Articles tagged "Donation"

2015 American Transplant Congress
Should We Ever Pay Living Kidney Donors? Focus Group Study of Public Opinion
A. Tong,^1,2 A. Ralph,^1,2 J. Chapman,³ G. Wong,^1,2,3 J. Gill,⁴ M. Josephson,⁵ C. Hanson,^1,2 J. Craig.^1,2
¹School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; ²Centre for Kidney Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia; ³Centre for Transplant and Renal Research, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia; ⁴Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; ⁵Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago.
Background: The unmet demand for kidney transplantation has generated intense controversy about introducing incentives for living kidney donors to increase donation rates. Such debates may…
2015 American Transplant Congress
A Comparative Analysis of Histological Scoring in Living Donor Renal Transplants from Donors Above and Below 60 Years of Age
A. Ghazanfar,^1,2 F. Kazmi,² A. Bagul,¹ M. Morsy,¹ J. Popoola.¹
¹Renal Medicine and Transplant Surgery, St Georges Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom; ²St Georges University of London, London, United Kingdom.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: World Health Organisation estimates that the absolute number of people aged 60yrs and over will increase from 605-million to  2-billion over the…
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Utility and Outcomes of Expanded Screening Among Live Solid Organ Donors
A. Rosen, B. Ho, M. Ison.
Organ Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Northwestern University, Chicago.
Background: The Organ Procurement Transplant Network (OPTN) now requires enhanced screening of selected live donors for Trypanosoma cruzi, Strongyloides stercoralis, Tuberculosis (TB), and West Nile…
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U.S. Population Characteristics Impacting Rates of Organ Donation
B. Schleich,¹ S. Yoon,¹ M. Khasawneh,¹ K. Srihari,¹ W. Tajik,² H. Irving.²
¹Systems Science and Industrial Engineering, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY; ²New York Organ Donor Network, New York, NY.
Many studies have assessed the impact of factors on organ donation, but have been limited to a few thousand subjects or less. The multicultural composition…
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Living Donor Characteristics Associated With Changes in Post-Donation GFR
E. Poggio,¹ D. Mandelbrot,⁴ P. Reese,⁵ D. Goldfarb,³ S. Flechner,³ J. Schold.²
¹Nephrology and Hypertension, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; ²Qualitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; ³Urology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; ⁴Division of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; ⁵Nephrology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Living donor transplantation is the preferred modality for treatment of ESRD because it confers excellent outcomes for recipients and poses reasonable risks to most donors.…
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Quality of Life, Financial, and Mental Health Outcomes for Individuals Turned Down for Live Kidney Donation
P. Reese,¹ C. Carney,¹ S. Levsky,¹ R. Pendse,¹ D. Leidy,¹ A. Mussell,¹ R. Bloom,¹ M. Allen,¹ D. Collins,¹ S. Keddem,¹ P. Abt,¹ J. Rodrigue,² E. Emanuel.¹
¹UPenn, Philadelphia, PA; ²Harvard, Cambridge, MA.
Introduction: Individuals considering live kidney donation should have a thorough understanding of the risks and benefits. Regulations focus exclusively on donation risks. However, no data…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Utilization and Characteristics of Pancreas and Simultaneous Kidney-Pancreas Donors in the US by OPTN-Defined Increased Risk Donor Status
M. Ison,^1,2 B. Ho,² J. Leventhal,² D. Ladner.²
¹Infectious Diseases, Northwestern University, Chicago; ²Organ Transplantation, Northwestern University, Chicago.
Background: The number of candidates in need of pancreas transplantation is far larger than the number of organ donors. To expand the organ pool, there…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Correlates and Consequences of Gout Among Living Kidney Donors
N. Lam,¹ A. Garg,¹ D. Segev,² M. Schnitzler,³ H. Xiao,³ D. Axelrod,⁴ J. Tuttle-Newhall,³ D. Brennan,⁵ B. Kasiske,⁶ K. Lentine.³
¹Western Uni., London, Canada; ²John Hopkins Uni., Baltimore; ³Saint Louis Uni., St. Louis; ⁴Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover; ⁵Washington Uni., St. Louis; ⁶Uni. of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Background: Currently, the demographic correlates and consequences of gout in living kidney donors are understudied.Methods: We examined a novel database that linked national U.S. identifiers…
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Hand Assisted Retroperitoneoscopic Donor Nephrectomy in Challenging Cases; Right Sided Donor Nephrectomy With Multiple Renal Arteries
E. Akin,¹ I. Barlas,¹ M. Dayangac,¹ A. Sinangil,² V. Celik,² T. Ecder.²
¹Kidney Transplantation, Istanbul Bilim University Florence Nightengale Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey; ²Nephrology, Istanbul Bilim University Florence Nightengale Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Hand-assisted retroperitoneoscopic (HARP) nephrectomy is a potentially safer approach for the donor where the peritoneum stays intact and tactile sensation remains. The experience with HARP…
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Angiopoietin-2 Associates With Graft Failure and Mortality in Renal Transplant Recipients
W. Westendorp,¹ C. Keyser,² E. van den Berg,² C. Krikke,¹ H. van Goor,³ S. Bakker,² H. Leuvenink.¹
¹Surgery, Groningen Transplant Center, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; ²Nephrology, Groningen Transplant Center, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; ³Pathology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
Angiopoietin-1 (Ang1) and angiopoietin-2 (Ang2) are involved in stabilizing the vascular endothelium and may play a role in premature mortality and graft failure in renal…