2016 American Transplant Congress
Investigating Geographic Variation in the Number of Deceased Donor Transplants Performed in the U.S.
Background: In 2014 the number of deceased donor transplants (DDT) increased greatly compared to the period from 2005 to 2013 when there were minimal changes…2016 American Transplant Congress
Short-Term Post-Donation Renal Function in Living Kidney Donors.
Previous single-center studies of post-donation estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in living kidney donors were limited by small sample size and lack of generalizability. The…2016 American Transplant Congress
Lower Rates of Living Donor Kidney Transplantation(LD) Among African Americans: What Prevents Higher Rates of Donation?
MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC.
Purpose: African Americans (AA) are less likely to undergo LD kidney transplantation. Reasons may include decreased health literacy, increased obesity, or hypertension. We sought to…2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Donor Nephrectomy in the Elderly.
PURPOSE: The critical organ shortage has increased demand for marginal donor kidneys. Although previously a contraindication to live kidney donation, advanced age donors (>60 y.o.)…2016 American Transplant Congress
Attitudes Toward Living Kidney Transplantation Among Potential Transplant Candidates.
1Yale U, New Haven; 2U Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; 3Northwestern U, Chicago.
Background: Prior studies have shown that transplant candidates who are minorities and less educated are less willing to talk to others about living kidney donor…2016 American Transplant Congress
Thrombolytic Protocol in Organ Procurement from Donation After Circulatory Death Donors Reduces Ischemic Cholangiopathy in Liver Transplantation.
Miami Transplant Institute, Miami.
Liver transplantation (LT) with donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors has been associated with a higher rate (up to 50%) of complications of ischemic cholangiopathy…2016 American Transplant Congress
Text Messaging Facilitates Follow-Up Communication with Live Donors.
Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Close live kidney donor follow-up requires new methods of communicating with donors. Text messaging offers a low-cost method of contacting live organ donors and may…2016 American Transplant Congress
A Visualization Software Platform for Managing a Kidney Paired-Donation Program.
A kidney paired-donation (KPD) program's aim is typically to maximize the number of transplants achieved via cycles among incompatible donor-candidate pairs, as well as chains…2016 American Transplant Congress
Twenty Years of Evolving Trends in Racial Disparities for Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Med Univ of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
Objective: To determine if baseline risks and post-transplant outcome disparities in African American (AA) kidney transplant recipients have evolved over time.Methods: Analysis of 20-years of…2016 American Transplant Congress
Incidence and Renal Consequences of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Kidney Donors.
Diabetes Mellitus (DM) continues to be the most common cause of kidney disease. The incidence of DM following kidney donation is unknown. Moreover, whether its…
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