Articles tagged "Cadaveric organs"

2015 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of the Effects of N-Acetylcysteine Treatment in Adult Liver Transplant Recipients
E. Aldag, S. Farrell, R. Pedersen, A. Sahajpal, J. Clendenon, V. Gunabushanam, D. Kramer.
Aurora St Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI.
Background: N-acetylcysteine (NAC) has been used in post-orthotopic liver transplant (OLT) patients for the proposed mechanism of preventing tissue damage of the newly transplanted organ…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Predictors of Deceased Donor Lung Utilization in the United States
L. Edwards,¹ L. Robbins Callahan,¹ J. Rogers,² K. Chan.³
¹United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA; ²Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; ³University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI.
Background: Lung utilization rates for deceased donor (DD) are far lower than most solid organs. For DD recovered in 2013, 22% had at least one…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Donor Age On Pancreas Transplantation Outcome
A. Rathnasamy Muthusamy,¹ G. Vrakas,¹ S. Mittal,¹ S. Reddy,¹ I. Quiroga,¹ J. Gilbert,¹ R. Ploeg,² E. Sharples,¹ S. Sinha,¹ A. Vaidya,¹ P. Friend.²
¹Transplant Surgery, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom; ²Nuffield Department of Surgery, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
The global increase in the average donor age over the last decade has resulted in widespread acceptance of pancreases from older donors for transplantation. This…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Relationship of Donor Age and Distance in Deceased Donor Lung Offers in the US
L. Edwards,¹ L. Robbins Callahan,¹ W. Cherikh,¹ J. Rogers,² K. Chan.³
¹UNOS, Richmond, VA; ²Duke Univ, Durham, NC; ³U of Mich, Ann Arbor, MI.
Background: Lung (LU) utilization from deceased donors (DD) is considerably lower than for kidney, liver and heart. A better understanding of placement efforts may provide…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Renal Retransplantation in Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant Recipients
W. Shields, J. Zimmerman, P. Mohan, F. Nooh, D. Hickey.
National Renal and Pancreatic Transplantation Unit, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Introduction:Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplantation(SPK) is standard of care in selected patients with end stage renal failure secondary to diabetes mellitus. There is little literature examining…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Patients Referred to an OPO: Analysis of Potential for Additional DCD Donors
D. Bloomberg, J. Lewis, N. Benavides, M. James, H. Irving, A. Friedman.
New York Organ Donor Network, New York, NY.
Performance improvement at our organ procurement organization (OPO) includes retrospective analysis of the triage process for newly referred patients to identify missed opportunities for donation…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Combination of Clinical and Genetic Factors for Delayed Kidney Graft Function Prediction
A. Goncalves-Primo,^1,2 E. Campos,^1,2 J. Medina-Pestana,^2,3 H. Tedesco-Silva,³ M. Gerbase-DeLima.^1,2
¹Immunogenetics Institute, AFIP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; ²Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; ³Hospital do Rim e Hipertensão- FOR, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
In this study we sought to determine the risk for delayed graft function (DGF) in kidney transplants (Tx) with deceased donors (DD) through the analysis…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Attitudes and Beliefs About Organ Donation: Focus Group Study in Arabic-Speaking Communities in Australia
A. Ralph,^1,2 A. Alyami,^3,4 R. Allen,^3,4 K. Howard,¹ J. Craig,^1,2 S. Chadban,^3,4 M. Irving,^1,2 A. Tong.^1,2
¹Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; ²Centre for Kidney Research, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW, Australia; ³Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; ⁴Transplantation Services, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Background: The demand for transplantable organs continues to outweigh supply across the globe, especially in the provision of deceased donor organs from ethnic minority populations.…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Pyridoxine Deficiency After Solid Organ Transplant
S. Van Arsdale,¹ S. Yost,² M. Meer,¹ S. Schoentag,¹ P. Kadambi,³ S. Habib.³
¹Department of Nutrition Services, University of Arizona Medical Center, Tucson, AZ; ²Department of Pharmacy, University of Arizona Medical Center, Tucson, AZ; ³Department of Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ.
BackgroundMicronutrient deficiencies have been discussed in the literature regarding post-transplant recipients. A proposed theory is that immunosuppressive medications or altered immune system cause pyridoxine deficiency…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Cardiosphere-Derived Cells from Cadaver Can Improve Heart Function in a Model of Non-Ischaemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy
J. Wu,^1,2 Y. Sun,^1,2 M. Tan,³ D. Chi,^1,2 M. Zhang,^1,2 K. Kang,⁴ X. Jin,⁵ B. Yu.^1,2
¹Key Laboratory of Myocardial Ischemia, Chinese Ministry of Education, Harbin, China; ²Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China; ³Cardiology, The First Hospital of Fangshan District, Beijing, China; ⁴Cardiovascular Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China; ⁵Thoracic Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.
Objectives: Cardiosphere-derived cells (CDCs) are mainly obtained through myocardial biopsy, and could improve cardiac function and attenuate remodeling in myocardial infarction. In this study, we…