Articles tagged "Donors, marginal"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Effects of Donor Heavy Alcohol Use on Post-Heart Transplant Outcomes: Time to Abstain?
J. Patel, M. Kittleson, D. Chang, E. Kransdorf, D. Geft, A. Shen, K. Nishihara, G. Jamero, L. Czer, F. Esmailian, J. Kobashigawa
Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Donors with a history of heavy alcohol use have been suspected to possibly harbor a subclinical alcoholic cardiomyopathy with limited cardiac reserve. This problem…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Evolution of Molecular MMDx Scores after Kidney Transplantationin Different Donor Categories
P. Hruba¹, K. S. Madill-Thomsen², M. Mackova², J. Maluskova³, E. Honsova³, J. Slatinska⁴, P. F. Halloran², O. Viklicky⁴
¹Transplant Laboratory, IKEM, Prague, Czech Republic, ²ATAGC, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³Department of Pathology, IKEM, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁴Department of Nephrology, IKEM, Prague, Czech Republic
*Purpose: The outcome of kidney transplantation is highly affected by donor category. Little is known about molecular processes which may underline this phenomenon.*Methods: Using Molecular…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Predicting Kidney Allograft Discard: The Kidney Discard Risk Index
M. B. Price, M. Joshi, T. Zhang, J. Vierling, T. Galvan, R. Cotton, C. O'Mahony, J. Goss, A. Rana
Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: The disparity between the supply and demand for kidney allografts is exacerbated by an 18.9% discard rate. It is our aim to determine predictors…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Risk Aversion in Lung Transplantation: Organ Procurement Organizations Differ in Willingness to Pursue Non-Ideal Donor Organs
S. E. Halpern¹, A. McConnell², S. Peskoe², V. Raman³, O. K. Jawitz³, A. Y. Choi¹, J. C. Haney³, J. A. Klapper³, M. G. Hartwig³
¹Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ²Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ³Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Lungs from non-ideal deceased donors are disproportionally discarded despite evidence that waitlisted candidates benefit from use of these organs. Organ procurement organizations (OPOs) individually…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Long Term Outcomes Following Uncontrolled and Controlled Donation after Cardiac Death Liver Transplantation in the United States
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: Poor short-term outcomes following uncontrolled donation after cardiac death (uDCD) liver transplantation has led to near non-utilization of such donor allografts in the modern…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Multi- National Survey among Nephrologists & Transplant Surgeons about the Suitability and Acceptance of the Marginal Live Kidney Donors Regarding Urological Issues
Z. Arabi¹, M. A. Bukhari², S. Kaysi³, A. R. Altheaby¹, E. A. Elhassan¹, A. A. Mateen¹, M. I. Abdalla¹, M. Gafar¹, S. A. Alam¹, N. Abdulmajeed⁴, A. Alkurdi⁵, A. Hamad⁶
¹KAMC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ²Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia, ³CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Saint Pryv/ Saint Mesmin, France, ⁴PSMMC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ⁵University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶The Regional Medical Center, Orangeburg, SC
*Purpose: Living donor kidney transplant is the primary modality of renal transplants in many countries. However, donors frequently present with some challenging conditions like some…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Negative Impact of Inherent Oxidative Stress in Marginal Lungs on Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion
K. Noda¹, B. J. Philips¹, M. Velayutham², T. Harano¹, P. Reck dos Santos¹, S. Shiva², P. G. Sanchez¹
¹Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
*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
P. Vaitla, F. H. Cabeza Rivera, W. Cheungpasitporn, F. Koller, P. Matemavi, J. Wynn
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
Easier Said Than Done? Stated versus Actual Usage of Less-Than-Ideal Kidneys
D. Stewart, H. McGehee, J. Rosendale, D. Klassen
United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Despite long candidate waiting times and a persistent supply to demand gap, less-than-ideal (LTI) kidneys continue to be underutilized in the U.S. Usage rates…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Outcome of and Risk Factor for Pancreas Transplants with Marginal Donors
A. Gruessner, S. Saggi, J. Renz, R. Gruessner
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…