2016 American Transplant Congress
No Significant Impact of KAS on Prior Living Kidney Donors' Access to Timely Transplant of High Quality Kidneys.
1UNOS, Richmond, VA; 2UH Case MC, Cleveland, OH.
BackgroundPrior living donors (PLDs) who develop ESRD post-donation have received priority on the kidney (KI) waiting list (WL) since 9/2/96. The new Kidney Allocation System…2016 American Transplant Congress
Gender Bias and Kidney Transplantation in Nepal.
1JHU, Baltimore; 2BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal; 3Human Organ Transplant Center, Bhaktapur, Nepal.
Gender bias in live kidney donation (LKD) is well documented globally but is particularly extreme in Nepal, where 84% of recipients, but only 25% of…2016 American Transplant Congress
Deceased Organ Donor Factors Influencing Pancreatic Graft Transplantation and Survival.
Section of Critical Care, Portland VA Health Care System, Portland, OR.
Criteria for organ acceptance remain inconsistent in pancreatic transplantation. The lack of predictive criteria limits the ability to standardize critical care practices in management of…2016 American Transplant Congress
Characterization of Vascular Lesions in Living Donor Renal Transplant Implant Biopsies.
INTRODUCTION: Nephrosclerosis is often associated with pathological injury to kidneys resulting from chronic high blood pressure and/or aging, and may predict the progression of decline…2016 American Transplant Congress
End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Patients' Willingness to Accept Risks to Living Kidney Donors.
Background: While many potential living kidney donors (LKDs) are willing to accept high levels of ESRD risk, receipt of a living donor kidney is also…2016 American Transplant Congress
Deceased Organ Donor Management: Does Hospital Volume Matter?
Purpose: Despite the association between hospital volume and outcomes for various diseases, there have been no studies to assess the impact of hospital organ donor…2016 American Transplant Congress
Learning Curve of Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy for Abdominal Transplant Surgery Fellows.
PURPOSE: Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (LDN) requires a high degree of surgical competence and skill. UNOS recommends that fellowship-trained surgeons participate in 15 LDN to be…2016 American Transplant Congress
Center Level Analysis of Changes in Living Donor Transplant Rates in the United States.
Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Rates of living donor kidney transplantation have been declining in the United States since 2003. Tremendous variation exists in the rate of living donor transplantation…2016 American Transplant Congress
Living Donor Rates Vary Greatly Among Organ Procurement Organizations in the United States.
Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Introduction: Living donor kidney transplant remains the optimal renal replacement therapy in ESRD. Despite known benefits of living donation (LD), rates vary significantly among organ…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Immunologic Profile of Brain Death in Humans: A Whole-Body Analysis.
Transplantation outcomes are believed to be influenced by a generalized inflammatory state caused by brain death itself or events in the peri-transplant period. Studies on…
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