Articles tagged "Donation"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Racial Disparities in Long-Term Outcomes in Kidney Transplantation from Elderly Donors in United States
S. Shah, B. Abu Jawdeh, S. Bumb, T. Kaur, M. Anand, A. Govil, R. Jain
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: Kidney transplantation offers survival benefit and improved quality of life in end-stage renal disease patients. Because the waiting list continues to grow, there has…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Recipient Outcomes Following Transplantation Of Allografts From Older Live Kidney Donors With Hypertension
F. Al Ammary¹, S. Yu², A. D. Muzaale³, D. C. Brennan⁴, A. C. Wiseman⁵, D. L. Segev³, A. B. Massie³
¹Johns Hopkins Medicine, Greenbelt, MD, ²Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Healthy older live kidney donor candidates with hypertension may provide an opportunity to increase live kidney donation. However, the impact of this practice on…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Organ Donation Survey among Health Care Professionals in Argentina
V. R. Ruiz¹, A. D. Midley¹, P. E. Rodriguez², S. Bauque², V. Morozovsky¹, A. G. Da lozzo³
¹Respiratory Care, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²Organ Procurement, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ³Lung Trasplant Surgery, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
*Purpose: Our objective was to survey health care professionals (HCPs) responsible for the care of potential organ donors (PODs) on attitude toward organ donation, knowledge…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Care of International Living Kidney Donor Candidates in the U.S.: A Survey of Contemporary Experience, Practice & Challenges
K. Lentine¹, M. Henderson², S. Rasmussen², E. Shukhman³, J. Hunt⁴, F. Al Ammary², V. Kumar⁵, D. Lapointe-Rudow⁴, H. Schaefer⁶, M. Cooper⁷, R. Hays⁸, M. Dunbar-Forrest⁹, A. Nishio-Lucar¹⁰, D. Mandelbrot⁸
¹Saint Louis Univ, Saint Louis, MO, ²Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, ³Cedars Sinai, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ⁵Univ Alabama, Birmingham, AL, ⁶Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN, ⁷Georgetown, Washington, DC, ⁸Univ Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ⁹UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ¹⁰Univ Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
*Purpose: The evaluation and care of non-U.S. citizen, non-U.S. residents who wish to come to the U.S. to serve as living kidney donors (LKD) can…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Reevaluating Cut-Off Points for the Expansion of Deceased Donor Criteria for Kidney Transplantation in Japan
Y. NAKAGAWA¹, M. Masahiro², M. Tasaki², K. Saito³, K. Takahashi⁴
¹Department of Urology,, Uonuma Kikan Hospital, Niigata, Japan, ²Department of Regenerative and Transplant Medicine, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan, ³Department of Urology,, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan, ⁴Department of Urology,, Otsukadai Clinic, Tokyo, Japan
*Purpose: A shortage of donors poses a serious problem for organ transplantation around the world. In response, the concept of the Expanded Criteria Donor (ECD)…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Pretransplant Biopsy as a Influence Factor of Early Graft Function after Donated Kidney Transplantation
X. Qiuxiang, W. Zhendi
Urology Surgery, Wuhan Union Hospital, Wuhan, China
*Purpose: To investigate the relationship between pretransplant biopsy and the early graft function after donated kidney transplantation.*Methods: We examined pretransplant biopsies for 240 kidney transplant…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Better Education of Kidney Recipients and Improved Access for Donor Referrals May Lead to Higher Living Donation Rates: An Early Single Center Analysis
V. Humphreville, N. Sarabu, M. DebRoy, M. Schuster, E. Sanchez, A. Padiyar, A. Jittirat, K. Yadav, J. Rabets, A. Palanisamy, K. Chavin
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Disparity between the kidney waitlist and organs available continues to increase. Increasing living kidney donation may provide a solution to decreasing disparity.*Methods: In 2018…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Absorbable Mesh Placement to Prevent Incisional Hernias after Donor Hepatectomy
D. von Ahrens¹, R. Hwang², T. Kato², J. Emond², A. Griesemer², B. Samstein¹
¹Surgery, New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell, New York, NY, ²Surgery, New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
*Purpose: Thirty to fifty percent of complications in donor hepatectomy appear to be related to abdominal wall trauma, including hernia, bowel obstruction, and chronic abdominal…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Neighborhood Deprivation is Associated with Decreased Rates of Organ Donor Designation
S. I. Wadhwani¹, J. Bucuvalas², C. Brokamp¹, M. A. Bhuiyan¹, J. C. Lai³, A. Beck¹
¹Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ³University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Only half of adults in the United States are designated as organ donors on their state driver’s license or identification card. We leveraged data…
2019 American Transplant Congress
External Validation of the Living Kidney Donor Profile Index (LKDPI) in the Canadian Kidney Transplant Recipient Population
M. Shantier¹, Y. Li¹, M. Ashwin¹, O. Famure¹, S. K. Singh²
¹Multi-Organ Transplant Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Multi-Organ Transplant Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: The LKDPI is a risk index which incorporates clinical characteristics of living kidney donors and their recipients to predict the risk of total graft…