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Articles tagged "Donors"

  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Artificial Intelligence May Detect Donor Liver Steatosis and Predict Early Post-Transplantation Graft Failure

    R. R. Narayan, L. Yang, N. Abadilla, S. B. Chen, J. P. Higgins, M. L. Melcher

    Stanford University, Stanford, CA

    *Purpose: To compare the accuracy of donor liver biopsy slides scored by manual histopathologic review versus a computer vision artificial intelligence (CVAI) platform to predict…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Factors Associated with the Development of Chronic Kidney Disease after Liver Transplantation

    M. Kalisvaart, A. Schlegel, P. Trivedi, K. Roberts, D. Mirza, T. Perera, J. Isaac, J. Ferguson, P. Muiesan.

    Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

    BackgroundRenal dysfunction is a common complication after liver transplantation. The increased use of DCD livers has been associated with postoperative acute kidney injury (AKI). However,…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    No Kidney Left Behind: Are We Maximizing Utilization of Deceased Donors with AKI?

    A. Bongu, R. Quillin, M. Chiles, S. Husain, M. Garcia, S. Mohan, L. Ratner.

    Renal Transplantation, Columbia University, New York City, NY.

    Introduction: Kidneys from donors with elevated terminal creatinine (Cr) and acute kidney injury (AKI) can be transplanted safely, yet many of these organs are not…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    The Use of LiMAx for Evaluating Donor Livers on Normothermic Machine Perfusion

    J. Schurink,1 J. de Haan,2 M. Verstegen,1 H. Metselaar,3 J. Ijzermans,1 J. de Jonge.1

    1Surgery, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Netherlands; 2Intensive Care Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Netherlands; 3Gastroenterology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Netherlands.

    Due to the organ shortage, inferior quality livers from donors after circulatory arrest (DCD) are offered to relieve mortality on the waiting list. The threshold…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Do High-Risk Categories Convey the Wrong Message to Waitlisted Patients – Is It Time to Reconsider the Absolute Risk of Graft Loss?

    A. Zarinsefat, H. Braun, S. Syed, B. Orandi, G. Roll.

    Transplant Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA.

    Many waitlisted patients (pts) do not consent to accept livers from “high-risk” donors (HRD), possibly due to lack of understanding of the absolute risk (AR)…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Short-Term Outcome Prediction Model in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients

    K. Archer,1 Y. Zhang,1 S. Bontha,2 E. Akalin,3 L. Gallon,4 D. Maluf,2 V. Mas.2

    1OSU, Columbus; 2UVA, Charlottesville; 3Montefiore, New York; 4NWU, Chicago.

    Background: Lack of accurate outcome prediction models may be a reason for the increase in organ discard rate that further burdens the growing kidney transplant…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Successful Transplantation of Black Kidneys from Rhabdomyolysis Donors

    X-.P. Yuan,1 C-.B. CHen,1 Y. Zheng,1 X. Gu,2 Q. Zu,3 C. Wang,1 X. He.1

    1Organ Transplant Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China; 2Department of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, China; 3Department of Urology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.

    Background: The kidneys from donors with rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury (AKI) may show discolored appearance. The transplant surgeons may be unwilling to accept a…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Consistency of DCD Procurement Procedures across Organ Procurement Organizations – Preliminary Findings

    G. Mitro,1 A. Ortiz,2 R. Warnock,3 P. Wiederhold,3 K. Jiles,3 J. Ortiz.1

    1University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, OH; 2University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles; 3Life Connection of Ohio, Toledo, OH.

    Intro: Variation among procedures across Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) may account for discrepancies in outcomes associated with the use of deceased after cardiac death (DCD).…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Kidney Transplantation from Uncontrolled Donation after Circulatory Death, Good Outcomes after Very Long Time

    M. Molina,1 J. Cabrera,2 E. Gonzalez,1 A. Hernandez,1 P. Natalia,1 A. Andres.1

    1Department of Nephrology, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain; 2Department of Nephrology, Hospital Evangelico, Montevideo, Uruguay.

    Introduction: Kidney transplantation (KT) is the best renal replacement therapy but the shortage of organ is the main limitation. Uncontrolled Donation after Circulatory Death (uDCD)…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Discard and Post-Transplant Outcomes Associated with Organs Donated after Drug-Overdose Death

    M. Bowring, C. Durand, L. Kucirka, A. Thomas, A. Massie, M. Sulkowski, A. Cameron, N. Desai, D. Segev.

    JHU, Baltimore.

    The United States faces an overdose epidemic primarily affecting young adults who might represent a novel source of viable deceased-donor organs. Utilization and outcomes associated…
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