Articles tagged "Donation"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for Early Multidrug-Resistant Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: How Impactful Are Donor-Derived Infections?
T. T. Miller¹, E. J. Kwak², G. Floridia³, F. Tuzzolino³, A. Luca³, A. Mularoni³
¹School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione (IRCCS-ISMETT), Palermo, Italy
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate risk factors for early post-transplant infections by multi-drug resistant gram-negative bacilli (MDRGNB).*Methods: We retrospectively assessed the…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Survey of Public Attitudes Towards Imminent Death Donation in the United States
L. Washburn¹, T. Galvan¹, P. Moolchandani¹, S. Rath¹, R. Ackah², S. Parsons³, R. P. Brown³, E. Ranova³, M. Goss⁴, A. Rana¹, J. A. Goss¹
¹Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Department of Surgery, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ³Rice University, Houston, TX, ⁴Department of Bioethics, Columbia University, New York, NY
*Purpose: Imminent Death Donation (IDD) has been proposed as a method to increase the number of high-quality organs available for transplant. Although IDD was ethically…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Understanding Attitudes and Perceptions about Liver Disease and Living-Donor Liver Transplant- Results of a National Survey
C. Zell¹, C. Caruso¹, T. Kirby², S. Piccirilli³, S. Ganesh⁴, J. Whyte⁵, A. Humar³
¹Clinical Marketing, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Marketing Intelligence, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Clinical Marketing, Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁵WebMD, New York, NY
*Purpose: There are more than 14,000 people on the national waiting list for a liver transplant. Approximately 25% will die before receiving a life-saving transplant…
2020 American Transplant Congress
A Stroke Volume-Based Fluid Resuscitation Protocol Decreases Vasopressor Support and Increases Organ Yield in Brain-Dead Donors
G. F. Marklin
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
J. Wainright¹, A. Robinson¹, A. Wilk¹, D. Klassen², W. Cherikh¹, L. Cartwright¹, D. Stewart¹
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?
M. Mohamed Ahmed, M. Posadas Salas, D. Taber, V. Rao, K. Soliman, M. Casey
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
Promotoras De DonacióN: An E-Learning Module on Organ Donation
H. M. Gardiner¹, G. Alolod¹, T. Daly², R. Norden², L. Siminoff³, E. Gordon⁴, N. Guinansaca⁵, L. Winther⁵, A. Benitez⁶, I. Hernandez⁶, C. Bergeron⁷, P. Kelly¹, L. Pappaterra⁸
¹Social and Behavioral Sciences, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, ²Gift of Life Institute, Philadelphia, PA, ³College of Public Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁵Centro San Bonifacio, Chicago, IL, ⁶Enlace Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁷Bexar County Health Collaborative, San Antonio, TX, ⁸Esperanza Health, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Latinx are overrepresented on the transplant waitlist, an underrepresented as posthumous organ donors. Promotoras (community health workers) have proven effective at advocating and spearheading…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Serum αKlotho after Living Kidney Donation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
W. Cheungpasitporn¹, C. Thongprayoon², N. Leeaphorn³, M. A. Mao⁴, J. A. Neyra⁵
¹Nephrology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, ²Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Renal Transplant Program, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine/Saint Luke's Health System, Kansas City, MO, ⁴Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, ⁵Nephrology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
*Purpose: αKlotho (klotho) is a known anti-aging protein that exerts diverse physiological effects. Defect in klotho gene expression in mice can result in a syndrome…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Trend of Non-Utilization and Decline of Hepatitis C Virus Antibody-Positive Deceased Donor Kidneys
S. Chang¹, K. Lentine², D. Axelrod³, J. Wellen¹, M. Wang¹, M. A. Schnitzler⁴, T. Alhamad⁵
¹Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, ²Surgery, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, ³Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ⁴Surgery, Sanit Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, ⁵Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
*Purpose: With more transplant centers are accepting hepatitis C virus infected (HCV+) deceased donor kidneys (dHCV+), the trend of non-utilization and decline of these organs…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Improvements in Organ Donation: Riding the Coattails of a National Tragedy
D. Goldberg¹, R. Lynch²
¹Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, ²Emory University, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: The US organ donation system has received attention from the highest levels of government. It has been debated whether increased donation is attributable solely…