2020 American Transplant Congress
A Stroke Volume-Based Fluid Resuscitation Protocol Decreases Vasopressor Support and Increases Organ Yield in Brain-Dead Donors
Mid-America Transplant, St Louis, MO
*Purpose: Brain-dead donors are frequently hypovolemic and hypotensive requiring vasopressor support. The goal of fluid resuscitation is to increase perfusion and oxygen delivery and avoid…2020 American Transplant Congress
Recipient and Donor Factors Associated with Post-Donation ESRD in Related White Living Kidney Donors
1Research, UNOS, Richmond, VA, 2Chief Medical Officer, UNOS, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: We studied post-donation ESRD in white first-degree related living kidney donors (RLKDs) in the US between 1994 and 2018 (n=45700); this study is the…2020 American Transplant Congress
Can Predonation Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Predict Postdonation Renal Function?
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: Data on living kidney donor outcomes are of topical interest to the transplant community. Despite thorough pre-donation screening and risk assessment, a minority of…2020 American Transplant Congress
Maximizing the Gift: One OPO’s Experience Maximizing the Gift of Organ Donation by Successfully Increasing the Number of Organs Transplanted from Non-Braindead Donors
LifeShare Transplant Donor Services of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
*Purpose: In 2018 in the United States, donation after circulatory death (DCD) cases accounted for 20% of deceased organ donor recoveries1. Our organ procurement organization's…2020 American Transplant Congress
Reasons for Living Kidney Donor Candidate Turndowns: A Single-Center Cohort Study
University Hospitals. Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Living kidney donation is widely accepted to be a safe procedure. In the absence of reliable predictors of renal dysfunction in potential living kidney…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Time is Now: Improving Waiting Times in Minority Populations
Miami Transplant Institute, Miami, FL
*Purpose: A significant limiting factor to transplantation resides on waiting time based on blood type. Historically candidates in blood groups B and O experience higher…2020 American Transplant Congress
Estimating the Potential Pool of Uncontrolled DCD Donors in the United States
*Purpose: In contrast to donation after brain death (DBD), donation after circulatory death (DCD) involves recovery of organs from people with devastating neurologic injury who…2020 American Transplant Congress
Inequitable Access to Living Donor Kidney Transplantation in Black and Asian Minority Ethnic Groups in the UK: A Single Centre Cross-Sectional Cohort Study
Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities constitute 11% of the UK population, yet represent 31% of the national kidney transplant waiting list. Moreover,…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Case Against Race: Proportion of Minorities Does Not Explain Low DSA Donation Performance
Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: Chronic organ shortages result in unnecessary waitlist deaths, making improvements in donation an urgent problem in transplantation. Historically, barriers to donation have been noted…2020 American Transplant Congress
Living Kidney Donation is Associated with Accelerated Podocyte Loss Early after Donation
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: Living kidney donation (LKD) is associated with increased long-term risk of CKD/ESRD. Post donation DM/HTN are associated with this increased risk. However, the remaining…
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