2020 American Transplant Congress
Improving Consent Rate for High Kidney Donor Profile Index Kidneys
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
*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
*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
*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
*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
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
*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…2020 American Transplant Congress
Multi- National Survey among Nephrologists & Transplant Surgeons about the Suitability and Acceptance of the Marginal Live Kidney Donors with Mild Hypertension
*Purpose: There is variability among transplant centers in the acceptance of living donor candidates with well-controlled hypertension. Increased gestational hypertension and preeclampsia are more common…2020 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Outcomes of Single Kidney Transplants from Small Pediatric Donors
Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
*Purpose: On September 5th, 2019, UNOS implemented an important policy change in the allocation of kidneys from small pediatric donors. In trying to balance achieving…2020 American Transplant Congress
Organ Offer Behavioral Research Enhances Transplant Surgeon Training
*Purpose: Due to the complexities of fielding organ offers, the 2019 ASTS 2nd Year Surgical Fellows Symposium’s agenda included multiple sessions devoted to training on…
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