Articles tagged "Donation"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Transplantation of Hepatitis C Virus Positive Donor Kidneys into Hepatitis C Negative Older Recipients
J. A. Graham¹, M. Ajaimy², J. Torabi¹, T. Powell³, J. Weiss⁴, T. Weinstein⁵, S. Greenstein¹, O. Andacoglu¹, A. Campbell⁶, J. Carrero¹, J. Lapponese¹, M. Kinkhabwala¹, E. Akalin², J. P. Rocca¹
¹Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, ²Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, ³Epidemiology and Psychiatry, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, ⁴Medical Affairs, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, ⁵Risk & Loss Prevention, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, ⁶Pharmacy, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
*Purpose: Patients awaiting transplantation are often at risk of developing life-threatening disease and complications. Older patients have a disproportionately higher risk of dropping out of…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Surgeon Readiness For Entry Into Practice: A Survey Of Abdominal Transplant Surgeons In The United States
M. Abouljoud¹, R. Hirose², S. Nagai¹, C. Gordon³, D. Farmer⁴
¹Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI, ²Transplant Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³American Society of Transplant Surgeons, Arlington, VA, ⁴Transplant Surgery, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: The American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) provides a framework for the training and development of a competent transplant surgery workforce. Practice-readiness and phase-in…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Transplant Hospital Organ Procurement on Medicare Cost Report Reimbursement
E. Y. Zavala¹, J. Rogers²
¹Transplant Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²Transplant Management Group, San Diego, CA
*Purpose: Medicare organ acquisition reimbursement from the Medicare Cost Report includes costs associated with transplant hospitals acquiring an organ for Medicare transplant patients and the…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Trends in Vascularized Composite Allograft Transplantation in the United States
J. Wainright¹, C. Wholley², W. Cherikh¹, D. Klassen³
¹Research, UNOS, Richmond, VA, ²Policy and Community Relations, UNOS, Richmond, VA, ³Office of Chief Medical Officer, UNOS, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Characterize patterns in VCA transplantation in the U.S.*Methods: Analyses include all VCA recipients in the U.S through October 2018 and all VCA candidates between…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Prospective Evaluation of Living Kidney Donor Anxiety: Concerns, Anxiety Mitigation, and Realized Negative Experiences
A. A. Krause, R. S. Mangus, M. French, V. Martine, J. Powelson, W. C. Goggins
Medicine, Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Living donor kidney transplantation provides a critical source of high quality grafts for patients with end stage renal disease. Detailed understanding of specific sources…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Renal Pathological Findings in Living Kidney Donor Candidates with Minimal Urinary Abnormalities
H. Ahmed¹, C. Drachenberg², R. Ugarte¹, N. Costa¹, C. Cangro¹, R. N. Barth³, M. Weir¹, A. Harirain¹
¹Medicine-Nephrology, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, ²Pathology, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, ³Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: With the increasing number of ESRD patients requiring transplantation and stagnant number of deceased-donor organs available, minimizing the exclusion of living donor candidates with…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Discards for Living Donor Kidney Transplantation in Center Transplant Program
H. Villafuerte¹, E. De Sousa-Amorim², L. Peri³, M. Musquera³, E. Palou⁴, M. Lozano⁵, J. Cid⁵, J. Martorell⁴, J. M. Campistol², F. Oppenheimer², F. Diekmann², I. Revuelta²
¹Department of Nephrology, Hospital Clinic Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, Spain, ²Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplant, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, ³Department of Urology, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Department of Immunology, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Department of Apheresis, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
*Purpose: New and coming information about the risk of living kidney donors make the effort to study very carefully the option of living kidney donor…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Liver Circle-Based Allocation: LSAM Modeling Results
D. Schladt¹, T. Weaver¹, J. Pyke¹, A. Herreid¹, B. Thompson¹, B. Kasiske¹, J. Snyder¹, W. Kim², J. Lake³, A. Israni¹, J. Heimbach⁴
¹SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, ²Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA, ³Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: On June 25, 2018, the OPTN Board of Directors (BOD) directed the Liver and Intestinal Organ Transplantation Committee to propose changes to policy removing…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The First Human Organ Transported by Drone and Steps Forward to Large Scale Organ Drone Use in the USA
J. R. Scalea¹, M. Scassero², N. Wereley³
¹Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, ²UAS Test Site, University of Maryland, California, MD, ³Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
*Purpose: Organ transportation has yet to be substantially innovated. Cold ischemia times (CIT) for kidneys are too long, and prolongation of CIT leads to delayed…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Nothing Lasts Forever, So Of The Donor Risk Index For Liver Transplant
K. Okubo, K. Sasaki, A. Moro, J. McBey, M. Fujiki, T. Diago Uso, B. Eghtesad, D. Kwon, C. Miller, C. Quintini, K. Hashimoto, F. Aucejo
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: The donor risk index (DRI) is one of the most established risk indices in liver transplant (LT). DRI, which was reported in 2006, was…