2018 American Transplant Congress
Exploring the Impact of Recipient Age with Kidney Donor Risk Index and Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate at One Year Following Kidney Transplant
Background: Various kidney donor risk indexes (KDRI) have been developed to predict graft survival with various combinations of donor and recipient characteristics. The aim of…2018 American Transplant Congress
Informed Clustering of Donor Service Areas for Better Benchmarking
United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA.
The 58 Donor Service Areas (DSA) represent territories of varying geographic sizes, densities and populations. The intention of this project is to group DSA based…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
Providing Actual Echocardiographic Images to Centers Markedly Increases Transplantation of Deceased Donor Hearts
Organ Procurement, Lifesharing of San Diego, San Diego, CA.
US transplant centers are cautious in accepting deceased donor hearts (DDHs). Even in previously healthy, young brain dead donors, wall motion and other echographic abnormalities…2018 American Transplant Congress
Living Liver Donor Follow-Up: Fewer Than Half of Centers Meet Follow-Up Requirements in the US
OPTN/UNOS began requiring 1-year living donor follow-up (LDF) for living liver donors (LLDs) in 2014. Compliance with a similar policy for living kidney donors was…2018 American Transplant Congress
HCV Ab+/NAT- Organ Donors, and the Challenges of 'Eclipse Windows': Analysis of the OPTN/UNOS Ad Hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee (DTAC)
DTAC, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA.
Introduction: In 2017, CDC reported new hepatitis C (HCV) cases had tripled over 5 years, mainly due to intravenous drug use (IVDU). As the proportion…2018 American Transplant Congress
MELD Based Allocation Deteriorates Patient Survival without Improving Waiting List Mortality in a Low Donor Area
The MELD-based allocation system has been implemented in Germany in 2006 in order to decrease waiting list mortality in patients with end stage liver disease.…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…
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