2017 American Transplant Congress
Using Buccal Swabs for Deceased Organ Donor HLA Typing.
Aim: In some cases, getting enough cells from a deceased donor to perform crossmatches and DNA extraction for HLA typing is challenging. Specifically this is…2017 American Transplant Congress
Donor Creatinine and Graft Outcomes in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Background: The role of donor peak and terminal creatinine on short and long term allograft outcomes in pediatric kidney transplant recipients is unclear.Aim: To determine…2017 American Transplant Congress
Tangible Benefits in Caregiving Burden Among Spouses/Partners of Transplant Patients: Adding “Donor Benefit” to Live Donor Risk Assessment.
Background The mental and physical health of spouses and co-habiting partners (dyads) are highly correlated. Dialysis entails significant caregiving burden and decreases the quality of…2017 American Transplant Congress
Truth in Pathology: Autopsy Findings in Lungs Declined for Transplantation.
Healthy lungs are scarce among available organ donors who are becoming progressively older and have increasing numbers of comorbidities. Selection criteria that include excellent oxygenation…2017 American Transplant Congress
Is Reluctance to Accept Younger Kidney Donors Justified?
1U of MN, Mpls; 2M Health, Mpls
Transplant centers are often reluctant to accept young kidney donors because of long-term concerns regarding reduced renal mass and because they have not yet reached…2017 American Transplant Congress
Reliability of Donor Kidney Biopsies from Time of Organ Recovery Compared to Immediate Post-Reperfusion Biopsies.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Frozen section or rapid permanent biopsies of donor kidneys are frequently obtained for higher risk kidneys. We sought to investigate agreement between the procurement donor…2017 American Transplant Congress
Identifying Risks and Screening Deceased Organ Donors in the UK for Trypanosoma cruzi .
Background: In the UK, the Advisory Committee on Microbiological Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs recommends discretionary T. cruzi antibody screening of donors with identified…2017 American Transplant Congress
Lung Preservation Solution Exposure at Cardiac Procurement Is Associated Increased Incidence of Coronary Arterial Vasculopathy.
Purpose: To evaluate cardiac recipient survival and incidence of coronary artery vasculopathy (CAV) in recipient hearts that have been exposed to lung preservation solution, Perfadex.Methods:…2017 American Transplant Congress
Donor and Recipient Factors Important in Determining the Estimated GFR Difference Between Living Donor and Recipient Pairs Six Months After Transplant.
Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Sacred Heart Hospital, Pensacola, FL
Analysis of the relationship between living donor and recipient estimated GFR (eGFR) six months after transplant revealed that in the first half of the last…2017 American Transplant Congress
Expectations and Experiences of Follow-Up and Self-Care After Living Kidney Donation: A Focus Group Study.
Background: Ensuring donor wellbeing warrants ongoing monitoring following living kidney donation. However, there is considerable variability in donor follow up processes, including information provided to…
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