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…2017 American Transplant Congress
Deceased Donors with a History of IV Drug Use and Donor Derived Hepatitis C Virus.
1OPTN Ad Hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee, Richmond, VA; 2UNOS, Richmond
Introduction:In 2015, the CDC reported a 172% increase in heroin-related deaths from 2010 to 2013. Deceased donors with IV drug use (IVDU) are at increased…2017 American Transplant Congress
Socioeconomic Status and Perceived Donation-Related Financial Burden Among Living Kidney Donors.
Perceptions of donation-related financial burden by living kidney donor candidates may contribute to declines in living kidney donation. The association between donation-related financial burden and…
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