2016 American Transplant Congress
Living Kidney Donor Preferences: A Novel Use of a Visual Instrument to Quantify ESRD Risk Acceptance.
1Yale U, New Haven; 2U Pennyslvania, Philadelphia; 3Northwestern U, Chicago.
BackgroundGiven new data about the estimated lifetime risk of ESRD among living kidney donors (LKD) (Muzaale 2014), we elicited their willingness to accept the risk…2016 American Transplant Congress
Using 3D Printing in Complex Pediatric Renal Transplantation.
Introduction:Structural complexities can render graft implantation infeasible in small paediatric recipients. Surgical decision-making currently relies on 3D medical imaging which limits evaluation of structures by…2016 American Transplant Congress
Return on Investment for Financial Assistance for Living Kidney Donors in the United States.
Background: Federal financial support through the National Living Donor Assistance Center (NLDAC) assists potential living donors who have prohibitive out-of-pocket expenses. We calculated the return…2016 American Transplant Congress
Survival Advantage with Older Live Donor Compared to Standard Criteria Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation in Older Recipients.
MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC.
Objective: Analyze post-transplant outcomes in older recipients of kidney transplants from older live donors compared to older recipients of standard criteria deceased donor kidney transplants.Methods:…2016 American Transplant Congress
Live Kidney Donors Have Significant Out-of-Pocket Costs Associated with Donation.
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore.
While financial barriers to transplantation have been recognized, limited data exists on the total non-reimbursed expense associated with live donation. Furthermore, donor costs have not…2016 American Transplant Congress
Neighborhood Socioeconomic Characteristics Influence Access to Kidney Transplantation Independently of Individual Socioeconomic Status.
Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
INTRODUCTION: Ensuring fair and equitable access to kidney transplantation (ATT) is of paramount importance. Socioeconomic disadvantage is associated with worse access to healthcare. Understanding the…2016 American Transplant Congress
Virological Profile of Deceased Organ Donors in the UK.
Background: To date there has been no routine surveillance of infections in deceased solid organ donors in the UK. A national scheme to monitor infectious…2016 American Transplant Congress
Altruistic Kidney Donation: A Single US Transplant Center Experience.
Background: Altruistic donors (ADs) continue to make rising contributions to the donor pool. Increasing efforts have been made to assess ADs to understand the motivations…2016 American Transplant Congress
Barriers to Living Donor Kidney Transplant in the Pediatric Population.
Objective:A shift from living donor transplants to deceased donor transplants has been noted nationwide and is more prominent at some centers than others. Our objective…2016 American Transplant Congress
Who Should Decide? Potential Living Kidney Donor Preferences for Making Decisions About Risk.
1Yale U, New Haven; 2Northwestern U, Chicago; 3U Pennyslvania, Philadelphia.
BackgroundTransplant centers debate how to manage risks to potential living kidney donors (LKDs) when there is a lack of consensus about reasonable donor risk .We…
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