Articles tagged "Donation"

2019 American Transplant Congress
HOPE Act Deceased Donors Referrals: Barriers to Donation
O. Kusemiju, C. Durand, B. Doby, M. Bowring, B. Barnaba, W. Werbel, D. Brown, A. Tobian, S. Seaman, D. Ostrander, D. Segev
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: HIV+ deceased donors (D+) represent a unique resource for HIV+ recipients but HIV D+ may have medical contraindications to donation or lower authorization rates.…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Post-Donation Hypertension is Highly Associated with Estimated Nephron Number, Post-Donation Weight Gain, and Family History: A Prospective 5-Year Follow-Up after Living Kidney Donation
T. Schachtner¹, N. M. Otto², P. Reinke²
¹University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Charite University Medicine Berlin, Zurich, Germany
*Purpose: The rising prevalence of end-stage renal disease and chronic organ shortage subsequently calls more people upon to consider living kidney donation. Recent data, however,…
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Robotic Donor Nephrectomy: Is It Safe Alternative?
D. Friedman, R. Shahbazov, I. Bandler, T. Malik, Z. Acun, K. Olivera-Wright, B. Gallay, O. Pankewycz, M. Laftavi
Surgery, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
*Purpose: Robotic assisted live donor nephrectomies (RDN) have continued to gain popularity in recent years. Previous studies have shown that the outcomes of these robotic…
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Drug Metabolizing Capacity Of The Liver In Liver Donors Recovers Fully By One Month Post Donation
M. Miah¹, X. Wu¹, I. H. Shaik¹, H. J. Johnson¹, S. Ganesh², M. Molinari², A. D. Tevar², C. Hughes², A. Humar², R. Venkataramanan¹
¹Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: In liver donors, hepatic volume recovers to pre donation values in 2-6 months after surgery. However, there is limited information on the recovery of…
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Identifying Barriers to Organ Donation among Asians Americans
M. T. Li, G. C. HIllyer, S. Mohan
Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
*Purpose: Queens County, NY, one of the most densely populated and most diverse areas in the country with >27% Asian but has one of the…
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…