Articles tagged "Donation"

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…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Earlier Transplant Education as CKD Progresses? CKD 3-5 Patients and Providers Weigh In
A. D. Waterman¹, O. N. Ranasinghe¹, A. F. Lipsey², C. S. Anderson¹, A. Alem³, C. Bozzolo⁴, B. Dub³, S. L. Henry³, B. Mittman³
¹Division of Nephrology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, ³Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA, ⁴Insight Policy Research, Arlington, VA
*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
D. R. Helfer¹, J. Stanton², E. A. King¹, A. K. Eno¹, J. M. Ruck¹, A. A. Shaffer¹, A. G. Thomas¹, M. M. Waldram¹, A. M. Cameron¹, J. Kahn¹, L. Erby¹, M. L. Henderson¹, D. L. Segev¹, J. M. Garonzik Wang¹
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
C. Santos¹, E. Ritz¹, Y. Rhee¹, I. George², J. Pulvirenti³, N. Moore¹, E. Hollinger¹, L. Proia¹
¹Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Washington University, St. Louis, MO, ³Mercy Hospital, Rockford, IL
*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
M. Markell, A. Cerrato, M. Salifu
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…