2018 American Transplant Congress
Factors Related to Suboptimal Recovery of Renal Function after Living Donor Nephrectomy
Japanease Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital, Kidney Center, Kumamoto, Japan.
Introduction:Renal function of the living donor usually recovers to 60~70 percent of baseline function by compensatory hypertrophy mechanism. However, the degree of this compensatory hypertrophy…2018 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Donation Body Mass Index Associations with Outcomes in Living Kidney Donors: A Single Centre Experience
West London Renal and Transplant Centre, Imperial College NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Background. Living kidney donor (LD) eligibility criteria have expanded as a result of excellent donor outcomes and increasing organ demand. However, considerable variability exists between…2018 American Transplant Congress
Early Considerations for Deceased Donor Chains
Background: The potential use of deceased kidney donors (DDs) to initiate kidney paired donation (KPD) chains (DD chains) has been of interest to the transplant…2018 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Candidates and Potential Living Kidney Donors Are Supportive of Reciprocity for Transplant Candidates Who Participate in Kidney Paired Donation with a Compatible Donor
1UBC, Vancouver, Canada; 2Centre de Recherche du CHUM, Montreal, Canada.
The inclusion of compatible pairs in kidney paired donation (KPD) is a strategy to increase transplantation for incompatible pairs in KPD. We proposed a reciprocity…2018 American Transplant Congress
Insulin Use on Intensive Care Units as a Marker of beta-Cell Death in Brain Dead Pancreas Donors
IntroductionObjective methods for assessing the quality of pancreata for transplantation are urgently required. Donors after brain death (DBD) experience a catecholamine storm and systemic inflammation,…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…
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