Articles tagged "Donors, marginal"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Short Tandem Repeat (STR) Analysis Identifies a Cancer Transmitted from an Organ Donor to 4 Transplant Recipients
M. Park¹, J. Van Ziffle¹, E. Collisson¹, J. Grenert¹, S. Behr¹, A. Gonzalez¹, J. Chou¹, S. Maisel¹, T. Friedlander¹, C. Freise¹, J. Shoji¹, T. Semrad², P. Chin-Hong¹, C. Atreya¹
¹UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ²Gene Upshaw Memorial Tahoe Forest Cancer Center, Truckee, CA
*Purpose: Organ donors are systematically screened for infection, while screening for malignancy is less rigorous. The true incidence of donor-transmitted malignancies is unknown due to…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Increasing Utilization via Accelerating the Placement of Hard-to-Place Kidneys
S. Noreen¹, R. Brown¹, Y. Becker², M. Cooper³, K. O'Connor⁴, J. Prinz⁵, D. Klassen¹
¹United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ²University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ³MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC, ⁴LifeCenter Northwest, Bellevue, WA, ⁵Donor Alliance, Denver, CO
*Purpose: Increasing the number of transplants by increasing utilization is a key goal of the OPTN, with a particular focus on the use of marginal…
2020 American Transplant Congress
A Machine-Learning Approach for Estimating Likelihood of Transplant Benefit from Older-Donor Kidneys
T. Pruett¹, P. Martin², D. Gupta³
¹University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²University of Texas, Austin, TX, ³McCombs School of Business, University of Texas, Austin, TX
*Purpose: There is a shortage of transplantable kidneys in the US. Yet, the discard rate among older donors (55+) is approx. 38% per year. The…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Improving Consent Rate for High Kidney Donor Profile Index Kidneys
L. Malinzak, A. Patel, A. Malilay, K. Dandron, A. Landrum, S. Gray, L. Lewis, K. Lord, R. Stampley, D. Kim
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Many deceased donor kidneys remain unused in this country. The UNOS formed Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Networks (COIIN) to tackle this issue, in which…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Multi- National Survey among Nephrologists & Transplant Surgeons about the Suitability and Acceptance of the Marginal Live Kidney Donors with Active Heavy Smoking or Intermittent Drug Abuse
Z. Arabi¹, A. Hamad², S. Kaysi³, M. Bukhari⁴
¹KAMC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ²The Regional Medical Center, Orangeburg, SC, ³CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Saint Pryv/ Saint Mesmin, France, ⁴Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
*Purpose: Potential kidney donors who actively smoke heavily or had intermittent illegal drug use (IIDU) are mostly excluded from donating a kidney. Tobacco use in…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Machine Learning Improves Kidney Discard Predictability
M. Barah¹, S. Mehrotra²
¹IEMS Department, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, ²IEMS Department, MEAS, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
*Purpose: Despite the shortage of kidneys supply, 18%-20% of deceased donor kidneys are discarded annually.*Methods: The cohort consisted of adult deceased donor kidneys donated between…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplantation from Extended-Criteria Donors: An Increased Risk of Ureteral and Urinary Complications? Study from 10279 Patients
B. Mesnard¹, M. Leroy², G. Karam¹, F. Neri³, P. Glemain¹, M. Perrouin-Verbe¹, S. De Vergie¹, O. Bouchot¹, J. Rigaud¹, D. Cantarovich¹, G. Blancho¹, M. Giral¹, J. Branchereau¹
¹Department of Urology, Chu Nantes, Nantes Université, ITUN, Nantes, France, ²Department of Methodology And Biostatistics, Nantes, Nantes Université, Methodology And Biostatistics Platform, Nantes, France, ³Department of Surgical Sciences, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, Oxford Transplant Centre, Oxford University Hospitals, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Due to the increasing need for kidneys suitable to transplantation, the scientific comunity has expanded the donor population to include extended criteria donors (ECD).…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Survey of Clinician Opinions on Use of Organ Transplants from Hepatitis C Virus Positive Donors: Identifying & Overcoming Barriers
K. Lentine¹, T. Alhamad², D. Peipert³, Y. Caliskan¹, B. Concepcion⁴, R. Forbes⁴, M. Schnitzler¹, Z. Zhang¹, S. Chang², M. Cooper⁵, R. Bloom⁶, R. Mannon⁷, D. Axelrod⁸
¹Saint Louis U, Saint Louis, MO, ²Washington U, Saint Louis, MO, ³Northwestern, Chicago, IL, ⁴Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN, ⁵Georgetown, Washington, DC, ⁶U Penn, Philadelphia, MO, ⁷UAB, Birmingham, AL, ⁸U Iowa, Iowa City, IA
*Purpose: Increasing the use of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) viremic (Nucleic Acid Testing (NAT)+) donor organs for HCV uninfected (HCV-) patients is a potential approach…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Identifying Optimal Recipients for DCD Livers: Minimizing Risks of Liver Transplantation with DCD Livers by Matching to Preferred Recipients
K. R. Jackson, J. Motter, A. Massie, J. Garonzik-Wang, D. Segev
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Donation after cardiac death (DCD) livers represent a possible expansion to the donor pool, but are frequently discarded as they are associated with a…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Early Pancreas Allograft Failure is Associated with Donor Hypertension
C. Masset¹, J. Branchereau¹, L. Badet², C. Kerleau¹, C. Legendre³, D. Glotz⁴, G. Karam¹, D. Cantarovich¹
¹University Hospital of Nantes, Nantes, France, ²University Hospital of Lyon, Lyon, France, ³Necker Hospital, Paris, France, ⁴Saint Louis Hospital, Paris, France
*Purpose: About 10% of pancreas allografts are lost prematurely due to thrombosis. Despite identification of numerous risk factors, the incidence of early failure did not…