Articles tagged "Donors, marginal"

2020 American Transplant Congress
From Marginal to Meaningful: Donor Liver Biopsy Increases Donation Rates amongst Elderly Donors
J. A. Steggerda¹, M. B. Bloom¹, K. Mahendraraj¹, G. Voidonikolas¹, T. Todo¹, M. Noureddin², N. N. Nissen¹, A. S. Klein¹, I. K. Kim¹
¹Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²Hepatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Recently, there has been public scrutiny on the non-utilization of elderly donors in liver transplantation. Here, we evaluate the influence of donor liver biopsy…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Severity of Donor Acute Kidney Injury Does Not Impact Long-Term Outcomes in Deceased Donor Renal Transplant Recipients
A. Brar¹, A. Gruessner², D. Adey¹, M. Salifu²
¹University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: Kidneys with increased donor terminal creatinine are frequently discarded. This study used national data to assess renal allograft and patient outcomes in deceased donor…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Donor Noninvasive Liver Fibrotic Score on Graft Injury in Liver Transplantation
S. M. Younan, T. Ito, H. Hirao, A. Aziz, A. E. Murray, J. DiNorcia III, V. G. Agopian, D. G. Farmer, R. W. Busuttil, F. M. Kaldas
The Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: The increasing prevalence of obesity and metabolic syndrome, has led to a corresponding increase in steatotic livers being utilized in liver transplantation (LT). These…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Significant Improvement in Short and Long-Term Kidney Transplant Survival Despite Stagnant Rates of Delayed Graft Function
J. Schold¹, S. Arrigain², E. Poggio³
¹Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, ²Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, ³Nephrology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Delayed Graft Function (DGF) is routinely characterized as attributing to significant morbidity and mortality among kidney transplant recipients. While there are diverse potential mechanisms…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Would You Rather Receive a High KDPI SCD Kidney or a Lower KDPI ECD Kidney?
V. Gurram, D. Harriman, A. Farney, J. Rogers, G. Orlando, A. Reeves-Daniel, A. Mena-Gutierrez, C. Jay, R. Stratta
Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston Salem, NC
*Purpose: The study purpose was to review our kidney transplant (KT) experience with emphasis placed on outcomes in patients receiving kidneys that were “discordant” within…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The New UK National Kidney Allocation Scheme with Maximized ‘D4/R4’ Kidney Transplants: Appropriate Donor to Recipient Matching or System Overstretch?
R. Pearson, E. Murray, P. Thompson, P. Mark, M. Clancy, J. Asher
Renal Transplant, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
*Purpose: The UK national deceased donor kidney matching scheme changed in September 2019, aiming to better match graft and patient survival. Donors and recipients are…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Uncontrolled DCD vs DBD Liver Transplantation in the United States: Is it Safe to Push the Envelope?
R. A. Choudhury¹, D. Yoeli¹, H. Yaffe¹, H. B. Moore¹, G. Hoeltzel², A. Schulick¹, K. D. Conzen¹, J. J. Pomposelli¹, E. A. Pomfret¹, T. L. Nydam¹
¹Department of Surgery- Division of Transplantation Surgery, University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO, ²Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Uncontrolled donation after cardiac death (uDCD) liver transplantation has been theorized as a potential option to increase the donor pool due to the typical…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) on Long-Term Outcomes in Deceased Donor Renal Transplant Recipients with Donor Acute Kidney Injury
A. Brar¹, M. Salifu², D. Adey¹, A. Gruessner²
¹University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: Kidneys with donor acute kidney injury (AKI) are discarded at a higher rate. The purpose of the study is to assess long term renal…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Lowering Meld, Diminishing Length of Stay, and Increasing Liver Transplant Numbers Comes Through the Generosity of Others: Declined HCV-NAT Offers Subsequently Transplanted Have Excellent Outcomes
R. Gilroy, S. Sell, J. Krong, A. Gagnon, I. Zendejas, S. Fujita, M. Rodriguez, D. Alonso
Transplant Services, Intermountain Healthcare, Murray, UT
*Purpose: There is variability between programs in the acceptance of organ offers. This paper examines offer, acceptance and program performance with HCV NAT positive donor…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Acute Kidney Injury in Deceased Organ Donors and Kidney Transplant Outcomes Using a Novel Data Source
E. M. Sonnenberg, J. Hsu, J. Cohen, V. Potluri, M. H. Levine, P. L. Abt, P. P. Reese
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsyl, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: The kidney shortage necessitates innovative approaches to expand the donor pool. Acute kidney injury(AKI) is common among deceased donors and a risk factor for…