2021 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Abdominal Transplant Recipients Who Receive Organs from Donors with Positive Cultures
University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Due to limited organ availability, use of donors with positive bacterial cultures is common practice. One of the main concerns is transmission to the…2021 American Transplant Congress
The Implementation of the New Unos Policy That Relegates C-peptide and Body Mass Index Criteria Has Resulted in Shifting Recipient Demographics
Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
*Purpose: Waitlist time accrual for SPK was previously limited to candidates on insulin that had either a c-peptide ≤ 2 ng/ml, or a c-peptide >…2021 American Transplant Congress
Decreased Pca and Regional Anesthesia Requirements Following Robotic Donor Nephrectomy
Surgery, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Robotic donor nephrectomy is increasingly popular, however, studies have not yet shown a clear benefit. The main aim of this study is to evaluate…2021 American Transplant Congress
Elevated BMI (>28) and High Titer ANA are the Most Common Causes of Abnormal Selective Pre-donation Liver Biopsies in Living Liver Donors
Transplant, University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: The aim of this study is to assess the diagnostic yield of selective pre-donation liver biopsy in living donor liver candidates and its impact…2021 American Transplant Congress
The Use of Organs from Donors That Do Not Meet Eligibility Criteria in the United States
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: Increasing the number of organs available for transplantation could reduce waitlist morbidity and mortality for patients with end organ failure. Most transplanted organs come…2021 American Transplant Congress
Geospatial Analysis of Organ Procurement Organizations and Its Impact on Organ Donation Rates
1University of Miami, Miami, FL, 2Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: For the majority of organ procurement organizations (OPOs), OPO staff travel to donor hospitals to obtain consent and manage donors, while OPO headquarters (HQ)…2021 American Transplant Congress
Wave of the Future: Expanding Role and Necessity of the Dedicated Procurement Surgeon
New England Donor Services, Waltham, MA
*Purpose: To evaluate the quantitative and qualitative benefits of a dedicated procurement surgeon (DPS) across the transplant spectrum, including the DPS technical performance value for…2021 American Transplant Congress
Effects of Transverse Abdominis Plane Blocks on Opioid Requirements Post Kidney Donation
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
*Purpose: There is lacking data regarding the use of transverse abdominis plane (TAP) blocks to reduce post-operative opioid requirements in kidney donors (KD). TAP blocks…2021 American Transplant Congress
Influence of Controlled Donation After Circulatory Death (cdcd) on Waiting List Mortalityfor Liver Transplantation in the Last 10 Years: The Spanish Experience
University Hospital Virgen Arrixaca (IMIB-Arrixaca), Murcia, Spain
*Purpose: Controlled donation after circulatory death (cDCD) provides one third of liver donors in Spain nowadays. The aim of our work is to evaluate the…2021 American Transplant Congress
Attitudes Regarding Transplantation During the Pandemic: Give Me My Kidney Now!
1Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, 2Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: The transplant community faces ongoing challenges regarding the conduct of organ transplantation during the COVID-19 pandemic, and patient treatment preferences during the pandemic require…
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