2018 American Transplant Congress
Living Liver Donation is Safe in Donors Heterozygous for an alpha-1 Antitrypsin Gene Mutation
Patients homozygous for an alpha-1 antitrypsin mutation, particularly the Pi*ZZ phenotype, develop cirrhosis and pulmonary emphysema. Those with a heterozygous phenotype are thought to have…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
Development of a Screening Tool to Predict Chronic Kidney Disease Risk in Post-Nephrectomy Living Kidney Donors
Purpose: We aimed to develop a prediction models of chronic kidney disease (CKD) for the 1-year period after donor nephrectomy in living donors.Materials and Methods:…2018 American Transplant Congress
Perceptions, Motivations, and Concerns about Living Organ Donation among People Living with HIV
Background: The HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act permits persons living with HIV (PLWH) to donate organs within research protocols. Motivations and concerns related to…2018 American Transplant Congress
Cumulative Sum Analysis of the Learning Curve for Video-Assisted Minilaparotomy Donor Nephrectomy in Healthy Kidney Donors
Background:Video-assisted minilaparotomy surgery (VAMS) is a hybrid of open and laparoscopic surgical techniques, so has advantages of both approaches. Here we examined the learning curve…2018 American Transplant Congress
Consistency of DCD Procurement Procedures across Organ Procurement Organizations – Preliminary Findings
Intro: Variation among procedures across Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) may account for discrepancies in outcomes associated with the use of deceased after cardiac death (DCD).…
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