2020 American Transplant Congress
Allotransplantation of Ligated Arteriovenous Fistula as a Novel Strategy for Patients with Multiple Vascular Access Failures
*Purpose: To evaluate the feasibility of allotransplantation of a ligated arteriovenous fistula*Methods: We report the first case of allotransplantation of a mature working arterialized cephalic…2020 American Transplant Congress
Analysis of the Quality of Lung Transplantation in Mainland China During 2015- 2018
*Purpose: Lung Transplantation(LT)has been demonstrated as the only effective therapy for patients with end-stage lung diseases. This study aimed to summarize and analyze the data…2020 American Transplant Congress
Cigarette Smoking and Long-Term Renal Function and Cardiovascular Disease in Living Kidney Donors
*Purpose: Since cigarette smoking is a major risk factor for kidney and cardiovascular disease in the general population, many programs advise living kidney donor candidates…2020 American Transplant Congress
Can Organ Donor Potential Be Determined from Death Certificates? A Case Report
*Purpose: The 12/17/19 CMS proposed rule revises outcome measures for OPOs using CDC Multiple Cause of Death to determine donation potential defined as the number…2020 American Transplant Congress
Ex-Vivo Perfusion with UW Cold Storage Solution Improves DCD Rat Liver Preservation
Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: The donor pool of livers can be expanded by the successful use of donor livers recovered under DCD conditions. It is assumed that perfusion…2020 American Transplant Congress
Proposed New Kidney Allocation Policy: Moving to Concentric Circles as the First Unit of Allocation
*Purpose: The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) proposed a new national deceased donor kidney allocation policy that removes donor service area and OPTN region…2020 American Transplant Congress
Addressing Critiques of the Proposed CMS Metric of Organ Procurement Organ Performance: More Data Isn’t Better
*Purpose: CMS has proposed a rule change to re-define the OPO donation metric, using CDC inpatient death data to calculate: # of donors/1,000 inpatient deaths…2020 American Transplant Congress
Utilization of Hepatitis C Positive Organs in Kidney Transplantation
Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA
*Purpose: The efficacy of direct acting antivirals (DAAs) in HCV has cleared the path for the use of HCV positive donor kidneys into negative recipients.…2020 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Kidney Donors with Impaired Fasting Glucose and Diabetes
Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Many kidney donor candidates with impaired fasting glucose (IFG) and all candidates with diabetes (DM) are excluded from donation. The diagnostic thresholds for IFG…2020 American Transplant Congress
Organ and Tissue Donation Education for Transplant Patients Staying at a Transplant Hospitality House Leads to Successful Cornea Donation
*Purpose: A transplant hospitality house (THH) serving multiple transplant centers is directly connected to its region’s Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) and offers formal education to…
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