Articles tagged "Donation"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Telemedicine Services for Living Kidney Donation: A U.S. Survey of Multidisciplinary Providers
F. Al Ammary¹, J. Motter¹, H. Sung¹, K. Lentine², A. Sharfuddin³, V. Kumar⁴, A. Yadav⁵, M. Doshi⁶, S. Virmani⁷, B. Concepcion⁸, T. Grace⁹, C. Sidoti¹, M. Y. Jon³, A. Muzaale¹, J. Wolf¹⁰
¹Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, ²Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, ³Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ⁴University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, ⁵Thomas Jefferson, Philadelphia, MD, ⁶University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MD, ⁷Yale, New Haven, CT, ⁸Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN, ⁹Wake Forest, Winston-Salem, NC, ¹⁰Piedmont, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: Individuals considering living kidney donation face geographic, financial, and logistical challenges. Telemedicine has the potential to facilitate care delivery/coordination for donors. We aimed to…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Donor Kidneys from Communities with Higher Deprivation Are Significantly More Likely to be Discarded
J. Schold¹, A. Huml¹, E. Poggio¹, E. Dewey¹, R. Buchalter¹, S. Husain², S. Mohan²
¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²Columbia University, New York, NY
*Purpose: The proportion of kidneys procured for the purpose of transplantation but ultimately discarded exceeds 20% in the US. Factors associated with deceased donor kidney…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Transplant Evaluation of Patients Undergoing Combined Heart-Liver Transplantation and Correlation with Explant Pathology
A. Shingina¹, J. N. Menachem¹, S. Brown¹, I. A. Ziogas², W. K. Wu³, M. J. Izzy⁴, J. Liang¹, K. Washington¹, S. Alexopoulos⁵
¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ³Thoracic Surgery; Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ⁴GI and Hepatology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ⁵Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: Fontan-associated liver disease (FALD) is a well-described complication of Fontan physiology. More patients with failing Fontan are being evaluated for heart transplant and evidence-based…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Management of Brain-Dead Organ Donors by a Dedicated ICU Team Improves Organ Yield
G. L. Piper¹, B. E. Sullivan¹, G. Boulton¹, T. C. Lewis¹, J. Pavone¹, C. Ezzell², D. E. Smith III³, L. Angel¹, N. Moazami³, R. Montgomery¹
¹NYU Langone Transplant Institute, New York, NY, ²LiveOnNY, New York, NY, ³Cardiothoracic Surgery, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY
*Purpose: Management of brain-dead (BD) donors can be challenging in hospitals with limited ICU bed availability, lack of accessible diagnostic capabilities, and a culture that…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Impact of End-of-Chain Kidney Allocation on Access to Kidney Transplantation of Minority Patients: Implications for Reducing Disparities
J. Wade¹, K. Rancourt², A. Anane², A. Landeen², J. U. Singh³, X. Ye³, J. Tremaglio³, Z. Ebcioglu³, R. Kent³, B. Emmanuel⁴, G. Morgan⁴, O. K. Serrano⁴, W. Dar⁴
¹Department of Surgery, Surgical Research Program, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, ²Hartford Hospital Transplant & Comprehensive Liver Center, Hartford, CT, ³Department of Medicine, Hartford Hospital Transplant & Comprehensive Liver Center, Hartford, CT, ⁴Department of Surgery, Hartford Hospital Transplant & Comprehensive Liver Center, Hartford, CT
*Purpose: Disparities in access to kidney transplantation (KT) among non-White patients is well-known, especially as it relates to living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT). We investigated…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Early Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Recipients from Donors with Severe Sars-cov-2 Pneumonia
M. Rosenzweig, M. Finotti, A. Gupta, S. Lee, N. Onaca, G. J. McKenna, J. Bayer, H. Fernandez, R. Ruiz, E. Martinez, A. Yango, T. Sam, C. Spak, B. Fischbach, G. Testa, A. Wall
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Transplantation of kidneys from donors with active SARS-CoV-2 infection is uncommon due to concerns about the risk of viral transmission and kidney quality. To…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of Pain Management Regimens After Living Donor Nephrectomy
M. Lebin¹, B. Crowther², K. Klingenberg², V. Lewis², K. Moller², H. Moore², K. Way², C. Lyda², A. Howell², R. Cooke³, P. Klem²
¹University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Aurora, CO, ²University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO, ³Boulder Community Hospital, Boulder, CO
*Purpose: Opioid sparing pain control protocols are widely accepted within health systems nationwide. In living donor kidney transplantation, pain control is addressed in a multimodal…
2022 American Transplant Congress
The Rise in the Number of Eligible Donors for Liver Transplantation Has Been Driven by an Exponential Increase in Marginal Donors
C. Goff¹, M. F. McDonald¹, A. Anand¹, K. Agahi¹, J. Kahla¹, A. Jang¹, B. Martin¹, Z. Shah¹, S. Stockum¹, R. Vopni², J. A. Goss¹, A. Rana¹
¹Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock, TX
*Purpose: To determine which subcategories of marginal livers have seen advancements in utilization and which have not.*Methods: 181,992 eligible donors listed in the Organ Procurement…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Navigating the Ethics of Transplant Research Involving Newly Deceased
B. Parent¹, T. Schiff², E. Weldon³, N. Lawson⁴, S. Mehta⁵, R. A. Montgomery⁶
¹Medical Ethics, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²Medical Ethics, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ³NYU Langone Health-Transplant Institute, New York, NY, ⁴NYU Langone Transplant Institute, New York, NY, ⁵New York University Langone Transplant Institute, New York, NY, ⁶NYU Langone, New York, NY
*Purpose: The most promising innovations for overcoming the organ shortage include novel organ sources such as xenotransplant and bioengineered organs. Studying these organs in mechanically…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Finding Living Donors on Social Media for Pediatric Kidney and Liver Transplant Candidates
D. Yoeli¹, S. Mathai², J. Kaar³, C. Mata³, A. Feldman⁴, M. Bock⁵, W. Jackson⁶, M. Adams¹
¹Surgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical, Aurora, CO, ²School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical, Aurora, CO, ³Center for Research in Outcomes for Children's Surgery, Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ⁴Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Digestive Health Institute, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, ⁵Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, ⁶Hepatology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Living donor kidney and liver transplantation are associated with superior outcomes in children. We hypothesized that social media can be a valuable tool to…