loupy,² S. Niderhaus,³ J. Bromberg,³ P. Halloran.¹
¹University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; ²Necker Hospital, Paris, France; ³University of Maryland, Baltimore.
There is an increase in the number kidneys from older brain dead donors (DBD). Many are discarded based on conventional features (clinical or histology). Thus…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Will the New Kidney Allocation System Negatively Impact Future Organ Donation in States Mandated to Export a Large Number of Kidneys?
D. Mital,¹ E. Hull,¹ J. Brown,¹ C. Karmell,² M. Jendrisak.²
¹Kidney Transplant Program, General Surgery, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL; ²Quality and Process Improvement, Gift of Hope OPO, Itasca, IL.
Purpose: To examine the potentially deleterious effects of the new Kidney Allocation System (KAS) on future organ donation: as a consequence of the massive increase…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Is Prolonged Cold Ischemia a Contraindication to Using Kidneys from Acute Kidney Injury Donors?
M. Khan,¹ A. Carrier,¹ H. El-Hennawy,¹ A. Farney,¹ J. Rogers,¹ G. Orlando,¹ A. Reeves-Daniel,² A. Palanisamy,² M. Gautreaux,³ S. Iskandar,³ W. Doares,⁴ S. Kaczmorski,⁴ R. Stratta.¹
¹Surgery, Wake Forest, Winston-Salem, NC; ²Internal Medicine, Wake Forest, Winston-Salem, NC; ³Pathology, Wake Forest, Winston-Salem, NC; ⁴Pharmacy, Wake Forest, Winston-Salem, NC.
Elevated deceased donor (DD) serum creatinine (SCr) levels and prolonged cold ischemia time (CIT) are major independent reasons for kidney discard following organ recovery. Many…
2016 American Transplant Congress
The Long and Short of Old and Cold on Renal Allograft Outcomes.
A. Naik,¹ D. Luan,¹ K. Lentine,² P. Rao,¹ A. Sakhuja,¹ Y. Huang,¹ M. Samaniego,¹ S. Norman,¹ A. Ojo,¹ D. Cibrik.¹
¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; ²Saint Louis University, St. Louis.
Introduction: Donor age and cold ischemia times (CIT) have been shown to have independent and varying degrees of impact on short and long term risk…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Is Delayed Graft Function in Simultaneous Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Recipients Associated with an Increased Risk of Pancreas Graft Failure?
S. Singh,^1,2 S. Kim.^1,2,3,4
¹Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; ²Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; ³Division of Nephrology and the Multi-Organ Transplant Program, University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada; ⁴Division of Nephrology and the Kidney Transplant Program, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
Background: Delayed graft function (DGF) in kidney transplant recipients is associated with adverse short and long-term outcomes. However, the impact of DGF of the kidney…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Imminent Death Donation: Potential Effects on Organ Donation Numbers and Clinical Outcomes.
V. Potluri,¹ S. Nazarian,² M. Levine,² P. Reese.³
¹Internal Medicine, Lankenau Hospital, Wynnewood; ²Transplant Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; ³Renal Division, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Attempts at donation after cardiac death (DCD) lead to organ transplantation only among 70% of eligible DCDs. Imminent death donation (IDD) is ante-mortem donation of…