Articles tagged "Cadaveric organs"

2016 American Transplant Congress
Good Livers with a Bad Reputation: Favorable Outcome with Imported Grafts.
M. Akoad, M. Simpson, J. Pomposelli, E. Pomfret.
Transplantation, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA.
Background: Each year in the US, 450-500 livers are discarded as unacceptable for transplant. Currently, there is controversy about the implications of broader sharing and…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Where Are the KDPI 0-20% Kidneys Going in the New KAS? A Major Allocation Shift.
M. Aeder,¹ N. Turgeon,² A. Kucheryavaya,³ D. Stewart.³
¹Univ Hosp Case Med Ctr, Cleveland, OH; ²Emory Univ, Atlanta, GA; ³UNOS, Richmond, VA.
The introduction of KAS in December 2014 marked an effort to incorporate a longevity metrics into deceased organ allocation by prioritizing retrieved kidneys with the…
2016 American Transplant Congress
National Trends in Liver Discards: The Weekend Effect.
D. Carpenter,¹ S. Mohan,² K. Halazun,³ E. Verna,⁵ M. Chiles,² G. Charak,¹ L. Ratner.⁴
¹Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York City, NY; ²Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York City, NY; ³Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York City, NY; ⁴Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, Columbia University Medical Center, New York City, NY; ⁵Department of Medicine, Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation, Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases, Columbia University Medical Center, New York City, NY.
Overall organ discard rates have increased over the last decade. Given the current organ shortage, understanding factors that contribute to the discard of livers is…
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…
2016 American Transplant Congress
What Is the Decline Rate of Pancreata Attributed to Donation After Cardiac Death When the Accompanied Kidney Is Transplanted?
T. Alhamad,¹ K. Lentine,² A. Taha,² J. Wellen,¹ D. Brennan.¹
¹Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis; ²Saint Louis University, St. Louis.
Background:Pancreas transplantation in the U.S. has declined steadily in the U.S. over the past decade despite international growth of the practice. Reasons for this decline…