2020 American Transplant Congress
Public Information Needs about VCA Donation and Transplantation in the United States
1Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
*Purpose: Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA) involves transplantation of multiple tissues (e.g., skin, muscle, bone, nerves, blood vessels, etc.) as a structural unit from a donor…2019 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Center Practices Are the Primary Drivers of United States Donation after Circulatory Death Liver Transplantation
*Purpose: We hypothesize that a few high-utilization donation after circulatory death (DCD) liver centers are the primary drivers of the dissimilar rates of DCD liver…2019 American Transplant Congress
Racial Variation in ESRD Diagnosis Patterns among Prior Living Kidney Donors on the OPTN Kidney Waiting List
*Purpose: We studied End Stage Renal Disease diagnosis patterns among prior living kidney donors (PLDs) who received candidate PLD priority on the OPTN kidney waiting…2019 American Transplant Congress
Metabolic and Cardiovascular Evaluation in Living Kidney Donors: Survey of US Transplant Centers 2018
*Purpose: There are very limited data on practice patterns for metabolic and cardiovascular testing of living kidney donor candidates. We surveyed US transplant centers to…2019 American Transplant Congress
HOPE Act Deceased Donors Referrals: Barriers to Donation
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: HIV+ deceased donors (D+) represent a unique resource for HIV+ recipients but HIV D+ may have medical contraindications to donation or lower authorization rates.…2019 American Transplant Congress
Post-Donation Hypertension is Highly Associated with Estimated Nephron Number, Post-Donation Weight Gain, and Family History: A Prospective 5-Year Follow-Up after Living Kidney Donation
*Purpose: The rising prevalence of end-stage renal disease and chronic organ shortage subsequently calls more people upon to consider living kidney donation. Recent data, however,…2019 American Transplant Congress
Robotic Donor Nephrectomy: Is It Safe Alternative?
Surgery, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
*Purpose: Robotic assisted live donor nephrectomies (RDN) have continued to gain popularity in recent years. Previous studies have shown that the outcomes of these robotic…2019 American Transplant Congress
Drug Metabolizing Capacity Of The Liver In Liver Donors Recovers Fully By One Month Post Donation
*Purpose: In liver donors, hepatic volume recovers to pre donation values in 2-6 months after surgery. However, there is limited information on the recovery of…2019 American Transplant Congress
Identifying Barriers to Organ Donation among Asians Americans
Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
*Purpose: Queens County, NY, one of the most densely populated and most diverse areas in the country with >27% Asian but has one of the…2019 American Transplant Congress
Continuous Distribution: LSAM Simulation Study
1SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, 2Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA, 3Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: This liver simulated allocation model (LSAM) study of a simple continuous distribution system for several parameter values introduces and describes its characteristics, demonstrating how…
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