2015 American Transplant Congress
Live Kidney Donor Evaluation: Association of Race With Ineligibility
Background: African American (AA) waitlist candidates face many barriers to identifying LKDs. However, even if AA candidates identify a potential donor, it is unclear whether…2015 American Transplant Congress
Donor Derived Transmission Events in 2014: A Report of the OPTN Ad Hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee (DTAC)
Background: The OPTN DTAC, a multidisciplinary committee, evaluates potential donor derived transmission events (PDDTE), including infections (I) & malignancies (M), to assess for donor transmitted…2015 American Transplant Congress
Increasing the Number of Organ Transplants in the United States by Optimizing Donor Authorization Rates
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
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
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
Utilizing CDC High Risk Donors to Improve Outcomes in Liver Transplantation
General Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
Introduction: An under-utilized demographic in liver transplantation is the CDC high-risk donor (HRD). These individuals, considered at higher risk of blood-borne diseases, contribute approximately 9%…2015 American Transplant Congress
Predicting Mental Health After Living Kidney Donation: The Importance of Donors' and Recipients' Medical Process
A minority of living kidney donors have poor psychological outcomes after donation. There is mixed evidence as to the influence of the medical process on…2015 American Transplant Congress
Pediatrics & Donor Derived Disease Transmission: The US OPTN Experience
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
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
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…
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