2018 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Donor Nephrectomy in the Older Living Kidney Donor: Single Centre Experience
West Lodnon Renal and Transplant Centre, Imperial College NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Background. Living kidney donor transplantation is the best treatment for ESRD and considered safe for the donor. We aimed to investigate short and medium-term outcomes…2018 American Transplant Congress
Upper Limb and Craniofacial VCA Donors in the US
Life changing VCA transplants are made possible by deceased VCA donors. This study provides the first description of all known upper limb and craniofacial donors…2018 American Transplant Congress
Shortening Length of Post-Operative In-Patient Stay for Living Kidney Donors
Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Purpose. The study analyzes the impact of psychiatric history on postoperative length of hospital stay (LOS) of living kidney donors (LD) and initial assessment of…2018 American Transplant Congress
Predictors of Kidney Transplant Recipient Readmissions
Glickman Urology and Nephrology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland.
Introduction: Readmission rates for kidney transplant recipients is high and widely variable with a range of 18-47% nationwide. We aimed to characterize kidney transplant patients…2018 American Transplant Congress
Weight Changes before and after Kidney Donation
IntroductionLiving kidney donors remain at low risk of end stage kidney disease but obese and overweight donors' risk is increased. We aimed to describe the…2018 American Transplant Congress
A Medical Decision Analysis for the Use of Donation after Cardiac Death Donors for Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplant
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
For patients on the simultaneous liver-kidney transplant (SLKT) waitlist, acceptance of donation after cardiac death (DCD) organs may facilitate earlier transplantation thereby reducing waitlist mortality,…2018 American Transplant Congress
Accepting a DCD Liver May Improve Patient Survival Compared to Waiting for a Non-DCD Liver
Only ~50% of liver candidates undergo deceased donor transplant; 17% die on the waiting list and 20% are removed from the list as too sick…2018 American Transplant Congress
Meeting OPTN Requirements for Living Kidney Donation Follow-Up: Findings from the KDOC Study
The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) requires programs to submit complete, accurate and timely clinical information for 80% and laboratory data for 70% of…2018 American Transplant Congress
Survival Advantage from Accepting a Circulatory Death Liver Transplant
Background As liver failure increases in the UK, so does demand for liver transplantation. In response, UK donation after circulatory death (DCD) activity has approximately…2018 American Transplant Congress
Implementing Mobile Health Technology for Living Kidney Donor Follow-Up: Transplant Provider Perspectives
Transplant hospitals are required to collect and report living kidney donor (LKD) follow-up data at 6-months, 1-year, and 2-years, but fewer than 50% of hospitals…
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