Articles tagged "Donation"

2019 American Transplant Congress
A Pilot Study of Organ Donor Registration among Persons Living with HIV (PLWH)
D. Bhamidipati¹, P. Veldkamp², L. Despines¹, C. Sullivan³, S. Stuart³, D. McMahon², G. Haidar²
¹UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Division of Infectious Diseases, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Center for Organ Recovery and Education, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Under the HIV Organ Policy Equity Act (HOPE Act), persons living with HIV (PLWH) may receive organ transplants from HIV-infected donors. However, awareness of…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Continuous Distribution: LSAM Simulation Study
T. Weaver¹, N. Salkowski¹, J. Snyder¹, D. Schladt¹, J. Pyke¹, A. Herreid¹, B. Thompson¹, W. Kim², J. Lake³, A. Israni¹
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…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Sub-Optimal Renal Recovery and Progressive Chronic Kidney Disease after Living Kidney Donation
Y. Kim¹, C. Jeong², H. Kim², J. Ha³, C. Ahn¹, Y. Kim¹, H. Lee¹
¹Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Department of Urology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Post-operative renal recovery after nephrectomy is a substantial problem to be addressed in living kidney donors. Herein, we explored factors associated with renal recovery…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Improving Living Donor Follow Up
L. Aronoff, V. Nair, C. Flores, M. Bhaskaran, E. Molmenti, A. Fahmy, M. Zhou, E. Grodstein, D. Campbell, C. Literello, L. Teperman
Renal Transplant, Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY
*Purpose: OPTN requires transplant centers follow living donors (LDs) at 6 months, 1 year and 2 years post donation with a minimum threshold of 95%…
2019 American Transplant Congress
No Plan is a Bad Plan! Results of the American Society of Transplantation (AST) Living Donor Community of Practice Mortality Workgroup Survey on Disaster Planning Following a Living Donor Death
M. L. Henderson¹, S. E. Van Pilsum Rasmussen¹, M. M. Waldram¹, K. L. Lentine², D. A. Mandelbrot³, R. L. Hays³, D. G. Maluf⁴, M. Cooper⁵
¹Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, ²Saint Louis University, St Louis, MO, ³University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ⁴University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN, ⁵Georgetown University, Washington, DC
*Purpose: The risk of perioperative mortality following living kidney and liver donation, although extremely low, must not be considered a ‘never event’. While the risks…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Outcomes of Elderly Living Donors: A Nationwide Population-Based Study
H. Yoon¹, Y. Kim², S. Shin¹, J. Ahn³, C. Yang¹, B. Chung¹
¹-The Catholic University of Korea, -Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea, Republic of, ³Department of Information & Statistics, Yonsei University, Wonju, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: The organ shortage for kidney transplantation has increased the demand for living kidney donors, and elderly donors (> 60-years-old) have become more common. Long-term…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Function Evaluation Among Living Donors In A Multiracial Population. The Results From A Brazilian Single-center Cohort Study.
L. R. Requião-Moura, P. R. Bicalho, A. Pacheco-Silva
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
*Purpose: to assess renal function among living kidney donors in Brazil, where the population is greatly race-mixed.*Methods: This is a retrospective single-center cohort study involving…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Is Narrative Storytelling Ethical to Use to Educate the Public about Living Donation? Transplant Professionals Weigh In
W. Balliet¹, L. Holland-Carter¹, S. N. Maurer¹, M. P. Salas¹, C. S. Anderson², O. N. Ranasinghe², A. D. Waterman²
¹Division of Bio-behavioral Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²Division of Nephrology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Recent studies suggest that integrating health information through narrative stories can improve understanding of complex health conditions in diverse populations, especially those with low…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Real World Impact of HCV Viremic Solid Organs on Waitlist Times
N. Kapila¹, A. Ur Rahman¹, K. Gupta², K. Al Khalloufi³, E. Navas³, D. Reino³, S. Ebaid³, N. Agarwal³, J. Shaw³, C. Murgas³, S. Rhazouani³, A. Zeeshan³, A. Tzakis³, C. Sheffield³, J. Vanatta³, X. Zervos³
¹Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL, ²Internal Medicine, University of Miami/JFK Consortium, Atlantis, FL, ³Transplant, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL
*Purpose: The advent of direct acting antiviral agents (DAAs) has led to a paradigm shift in the approach to hepatitis C (HCV) infected organs. The…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Spread of HIV Donation throughout a DSA
A. Friedman, E. Marquez, J. A. Lewis, K. Delli Carpini
LiveOnNY, New York, NY
*Purpose: Before passage of the HOPE act in late 2013, HIV infection was an absolute contraindication to organ donation. Retrospective review of the records of…