Articles tagged "Donation"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Function Evaluation Among Living Donors In A Multiracial Population. The Results From A Brazilian Single-center Cohort Study.
L. R. Requião-Moura, P. R. Bicalho, A. Pacheco-Silva
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
*Purpose: to assess renal function among living kidney donors in Brazil, where the population is greatly race-mixed.*Methods: This is a retrospective single-center cohort study involving…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Capturing Stories about Living Kidney Donation Using Storytelling Capture Technology: A Feasibility Assessment
A. D. Waterman¹, C. S. Anderson¹, O. N. Ranasinghe¹, Y. Cui², S. Brecher¹, W. Balliet³
¹Division of Nephrology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, ³Division of Bio-behavioral Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: Humans are storytelling beings. Hearing real-life stories about living donor kidney transplant (LDKT) can motivate and educate others about living donation including its risks…
2019 American Transplant Congress
A Pilot Study of Organ Donor Registration among Persons Living with HIV (PLWH)
D. Bhamidipati¹, P. Veldkamp², L. Despines¹, C. Sullivan³, S. Stuart³, D. McMahon², G. Haidar²
¹UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Division of Infectious Diseases, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Center for Organ Recovery and Education, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Under the HIV Organ Policy Equity Act (HOPE Act), persons living with HIV (PLWH) may receive organ transplants from HIV-infected donors. However, awareness of…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Spread of HIV Donation throughout a DSA
A. Friedman, E. Marquez, J. A. Lewis, K. Delli Carpini
LiveOnNY, New York, NY
*Purpose: Before passage of the HOPE act in late 2013, HIV infection was an absolute contraindication to organ donation. Retrospective review of the records of…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Changes in Kidney Function Following Live Donor Nephrectomy
N. N. Lam¹, A. Lloyd¹, K. L. Lentine², R. R. Quinn³, B. R. Hemmelgarn³, S. Klarenbach¹, A. X. Garg⁴
¹University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Saint Louis University, St. Louis, LA, ³University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁴Western University, London, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Understanding the decline in kidney function after live donor nephrectomy can inform the counselling and selection of donor candidates and guide the follow-up care…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Living Donor Kidney Transplantation in the US: Have We Made Any Progress among Pediatric Candidates over the Last Twenty Years?
T. Purnell¹, S. Bae¹, X. Luo¹, A. Chen¹, D. Crews¹, L. Cooper¹, O. N. Bignall II², K. Covarrubias¹, D. Segev¹
¹Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH
*Purpose: A recent JAMA study demonstrated worsening disparities in access to living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) among adults in the US. We examined twenty-year trends…
2019 American Transplant Congress
GFR Outcomes for Recipients and Donors with IgA, FSGS, Alports and Thin Basement Membrane Disease: A Comparison of Living Related to Unrelated Donors
D. Keys, S. Jackson, S. Riad, R. Spong, V. Vakil, A. Matas, P. Nachman
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Prior studies have shown an increase rate of graft loss in patients that receive living donor kidney transplants from relatives in IgA, FSGS, and…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Qualitative Recovery Outcomes of Living Kidney Donors
J. Huang¹, M. Mahoney², J. Buggs¹, E. Rogers¹, A. Kumar³
¹Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ²University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ³University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the qualitative outcomes of living kidney donors by gender.*Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Using a Massive Open Online Course on Clinical Kidney, Prancreas and Islet Transplantion in Different Settings of Transplant Education
P. G. De Jong¹, R. A. Hendriks¹, F. Luk², M. E. Reinders²
¹Center for Innovation in Medical Education, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Internal Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
*Purpose: In 2016 our center launched a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Kidney, Pancreas and Islet Transplantation. As opposed to on-campus education, this course…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Is Narrative Storytelling Ethical to Use to Educate the Public about Living Donation? Transplant Professionals Weigh In
W. Balliet¹, L. Holland-Carter¹, S. N. Maurer¹, M. P. Salas¹, C. S. Anderson², O. N. Ranasinghe², A. D. Waterman²
¹Division of Bio-behavioral Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²Division of Nephrology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Recent studies suggest that integrating health information through narrative stories can improve understanding of complex health conditions in diverse populations, especially those with low…