Articles tagged "Donation"

2021 American Transplant Congress
Donor Service Area Characteristics Impacting Liver and Kidney Deceased Donor Population
C. O. Warren, A. Zarrinpar
Surgery, -University of Florida, Gaiinesville, FL
*Purpose: While there is ample evidence of racial and ethnic disparities in access to the waitlist, being transplanted, and post-transplant outcomes in liver and kidney…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Two-for-One Kidney Transplant Outcomes
C. Malanga¹, H. Madeem², K. Robichaux², J. Buggs³, A. Kumar¹, V. Bowers³
¹Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ²Honors College, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ³Transplant Surgery, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: In the United States, over 91,000 people are on the waiting list for a kidney transplant. Concurrently, 3,500 kidneys deemed to be of marginal…
2021 American Transplant Congress
An Early Look at the OPTN Kidney Paired Donation Pilot Program’s New Priority Points Policy
S. E. Booker¹, R. Leishman¹, D. E. Stewart¹, T. Sandholm², J. Dickerson³, M. Pavlakis⁴, V. Casingal⁵
¹United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ²Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, ³University of Maryland, College Park, MD, ⁴Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ⁵Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
*Purpose: The OPTN implemented new policy on 10/24/19 changing how Kidney Paired Donation Pilot Program (KPDPP) priority points are awarded. The policy is intended to…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Has the Proportional Rise in Deceased Organ Donation Rate Over Last 5 Years Been Optimal? A Data-based, Forecasting Model Analysis of UNOS/NHSBT UK Donor Data
H. Sharma¹, A. Sharma²
¹Transplant and Vascular Access Surgery, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ²Data Analytics, Loyola University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: The increase in deceased donor numbers since last decade has been widely reported. We aim to analyse if the trend in rise of numbers…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Right Kidneys and Kidneys with Complex Anatomy are More Likely to be Transplanted to the Waiting List in a National Kidney Paired Donation Program
N. Osbun¹, A. Thomas², A. Waterman³, J. Veale¹, D. Segev², D. Leeser⁴
¹Urology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
*Purpose: In the era of laparoscopic donor nephrectomy, there is a preference for left kidneys with a single renal artery. In paired exchange, the receiving…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Drones and Airplanes: Modeling the Potentially Deleterious Effects of Transportation on Shipped Organs
Y. S. Lee, J. S. Bromberg, J. R. Scalea
Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: During the first shipments of human organs by drone, we identified significant differences in pressure and vibration that may adversely affect shipped organs. Liver…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Efficacy of Hope: Analysis of Quality HIV+ Deceased Donor Organ Availability
G. E. Owens¹, B. Shelton¹, P. MacLennan¹, D. Sawinski², J. E. Locke¹
¹Transplant, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Transplant, University of Pennsylvania, Philadeplphia, PA
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to understand the number of organs actually available for HIV+ to HIV+ transplant utilizing data on a national…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Pre-Screening on OPTN Kidney Paired Donation Pilot Program Transplant and Refusal Rates
S. E. Booker¹, R. Leishman¹, J. Musick¹, M. Oley¹, T. Sandholm², J. Dickerson³, M. Pavlakis⁴, V. Casingal⁵
¹UNOS, Richmond, VA, ²Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, ³University of Maryland, College Park, MD, ⁴Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ⁵Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
*Purpose: The OPTN Kidney Paired Donation Pilot Program (KPDPP) donor pre-screen tool allows centers to review and pre-accept or pre-refuse potential donors for individual candidates…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Insulin Therapy in Pancreas Transplantation Donors on Graft Outcomes: An Analysis of the Optn/unos Database
E. Montagud-Marrahi¹, F. Ausania², Y. Fundora², A. Amor³, E. Esmatjes³, J. Ferrer², I. Revuelta¹, D. Cucchiari¹, J. Rovira⁴, M. Musquera⁵, C. Fondevila², F. Diekmann¹, P. Ventura-Aguiar¹
¹Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation Department, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ²Hepatobiliopancreatic and Liver Transplant Department, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ³Endocrinology Department, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Laboratori Experimental de Nefrologia I Trasplantament (LENIT), CRB CELLEX, Fundació Clínic, IDIBAPS, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Urology Department, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
*Purpose: Hyperglycemia requiring insulin treatment is frequent in critically ill patients and potential pancreas donors. Information on the impact of donor insulin use on pancreas…
2021 American Transplant Congress
The Benefits of Sharing Non-Directed Donors Nationally Through Paired Exchange
J. Verbesey¹, A. G. Thomas², A. D. Waterman³, J. Vucci¹, G. Vranic¹, A. Gilbert¹, S. Ghasemian¹, M. Cooper¹
¹Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, ²Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Non-directed donors (NDDs) are a valuable resource that can “unlock” incompatible transplants. Recent advances in paired kidney exchange (PKE) suggest that NDDs may facilitate…