Articles tagged "Donation"

2021 American Transplant Congress
To Whom do Pediatric Donor Organs Go?
J. Smith¹, M. Skeans², R. Engen³, S. Bartosh⁴
¹Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ²SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, ³Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL, ⁴Univ of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Pediatric priority in organ allocation is mandated by the Final Rule, but prioritization varies by organ, sometimes informed by size-matching needs. Heart (Policy 6.6.E)…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Increased Deceased Organ Donation Rates Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities: Not Exactly. A UNOS/NHSBT UK Donor Data Analysis Over the Last Five Years
H. Sharma¹, A. Pradeep², A. Ditchfield³, M. Abraham⁴, P. Lominchar⁵, S. Mehra¹, A. Skaro⁴
¹Transplant and Vascular Access Surgery, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ²Liver Unit, King's College, London, United Kingdom, ³Transplant and Vascular Access Surgery, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴Transplant Surgery, University Of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ⁵Visceral Surgery, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon, Madrid, Spain
*Purpose: The recent reports suggest that organ donation from minority population have been increasing. The comparative organ donation data from the minority population reported to…
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
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…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Optimal Perioperative Management of Patients Undergoing Living Donor Nephrectomy Reduces Postoperative Length of Stay and Nausea and Vomiting
R. Chadha¹, S. Aniskevich¹, D. Perry², C. Taner², J. Burns²
¹Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL, ²Transplant Surgery, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL
*Purpose: Renal transplantation with organs from living donors saves thousands of lives every year. In the perioperative period, poorly controlled nausea and pain can prolong…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Prevalence of Diabetes after Kidney Donation
A. J. Haugen¹, S. Hallan², K. Birkeland¹, A. Reisæter¹, A. Hartmann¹, H. Holdaas¹, G. Mjøen¹
¹Transplant Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Nephrology, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
*Purpose: Kidney donors may be at increased risk of hypertension and end-stage renal disease after donation. If diabetes mellitus is more common in donors remains…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Time-Trend of Metabolic Risks in Living Kidney Donors in South Korea
E. Kang¹, J. Park¹, S. Park¹, Y. Kim², J. Jeong³, J. An⁴, S. Lee⁵, S. Kim⁶, J. Cho⁷, M. Han⁸, H. Lee¹
¹Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Internal Medicine, Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital, Daegu, Korea, Republic of, ³Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁵Internal Medicine, Chonbuk National University Hospital, Jeonju, Korea, Republic of, ⁶Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, Korea, Republic of, ⁷Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁸Internal Medicine, Pusan National University Hospital, Pusan, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Considering westernized lifestyles and increasing prevalence of chronic diseases occurred in Korea, time-trend exploration of metabolic risk in live kidney donors may help to…