2020 American Transplant Congress
Ethical and Financial Consequences of Incidental Radiological Findings During Living Kidney Donor Evaluation
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
*Purpose: Living kidney donation (LKD) provides a unique situation in that diagnostic studies are ordered on a presumably healthy individual. Literature has shown that preoperative…2020 American Transplant Congress
Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Organ Donation among Asian American Physicians
Columbia University, New York, NY
*Purpose: Asian Americans have the lowest organ donation registration rates in the United States (US). Physicians in Asian communities are often sought out for advice…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Surge in Deceased Liver Donors Due to the Opioid Epidemic: Is it Time to Split the Difference?
*Purpose: The opioid epidemic afflicting our nation has led to a surge in the number of adult deceased donors from drug overdose. We hypothesized that…2020 American Transplant Congress
Effects of Kidney Transplantation on Cystogenesis in Kidneys Procured from a Deceased Donor with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
*Purpose: Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD) patients are not routinely considered as kidney donors for renal transplantation. This is partially due to a concern…2020 American Transplant Congress
Successful Heart Utilization and Outcomes with Long-Distance Transport of Deceased Donor Hearts: One Large Organ Procurement Organization’s Five-Year Experience
LifeCenter Northwest, Bellevue, WA
*Purpose: Long-distance transport of deceased donor hearts has been associated with reduced organ utilization rates and risk of inferior outcomes. One U.S. Organ Procurement Organization’s…2020 American Transplant Congress
New and Unknown: VCA Acceptability to the General Public
Social and Behavioral Sciences, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Despite the promise of vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) as a viable alternative to available reconstructive procedures or prosthetics, its future relies heavily on families’…2020 American Transplant Congress
Concurrent Final Acceptance Associated with Decreased Deceased Donor Liver Utilization
*Purpose: With broader sharing for candidates with high MELD scores, it is not unusual for liver candidates to receive offers from multiple donors. Accepting multiple…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of African American Race on Morbidity for Donors Undergoing Living Kidney Donation: A Single Center Study
Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
*Purpose: To assess perioperative complication rates in African-Americans (AA) undergoing living donor nephrectomy in a large, single center program in the northeast.*Methods: We performed a…2020 American Transplant Congress
Heart Transplantation Outcomes in Patients with Marfan Syndrome: A UNOS Registry Analysis
*Purpose: Marfan syndrome (MS) is an autosomal dominant connective tissue disorder due to a defect in the fibrillin-1 gene. MS patients can develop a discrete…2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Patients’ Perception of Hospital Experience on Organ Donation Rates
1Surgery, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, 2Transplant, Live On NY, New York, NY
*Purpose: The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey is a validated data collection methodology for measuring a patient’s perception of his/her…
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