Articles tagged "Donation"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Addressing Critiques of the Proposed CMS Metric of Organ Procurement Organ Performance: More Data Isn’t Better
D. Goldberg¹, B. Doby², R. Lynch³
¹Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Emory University, Atlanta, GA
*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
J. Mandel, U. Kaszubski, A. Freeman, L. Hutchinson, M. Janusek, C. Reuter, C. Velasco, B. Wise, S. Anders, E. Bugeaud
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
S. Hebert, D. T. Nguyen, E. A. Graviss, H. E. Adrogue, A. Gaber, A. Matas, H. Ibrahim
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
T. Giordano¹, L. Suplee², J. L. Weinstock³, R. D. Hasz⁴, H. M. Nathan⁵
¹Family Support Manager, Caregiver Lifeline Program, Gift of Life Family House, Philadelphia, PA, ²Director, Transplant Information Center, Gift of Life Donor Program, Philadelphia, PA, ³Vice President and General Counsel, Gift of Life Donor Program, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Vice President of Clinical Services, Gift of Life Donor Program, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵President and CEO, Gift of Life Donor Program, Philadelphia, PA
*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…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Change in Hypertension (HTN) Guidelines in Living Kidney Donors (LKDs) and Long-Term Renal Outcomes
M. Merzkani¹, A. Denic¹, M. D'Costa¹, L. Ricaurte¹, R. Narasimhan¹, X. Benavides¹, A. Mullan¹, J. Larson¹, W. Kremer¹, W. Park¹, M. P. Alexander¹, H. Chakkera², S. Textor¹, S. Taler¹, M. Stegall¹, N. Issa¹, A. Rule¹
¹Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic Rochester, Scottsdale, AZ
*Purpose: There is limited knowledge regarding the long-term renal outcomes in hypertensive LKDs. We performed a multicenter study assessing long-term outcomes with or without HTN…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Next Era of Living Kidney Donation for Renal Transplantation: Virtual Postoperative Follow-Up
S. Allen, D. Taber, C. Perez, S. N. Nadig, V. Rohan
Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: Living kidney donation (LKD) offers the best long-term outcomes for patients undergoing kidney transplantation. However, LKD has been declining in the U.S. in recent…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Concept Discussion: Five Experimental Stages to Establish the Methodologies for Organ Farming
R. F. Smith
George Washington University, Bristow, VA
*Purpose: Most of the technologies to grow human organs in vitro already exist, but experimentation (and policy development support) will be required to ensure that:*Methods:…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Body Mass Index on Methodsof Assessing Glomerular Filtration Rate in Living Kidney Donors
Y. Lu¹, A. Naik¹, R. Doshi², K. Woodside³, M. Doshi¹
¹Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Internal Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, ³Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: The current Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) policy on living kidney donors (LKD) require that all LKD candidates have measured glomerular filtration rate…
2020 American Transplant Congress
An Evaluation of Deceased Donor Eligibility and US Organ Donation Rates
L. DeRoos¹, Y. Zhou², W. Marrero¹, M. Lavieri¹, D. Hutton³, N. Parikh⁴
¹Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) performance assessment is essential for identifying best practices and improvement opportunities. We aimed to evaluate OPO performance using the following…
2020 American Transplant Congress
To Donate or Not to Donate? The Balancing Act of Apol-1 Genetic Testing in Potential Living Kidney Donors of African Descent in Resource Limited Countries
O. Ekwenna¹, C. Okwuonu², I. Thoms³
¹University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, OH, ²Nephrology and Medicine, Federal Medical Center Umuahia, Umuahia, Nigeria, ³Nephrology and Medicine, Mt. St John Medical Center, St. John, Antigua and Barbuda
*Purpose: To report our findings of APOL-1 testing in individuasl of African descent presenting as potential living kidney donors in resource limited countries; Antigua and…