2018 American Transplant Congress
Post‐Donation eGFR Levels Predicts New‐Onset Antihypertensive Medication Use after Living Kidney Donation
Limited data are available on the outcome implications of renal function after living kidney donation.We constructed a novel database linking SRTR registry identifiers, serum creatinine…2018 American Transplant Congress
What Deceased Donors Do KPD Candidates Accept?
Background: Possible utilization of deceased donors (DDs) to initiate KPD chains has been of interest to the transplant community. OPTN KPD candidates are required to…2018 American Transplant Congress
Gains from Joining Kidney Paired Donation with Several Incompatible Donors
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
In kidney paired donation (KPD), a transplant candidate with an incompatible donor joins a pool of similar pairs in an effort to find new transplant…2018 American Transplant Congress
Improving Organ Donation Rates through a Primary Care Physician Office-Based Intervention
Background: The inadequate supply of suitable deceased donor organs is well documented. Studies have suggested that Primary Care Providers (PCPs) could help improve donor registration…2018 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Renal Function in Living Kidney Donors with Renal Cysts
Renal cysts found during the evaluation of living kidney donor (LKD) candidates are often regarded as benign. However, it is possible that these structural abnormalities…2018 American Transplant Congress
Critical Care Management of Organ Donors with Uncertain Consent Status
Department of Medicine, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ.
Introduction: Donor management is a foundation of organ transplantation. It requires professionalism, compassion, and collaboration between intensive care unit (ICU) staff, organ procurement organizations (OPOs),…2018 American Transplant Congress
How Old is Too Old? Expanding Living Kidney Organ Transplantation from Donors above 60 Years of Age with Associated Comorbidity.
Transplant Surgery, St Georges University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Background: Worldwide the population is ageing. In UK there are more people above 60 than under 16 years of age. Hence there are more elderly…2018 American Transplant Congress
New Factors Predicting Delayed Graft Function: A Multi-Center Cohort Study Based on Kidney Donation after Brain Death Followed by Circulatory Death
Background. Delayed graft function (DGF) is a common complication following kidney transplantation that exerts an adverse impact on graft outcomes. Donation after brain death followed…2018 American Transplant Congress
Living-Donor Preemptive Kidney Transplant Timing Calculator: An Online Decision Support Tool
Purpose: Optimal glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and timing for living preemptive kidney transplantation (PKT) is not well studied.Method: We developed an online engine to calculate…2018 American Transplant Congress
Donor Derived Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) Transmission Events 2008-2016: A Report of the OPTN Disease Transmission Advisory Committee (DTAC)
Background: RCC is the most common renal tumor reported to the OPTN and reviewed by DTAC for assessment of potential donor transmission. Organs with concern…
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