Articles tagged "Donation"

2021 American Transplant Congress
Response to a Pandemic: The Fall and Rise of Kidney Transplantation in the US
S. Bisen¹, B. Boyarsky¹, W. Werbel¹, J. Snyder², J. Garonzik-Wang¹, D. Segev¹, A. Massie¹
¹JHU, Baltimore, MD, ²SRTR, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: During the first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic in March-April 2020, waitlist registrations and living/deceased donor kidney transplants (LDKT/DDKT) dropped substantially. A second wave…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Recipient and Kidney Allograft Outcomes from Hypertensive Live-Donor in the United States
S. Riad¹, S. Jackson², D. Vock³, A. Matas⁴
¹Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Complex Care Analytics, M-Health Fairview, Minneapolis, MN, ³School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Controlled hypertension in select prospective kidney donors is no longer an exclusion criterion for donation. We examined the association between pre-donation hypertension (HTN) and…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Modifiable Barriers in Decision Making Around Living Donor Kidney Transplantation – A Rapid Scoping Review to Guide (DEAL-KD) Study
A. Ahmed¹, A. Winterbottom¹, S. Ahmed², J. Stoves³, S. Daga¹
¹Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²Division of Psychological and social Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) is the optimal modality of renal replacement therapy for patients with advanced renal disease; associated with superior recipient and…
2021 American Transplant Congress
In Search of a Better Outcome: Opting Into the Live Donor Paired Kidney Exchange Program
A. J. Vinson¹, B. Kiberd², K. J. Tennankore¹
¹Nova Scotia Health Authority Division of Nephrology, Departm, Halifax, NS, Canada, ²Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
*Purpose: Live donor kidney transplantation is the best option for patients with End-Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD), if a donor is available. However, this may not…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Dual Liver and Kidney Donors, What Makes Them Decide to Do It?
H. Al Harakeh, B. Emmanuel, C. Hughes, A. Tevar, J. Steel, A. F. DiMartini, S. Ganesh, A. Humar
Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: There is incongruity between the transplant waiting list and the number of deceased donors available, therefore there is an enduring challenge to increase the…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Automated Electronic Donor Referrals Have Increased Transplantation
J. Piano
Transplant Connect, Santa Monica, CA
*Purpose: It is well understood and supported by previous studies that costly inefficiencies exist in the current phone-based process by which hospitals refer potential donors…
2021 American Transplant Congress
High Interest, Low Payoff: Understanding Opportunities for Intervention for Those Exploring but Not Pursuing Paired Kidney Donation
A. D. Waterman¹, E. H. Wood¹, A. Thomas²
¹UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: In 2016, the National Kidney Registry (NKR) established an online donor screening portal (DASH) to manage and track individuals interested in kidney paired donation…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Seasonal and Income-related Factors in Live Kidney Donation in the United States from 1995 to 2019
F. Al Ammary¹, A. Arking², G. Kaddu², J. Garonzik Wang², A. B. Massie², D. Segev², A. Muzaale²
¹Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: For nearly two decades, the annual number of US live kidney donors has been characterized by striking and worrying patterns of general decline that…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Predictive Factors of the Hepatic Artery Thrombosis in Liver Transplantation Through the Analysis of Donor Characteristics
M. M. Pascale¹, G. Moschetta², G. Bianco², F. Frongillo², E. Nure², F. Giovinazzo², S. Agnes²
¹General Surgery and Liver Transplant Unit, Fondazione, Roma, Italy, ²General Surgery and Liver Transplant Unit, Fondazione "Policlinico A. Gemelli" UCSC - Rome, Roma, Italy
*Purpose: Hepatic artery thrombosis (HAT) is one of the most severe complications after liver transplantation. It is treated as soon as possible to avoid irreversible…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Electronic Donor Referral Technology on Deceased Donor Referrals
B. Boyarsky¹, J. R. DiRito², K. Vanterpool¹, J. Piano³, W. Liu³, J. Hewlett⁴, C. Trahan⁴, D. Segev¹, M. Levan¹, A. Massie¹, P. Niles⁴
¹Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, ²Yale, New Haven, CT, ³Transplant Connect, Santa Monica, CA, ⁴Southwest Transplant Alliance, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Hospitals likely fail to refer many medically eligible potential deceased donors to OPOs. As such, increasing eligible referrals may increase the donor pool. We…