2021 American Transplant Congress
Short Term Outcomes in Previously Covid Positive Living Kidney Donors and Their Recipients
Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Study short term outcomes of living kidney donors (LKD) who were previously infected with COVID 19, and in their recipients.*Methods: After a brief hiatus…2021 American Transplant Congress
Public Perceptions of Presumed Consent for Organ Donation in Canada: A Qualitative Descriptive Study of Public Comments from News Articles
*Purpose: In 2019, two Canadian provinces (Alberta and Nova Scotia) became the first jurisdictions in North America to pass presumed consent legislation to increase deceased…2021 American Transplant Congress
Barriers to Living Kidney Donation: A Closer Look at Declined Donors
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: Medically complex donors are increasingly being assessed for donation. Due to concern for donor safety, there is a wide variation amongst transplant providers in…2021 American Transplant Congress
Donor-Derived Tuberculosis in Lung Transplant Recipients, a Single Center Experience
University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
*Purpose: Donor-derived (DD) tuberculosis (TB) in solid-organ transplantation (SOT) is rare with the largest review to date identifying only 25 cases of proven or probable…2021 American Transplant Congress
High and Low Frequency Domino Liver Transplantation Centers Demonstrate Similar Outcomes
Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: For patients with transthyretin (TTR) Amyloidosis, the only disease modifying treatment is an orthotopic liver transplant. However, because of the nature of this disease,…2021 American Transplant Congress
Trends in Liver Donors for Liver Transplantation Over Twenty Years: Donor Changes in Gender, Relationships, and Education, but Racial Disparities Remain
Gastroenterology and Hepatology, New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, New York, NY
*Purpose: Living donor liver transplant (LDLT) has grown over the past several decades as a response to critical organ shortages. Racial and ethnic disparities exist…2021 American Transplant Congress
Sars-cov-2 Stat Testing for Organ Donation; One Laboratory’s Experience
*Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic took the U.S. by storm. The Transplant Community had to navigate through unprecedented scenarios in order to continue the life-saving mission…2021 American Transplant Congress
Hospital-Level Metrics and Interventions to Increase Deceased Organ Donation: A Systematic Review
*Purpose: The shortage of transplantable organs available for the ever-growing transplant waiting list is well-described. Efforts to ameliorate this have predominantly focused on improving processes…2021 American Transplant Congress
Robotic Assisted Donor Nephrectomy: A Single Center Experience
Transplant Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Robotic donor nephrectomy (RLDN) is an emerging procedure of choice for living kidney donors at many programs. This approach has benefit of minimal invasive…2021 American Transplant Congress
Covid Studies in 208 Patients with Consent for Donation
*Purpose: To prevent transmission of SARS CoV 2 via solid organ donation from deceased donors.*Methods: Comprehensive medical and psychosocial evaluation of potential deceased organ donors…
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