2020 American Transplant Congress
Outcome of and Risk Factor for Pancreas Transplants with Marginal Donors
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: Over the years, the selection criteria for a pancreas donor changed with the decline in numbers of transplants. More and more younger donors with…2020 American Transplant Congress
Influence of Nonclinical Factors on Adult Liver Organ Donor Offer Decision Making in the United States
Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA
*Purpose: Liver donor graft discard rate remained at approximately 10% in the United States despite the critical organ shortage. We sought to understand practice patterns…2020 American Transplant Congress
Multi-National Survey among Nephrologists and Transplant Surgeons About the Suitability and Acceptance of the Marginal Live Kidney Donors Regarding Age Discrepancy
*Purpose: Living donor kidney transplantation is the best option for patients on dialysis. There are no guidelines or generally accepted consensus about the acceptable kidney…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Negative Impact of Inherent Oxidative Stress in Marginal Lungs on Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion
*Purpose: Identifying good quality grafts within the donor pool, ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) opens another window to evaluate grafts initially declined with marginal quality…2020 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplant from Sickle Cell Donors
University of Mississippi, Jackson, MS
*Purpose: Patients with End-stage renal disease have an increased risk of death. Dialysis and kidney transplantation are the only treatments. Patients who receive kidney transplantation…2020 American Transplant Congress
Survival of ESRD Patients with an EPTS > 90% Listed for Kidney Transplant
1UCLA - Division of Nephrology, Los Angeles, CA, 2UCLA - Division of Urology, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Mortality on the kidney transplant waitlist is high especially in candidates with a high Estimated Post Transplant Survival (EPTS) score. We examined outcomes of…2020 American Transplant Congress
Consequences of Turning Down High KDPI Kidney Organ Offers for Kidney Transplant Candidates
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Kidneys with a high Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI, 80-100%) are frequently declined as they are associated with higher graft loss; yet, candidates that…2020 American Transplant Congress
A Call to Action: Finding the Right Kidney for All Potential Recipients
Miami Transplant Institute, Miami, FL
*Purpose: The dialysis burden in patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) awaiting a kidney transplant (KT) is a huge driver of morbidity, mortality, and…2020 American Transplant Congress
Multi- National Survey among Nephrologists & Transplant Surgeons about the Suitability and Acceptance of the Marginal Living Kidney Donors with Microscopic Hematuria
*Purpose: Potential kidney donors with isolated hematuria are often excluded from donating although there is a wide controversy about the definition and threshold of investigations…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Protective Effect of Hypothermic Oxygenated Machine Perfusion (HOPE) Onresuscitating Steatotic Liver and its Underlying Mechanism
*Purpose: To analyze the impact of steatotic livers with conventional cold storage (CS) and hypothermic oxygenated perfusion (HOPE) approaches, and further to investigate the rescue…
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