2016 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Baseline Co-Morbidity on Mortality in Living Kidney Donors – 10 Year UK Cohort Study.
Living kidney donation has significantly improved recipient and graft survival world wide. With a move to increase these numbers further, it becomes mandatory to have…2016 American Transplant Congress
Deceased Donor ABO-Incompatible Kidney Transplantation Has the Potential to Reduce Blood Group Disparity.
Introduction: Patients with blood group O or B wait significantly longer for a kidney transplant than other groups. Blood group incompatible transplantation is widely accepted…2016 American Transplant Congress
Donation After Cardiac Death Dose Not Impact Short and Long Term Graft Outcomes in Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation.
1Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis; 2Saint Louis University, St. Louis.
Background:Organ donation after cardiac death (DCD) has the potential to expand the pool of available organs for transplantation. Because of the concern that warm ischemia…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Oldest and Coldest in Kidney Paired Donation: Experience of the National Kidney Registry.
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate renal allograft efficacy and survivability in elderly donors and prolonged cold ischemia time (CIT).METHODS: 1,402 living donor kidney transplants from 02/2008-06/2015 recorded…2016 American Transplant Congress
Recovery of eGFR in Both Donors and Recipients After Living Donor Kidney Transplantation.
MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC.
Purpose: LD kidney donation provides a much needed resource for patients with end stage renal disease. Providing adequate renal mass to the recipient (R) is…2016 American Transplant Congress
Establishing a Learning Curve for Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy.
Abdominal Transplant Unit, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Despite thousands of hand assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomies (HALDNs) having been performed a paucity of data still exists in establishing how many procedures are required…2016 American Transplant Congress
Validation of the Newly Developed North America Islet Donor Scoring System in the Medium Volume Islet Transplant Center.
Background.North America Islet Donor Scoring (NAIDS) system has been recently developed for selection of the optimal pancreas donor based on analysis of the results from…2016 American Transplant Congress
Improving Donor Comfort: Perioperative Dexamethasone Decreases Nausea, Vomiting, and Pain After Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy.
Introduction: Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) and pain are common adverse events after laparoscopic surgery. Perioperative dexamethasone (8-10mg) has been reported to decrease PONV and…2016 American Transplant Congress
Preimplant Donor Histology Does Not Improve Discrimination of 5 Year Kidney Allograft Outcomes.
1Nephrology, Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC; 2Nephrology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Kidney transplantation remains the best treatment option for End-Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD) and the most cost efficient method of renal replacement therapy. However, there is…2016 American Transplant Congress
Financial Burdens and Coping Mechanisms of Living Kidney Donors.
1Yale U, New Haven; 2Northwestern U, Chicago; 3U Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
BackgroundFinancial disincentives remain a major barrier to increasing rates of living kidney donation. A recent study found that 96% of living kidney donors (LKD) reported…
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