2018 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Utility and Interpretation of CKD Stages in Living Kidney Donors
1Johns Hopkins, Baltimore; 2SRTR, Minneapolis.
Current definitions of chronic kidney disease (CKD) staging define any individual with eGFR<60 as having stage 3 or higher CKD. Nearly half of living kidney…2018 American Transplant Congress
Organ Transplant Abuse in China (1): Scale
Background and PurposeIn 2006, allegations emerged that the People's Republic of China has been harvesting organs from prisoners of conscience in extrajudicial killings on a…2018 American Transplant Congress
National Survey of Living Donor Coordinators to Identify Barriers to Living Donation
Purpose: Living donor coordinators (LDC) are the frontline healthcare providers for potential living kidney donors. However, there is limited research regarding LDC perceptions of barriers…2018 American Transplant Congress
Transmission of Rabies through Solid Organ Transplant: A Big Issue in China
Urology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Purpose To summarize and analyze the clinical characteristic, prophylaxis and treatment of rabies transmitted through solid organ transplant. Methods Four recipients and their donors diagnosed…2018 American Transplant Congress
Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) and Insulin Resistance in Living Kidney Donors
Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX.
Living kidney donors (LD) are routinely evaluated for components of MetS such as diabetes (T2D), hypertension (HTN), and hyperlipidemia (HLD). MetS is associated with T2D,…2018 American Transplant Congress
Introduction of Direct Acting Antivirals for HCV: Fewer Kidney Discards but a Long Way to Go
Organ shortage remains a great challenge facing the field of kidney transplantation. Donor hepatitis C virus positivity (DHCV+) is one of the highest ranking factors…2018 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Three Approaches for Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy: Transvaginal, Transumbilical Single Site and Retroperitoneal
Department of Urology and Renal Transplantation Surgery, Sapporo Hokuyu Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.
Objectives: Reduction of burdens to live kidney donors are important. The aim of this study was to compare the surgical outcomes of 3 approaches we…2018 American Transplant Congress
Risk of ESRD in Prior Living Kidney Donors
We studied development of End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) in living kidney donors (LKDs) who donated in the US between 1994 and 2016 (n=123,523), using…2018 American Transplant Congress
Improving the Organ Donation Referral Process through Telemedicine
1LiveOnNY, NY; 2Northwell Health, New Hyde Park.
Development of a Tele-ICU serving multiple institutions within our donor service area stimulated a collaborative performance improvement project. To improve the referral and timeliness rates…2018 American Transplant Congress
Calibration of Updated LSAM
Purpose: The liver simulated allocation model (LSAM) is a discrete-event microsimulation of the liver allocation system used for policy evaluation and research. We investigated the…
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