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
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
*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
*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
*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…2019 American Transplant Congress
Earlier Transplant Education as CKD Progresses? CKD 3-5 Patients and Providers Weigh In
*Purpose: To increase preemptive and early transplant rates, transplant education must be delivered along the entire chronic kidney disease (CKD) spectrum. To understand patients’ education…2019 American Transplant Congress
Assessing Pressure to Donate among Potential Living Kidney Donors
1Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
*Purpose: In the setting of ongoing methods to increase living donation, including novel methods that harness the power of social media, it is imperative that…2019 American Transplant Congress
Preventing Donor Derived Cryptococcal Infections: Should We Screen Potential Organ Donors with a Serum Cryptococcal Antigen? A Cost Analysis
*Purpose: Donor-derived cryptococcosis is a rare but deadly infection. Serum cryptococcal antigen testing is a sensitive, specific and inexpensive modality that can be used to…2019 American Transplant Congress
Attitudes and Knowledge about Organ Donation in a Cohort of Medical Students: Association of Religion and Ethnicity
Nephrology/Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: Physicians often do not refer appropriate candidates for organ donation and the reasons may be rooted in personal beliefs about transplantation. Students come to…2019 American Transplant Congress
Analgesia and Control of Pain Following Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy
*Purpose: Laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy (LapDNx) for renal transplantation is a standard surgical practice. Effective pain management following this operation is essential. The purpose of…2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of a Liver Waitlist Candidate LDLT Educational Outreach Program on Referrals and Outcomes of Donor Evaluation
*Purpose: Challenges to identify suitable candidates for living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) include low donor acceptance, recipient & provider team reluctance to pursue LDLT. A…
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