2015 American Transplant Congress
Utilization of Increased Risk Donors in a Canadian Multi-Organ Transplant Program
Background: Due to a shortage of organ donors and increasing mortality on the wait list, marginal donors, including those at increased risk for blood borne…2015 American Transplant Congress
Paired Match Power and Challenges for O-Patients in Kidney Paired Donation
Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
Introduction: In kidney paired donation (KPD), Paired Match Power (PMP), defined as Probability{Donor Compatible}×Probability{Patient Compatible}, can be used to prioritize difficult to match pairs. However,…2015 American Transplant Congress
Unknown Urological Pathologies in Renal Allografts from Deceased Donors. Should Image Evaluation Be Routinely Performed?
Division of Urology, Renal Transplantation Unit, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Purpose: In an effort to increase the overall donor pool, the use of extended-criteria kidneys has been routine in the majority of transplant centers. It…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
Surgical Error: A Common, Preventable Threat to Deceased Donor Organs
Deceased donor procurements (N = 340) performed through a single organ procurement organization during a 19 month period from 7/1/13 - 11/30/14 were reviewed through…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…
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