2019 American Transplant Congress
Optimizing a Protocol for Extended Ex-Vivo Extremity Perfusion
*Purpose: Our objective is to demonstrate that Ex-Vivo Extremity Perfusion (EVEP) of a Vascularized Composite Allograft (VCA) is as effective, or superior, to standard cold…2019 American Transplant Congress
Aborted Live Donor Organ Recovery Procedures in the United States
*Purpose: Although live organ donation is a carefully and meticulously planned surgical procedure, live donor organ recovery procedures are occasionally aborted. These include procedures which…2019 American Transplant Congress
A Novel Trapezoidal Area Under Curve (AUC) Based Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) Measurement Using Non Radioactive Iohexol Plasma Clearance in Potential Kidney Donors
*Purpose: Plasma Iohexol clearance based GFR measurement is considered an accurate measure of renal function. We compared performance of a novel trapezoidal AUC method of…2019 American Transplant Congress
Mitigating Racial and Gender Disparities in Access to Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: Impact of the Nation’s Longest Single-Center Kidney Chain
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: Disparities in access to living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) exist among minorities and women and may be partially explained by antigen sensitization secondary to…2019 American Transplant Congress
The Use of Focus Groups to Explore the Public Attitudes on the Use of Imminent Death Donation
*Purpose: The aim of this study is to inform the development of a questionnaire to explore the feelings, attitudes, and values the public has towards…2019 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Outcomes Following Uncontrolled Donation after Cardiac Death Kidney Transplantation: Opportunity for Increasing Donor Pool?
Transplant Surgery, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Uncontrolled donation after cardiac death (uDCD) represents an underutilized source of donors in the United States. However, controversy surrounding the long-term durability of uDCD…2019 American Transplant Congress
Organ Donation is an Indication for Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT)
*Purpose: A retrospective review of cases from one large organ procurement organization (OPO) was performed to determine whether the delivery of RRT as a component…2019 American Transplant Congress
Opening the Doors of Hope: HIV-Positive Living Kidney Donation
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Living donation (LD) has been allowed under the HOPE Act since 2013, yet to date there have been no HIV+ LD organ transplants performed…2019 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of the Relationship between Inflammation and Glomerular Filtration Rate
*Purpose: Since the inflammatory phenomena that occur after transplantation are decisive factors for developing renal rejection, we decided to study how the elevation of some…2019 American Transplant Congress
Can Financial Incentives Improve Patient Compliance with Optn Live Kidney Donor Follow-Up Policy? Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial
*Purpose: The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) requires transplant hospitals to monitor live kidney donors (LKDs) for 2 years post-donation. However, the majority (57%)…
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