Articles tagged "Donation"

2015 American Transplant Congress
Increasing the Number of Organ Transplants in the United States by Optimizing Donor Authorization Rates
D. Goldberg,¹ B. French,² P. Abt,³ R. Gilroy.⁴
¹Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ²Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ³Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ⁴Department of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS.
Introduction: The highest priority in the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) Strategic Plan is to increase the number of transplants among patients with end-stage…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Predictors of Deceased Donor Lung Utilization in the United States
L. Edwards,¹ L. Robbins Callahan,¹ J. Rogers,² K. Chan.³
¹United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA; ²Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; ³University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI.
Background: Lung utilization rates for deceased donor (DD) are far lower than most solid organs. For DD recovered in 2013, 22% had at least one…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Blood Pressure Evaluation by Three Different Modalities in Living Kidney Donors
Z. Zaky, G. Thomas, S. Gebreselassie, E. Poggio.
Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
Screening for hypertension (HTN) is an important element of the living kidney donor (LKD) evaluation process. Since there are no general consensus about the blood…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Utilization of Liver Allografts from Deceased Donors. Non Medical Causes for Discard. A Review of the SRTR Annual Report
M. Asolati,¹ C. Kulig,² B. Bilir,² T. Pillen,¹ P. Gauthier,² B. Bista,² T. Heffron.¹
¹Surgery, Porter Adventist Hospital, Denver, CO; ²Medicine, Porter Adventist Hospital, Denver, CO.
INTRODUCTION: Discrepancy between demand (end stage organ disease) and supply (organs) remains one of the limiting factors in solid organ transplantation and underlies the dynamics…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Living Kidney Donation on Glucose Metabolism and Insulin Resistance
B. Tanriover,¹ P. Mohan,² S. Cremers,³ I. Lingvay.⁴
¹Medicine/Nephrology, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX; ²Medicine/Nephrology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC; ³Biomarkers Core Laboratory, Columbia University, New York, NY; ⁴Medicine/Endocrinology, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX.
The kidney contributes to glucose hemostasis through processes of insulin metabolism, gluconeogenesis, and glucose filtration. Little is known on insulin sensitivity in living kidney donors…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Pediatrics & Donor Derived Disease Transmission: The US OPTN Experience
M. Green,¹ S. Taranto,² S. Covington,² M. Michaels,¹ C. Wolfe,³ D. Kaul.⁴
¹Pediatrics & Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; ²OPTN/UNOS, Richmond, VA; ³Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; ⁴Medicine, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI.
Potential donor derived disease transmission events (PDDTE) are tracked by the OPTN DTAC. Specific evaluation of potential transmissions from pediatric (ped) donors or the impact…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Organ Donation Attitudes of Hispanic College Students in the Rio Grande Valley: Analysis of Free Responses
Y. Tasnif,¹ S. Saladin,² A. Araya,¹ X. Wang.³
¹Cooperative Pharmacy Program, University of Texas - Pan American, Edinburg, TX; ²Department of Rehabilitation, University of Texas - Pan American, Edinburg, TX; ³Department of Mathematics, University of Texas - Pan American, Edinburg, TX.
Purpose: To understand barriers in registering as an organ donor amongst students at a predominantly Hispanic institution.Methods: Self-identified adult (ages 18 and above) Hispanic students…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Relationship of Donor Age and Distance in Deceased Donor Lung Offers in the US
L. Edwards,¹ L. Robbins Callahan,¹ W. Cherikh,¹ J. Rogers,² K. Chan.³
¹UNOS, Richmond, VA; ²Duke Univ, Durham, NC; ³U of Mich, Ann Arbor, MI.
Background: Lung (LU) utilization from deceased donors (DD) is considerably lower than for kidney, liver and heart. A better understanding of placement efforts may provide…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Paired Donation: National Activity and Perspectives
T. Dunn,¹ S. Fayek,² C. Marsh,³ P. Abt.⁴
¹Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; ²Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; ³Surgery, Scripps Health, La Jolla, CA; ⁴Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
While utilization of Kidney Paired Donation (KPD) continues to increase, the potential is not fully realized. We surveyed kidney transplant (KTX) professionals to evaluate perceptions…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Utilization and Characteristics of Liver Donors in the US by OPTN-Defined Increased Risk Donor Status
M. Ison,^1,2 M. Abecassis,² D. Ladner.²
¹Infectious Diseases, Northwestern University, Chicago; ²Organ Transplantation, Northwestern University, Chicago.
Background: The number of candidates in need of liver transplantation is far larger than the number of organ donors. To expand the organ pool, there…