2020 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplant with Donation after Cardiac Death versus Donation after Brain Death Donors: Survival and Outcomes at 10 Years
1Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, 2Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
*Purpose: This observational study utilizes the SRTR database to assess liver transplant outcomes after Donation after Cardiac Death (DCD) versus Donation after Brain Death (DBD)…2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Liver Graft Preservation Methods on the Gut Microbiome and Metabolome
*Purpose: Normothermic ex-vivo liver perfusion (NEVLP) is a powerful platform for organ preservation and assessment. It induces metabolic reactivation that potentially helps clear accumulated toxic…2020 American Transplant Congress
A Simple Scoring System for Risk Stratification in Liver Transplantation after Donor Liver Biopsy
Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Macrosteatosis (MaS) identified on donor liver biopsy (DLBx) influences organ utilization but alone is not predictive of outcomes following liver transplantation (LT). Here we…2020 American Transplant Congress
Safely Increasing the Number of Renal Transplants Performed in a Small Center Through the Use of Acute Kidney Injury Donors
*Purpose: New Mexico is medically underserved state with a significant end-stage renal disease population. This study aims to further demonstrate the safety of utilizing AKI…2020 American Transplant Congress
Hepatologist and Surgeon Experiences Counseling Liver Transplant Candidates for an Organ Offer Decision
*Purpose: Liver transplant candidates receive counseling during evaluations to understand donor risk factors. After long periods on the waitlist, candidates who receive an offer for…2020 American Transplant Congress
Highly Effective Short Course Therapy to Prevent Infection after Transplantation from HCV-Infected Organ Donors to Uninfected Recipients across Multiple Organ Types
*Purpose: An increasing percentage of potential organ donors are infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). Establishment of HCV infection in uninfected recipients is near-universal with…2020 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Specificity and Sensitivity of Clinical Viability Criteria to Assess Transplantability of High-Risk Donor Livers
*Purpose: Normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) of the liver allows objective assessment before transplantation. To date, Birmingham (BC), Cambridge (CC) and Groningen Criteria (GC; Table 1A)…2020 American Transplant Congress
One Organ Procurement Organization Coordinates 43% of All Uncontrolled Donation after Circulatory Determination of Death Donors Recovered in the United States Over 24 Years
Gift of Life Donor Program, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: An IOM report published in 2006 estimated that 22,000 potential uncontrolled Donation after Circulatory Determination of Death (uDCDD) donors die each year in the…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Donor Transaminase Levels on Graft Survival Following Liver Transplantation: An OPTN Database Analysis
*Purpose: The scarcity of organs for liver transplantation (LT) does not meet the increased demand for donor grafts. Although the outcomes of LT utilizing grafts…2020 American Transplant Congress
Safety of A2 Incompatible Kidney Transplantation in Donors with Acute Kidney Injury
Abdominal Transplant, Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY
*Purpose: Kidneys with donor acute kidney injury (AKI) are frequently discarded. We aimed to study the outcomes of A2 incompatible kidney transplantation from donors with…
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