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Donor Terminal Creatinine – Does It Matter?
*Purpose: When assessing deceased donor kidneys, the transplantation team studies several donor variables including creatinine. A creatinine that is elevated immediately prior to procurement can…2022 American Transplant Congress
Older Living Donor Kidneys Are Associated with Worse Recipient and Graft Survival Compared to Younger Donors
1Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2Analytics, Mhealth-Fairview, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Older living donors (LDs) are accepted more frequently to expand the donor pool. We sought to evaluate recipient outcomes from older LDs >70y.*Methods: Utilizing…2022 American Transplant Congress
Infectious Disease Testing Among US Deceased Organ Donors
*Purpose: Donor-derived infections are associated with significant morbidity in solid organ transplant recipients. To reduce the risk of donor-derived infections, the United Network for Organ…2022 American Transplant Congress
Financial Impact of a Culturally Sensitive Hispanic Kidney Transplant Program
*Purpose: Hispanic/Latinx patients receive disproportionately fewer living donor kidney transplants (LDKTs) than non-Hispanic Whites. [Institution name's] culturally targeted Hispanic Kidney Transplant Program (HKTP) was found…2022 American Transplant Congress
Duration of Brain Death Does Not Impact Short Term Outcomes in Kidney Transplantation
*Purpose: In animal models, brain death has been shown to induce renal injury, primarily due to ischemia, inflammation, and alterations in hemodynamics. However, donor management…2022 American Transplant Congress
Streamlining Donation Transplantation Communication Via HIPAA-compliant App
Transplant Connect, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Communication across the donation transplantation ecosystem is fractured and ineffectual, often necessitating the use of unsecured methods such as texting in order to accomplish…2022 American Transplant Congress
Incidence of Delayed Graft Function in Kidneys Recovered After Normothermic Regional Perfusion
1NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, 2NYU Langone Transplant Institute, New York, NY
*Purpose: The use of normothermic reperfusion (NRP) following donation after circulatory death (DCD) is an emerging strategy for organ procurement. NRP technique reestablishes circulatory blood…2022 American Transplant Congress
Optimizing Multimodal Pain Control Post Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy
1Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL, 2University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the use of a multimodal pain regimen in our diverse population to better characterize short and…2022 American Transplant Congress
Novel Portable Hypothermic Cardiac Preservation Device Enhances Cardiac Viability and Function of the Isolated Porcine Hearts
Vascular Perfusion Solutions, Inc, San Antonio, TX
*Purpose: Cardiac heart transplantation is the gold standard for treating end-stage heart failure; however, the list of patients waiting for heart transplants continues to increase.…2022 American Transplant Congress
Attitudes and Beliefs Towards Upper Extremity Donation in the United States
*Purpose: To date, upper extremity transplantation (UET) is the most frequently performed type of Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA). UET can most closely restore form, function,…
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