Articles tagged "Donation"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Organs from Donors with Positive SARS-CoV-2 NAT+ Testing: A Report from the Ad Hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee
L. Danziger-Isakov¹, J. D. Goldman¹, A. Wooley¹, S. Pouch¹, A. Agarwal¹, G. Berry¹, K. Dunn¹, S. Ho¹, M. Kittleson¹, D. H. Lee¹, D. Levine¹, C. Marboe¹, G. Marklin¹, R. Razonable¹, S. Taimur¹, H. Te¹, C. Fox², C. Jett², S. Booker², D. Klassen², R. LaHoz¹
¹OPTN, Richmond, VA, ²UNOS, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Decision to transplant organs from SARS-CoV-2 NAT+ donors(N+D) balances risk of donor-derived infection with the scarcity of available organs to meet the needs of…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Novel Social Factors on Living Kidney Donation
L. Cholin, E. Ramos, J. Yahr, J. Schold, E. Poggio, A. Huml
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: General demographic information including age, gender, race, and socioeconomic status are often used to describe living kidney donors (LKDs). Little is known about more…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on CMS Organ Procurement Organization Performance Metrics
N. Dzebisashvili¹, K. Lentine², D. Axelrod³, K. Venkataramani¹, K. Axelrod¹, M. A. Schnitzler²
¹CareDx, South San Francisco, CA, ²Saint Louis University, St Louis, MO, ³University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
*Purpose: CMS introduced new performance metrics for Organ Procurement Organizations (OPO). CDC death records define donation eligible deaths, the denominator of the donation and transplant…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Donors’ Perceptions of Uterus Donation Motivations, Informed Consent and Value: A Qualitative Study of Dallas Uterus Transplant Study (duets) Participants
A. Wall¹, J. Hagen², V. Reddy³, E. Gordon⁴, L. Johannesson¹, G. Testa¹
¹Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ³Baylor Transplant Research Institute, Dallas, TX, ⁴Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Clinical trials have demonstrated the feasibility and reproducibility of uterus transplantation (UTx) to treat absolute uterine factor infertility. Successful live births have resulted from…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Development of a Culturally Sensitive Chatbot to Inform Living Donor Candidates of African Ancestry About Apol1 Genetic Testing
E. J. Gordon¹, P. Waite², J. Gacki-Smith², D. Duquette³, A. Agrawal¹, J. Friedewald¹, S. Savage⁴, E. Simmons⁵, M. Cooper⁶, A. Gilbert⁶, C. Wicklund⁷
¹Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ³Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁴Invitae, Inc, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Invitae, San Francisco, CA, ⁶Surgery, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, DC, ⁷Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Living kidney donor candidates of African ancestry are increasingly asked to undergo Apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) genetic testing to better understand their risk of kidney…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Normothermic Organ Preservation: The New Standard?
K. Mistry
Sanford Health, Fargo, ND
*Purpose: Normothermic perfusion (NMP) is a new technique that has been introduced into transplantation expanding capacity for organ utilization. NMP has been shown to be…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Diabetes-Free Life Expectancy Among Living Kidney Donors and Non-Donors with Obesity: A Longitudinal Cohort Study
C. Killian¹, R. Reed¹, M. McLeod¹, P. MacLennan¹, V. Kumar¹, S. Brooks¹, A. Maynor¹, L. Stanford¹, G. Baker¹, C. Schinstock², J. Silkensen³, G. Roll⁴, D. Segev⁵, B. Orandi¹, C. Lewis¹, J. Locke¹
¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: The growing end stage kidney disease burden paired with substantial rates of obesity in the United States (US) has prompted increased approval of obese…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Attitudes Toward Organ Donation in Arab-Based Population
R. A. Almubark¹, M. Alghonaim², N. F. BinDhim³, B. Attar⁴, F. Abaalkhail⁵, F. Al Ammary⁶, S. A. Alqahtani⁷
¹Scientific Department, Sharik Association for Health Research, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ²CEO, Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ³College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ⁴Medical Department, Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ⁵Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ⁶Comprehensive Transplant Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁷Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Commitment to organ donation may vary among willing younger and older adults. We aimed to understand attitudes toward organ donation among Arab adults.*Methods: We…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Perception Regarding Live Kidney Donation in the General Population of South Korea
H. Lee¹, E. Kang², J. Lee³, Y. Jang¹, S. Park⁴, Y. Kim⁵, H. Kim⁶, Y. Kim¹, D. Kim¹, K. Joo¹, Y. Kim¹, I. Choi⁶
¹Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁵Keimyung University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁶National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaborating Agency, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: It is necessary to know how the general population recognizes live kidney donation in Korea, where living donor kidney transplantations (KT) are the mainstream.*Methods:…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Living Donor Robotic Hysterectomy Provides Excellent Outcomes in Uterus Transplant Recipients
L. Johannesson¹, G. J. McKenna¹, A. Wall², J. Bayer¹, G. Testa¹
¹Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²Baylor Scott and White Dallas, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Living donor (LD) hysterectomy for Uterus Transplantation (UTx) can be performed robotically with vaginal extraction of the graft. There are no reports of the…

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