Articles tagged "Donors, marginal"

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…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Geographic Variation in Characteristics of High-KDPI Donors
G. R. Vece¹, A. Wilk¹, N. Turgeon²
¹United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ²Dell Seton Medical Center, Austin, TX
*Purpose: The kidney donor profile index (KDPI) was incorporated into kidney allocation in the United States in 2014, and discard rates for high-KDPI donors (86-100%)…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Severity of Glomerulosclerosis on Long-Term Outcomes in Deceased Donor Renal Transplant Recipients with Donor Acute Kidney Injury
A. Brar¹, A. Gruessner², D. Adey¹, M. Salifu²
¹University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: With long waitlist times for renal transplantation,there is a need to reduce discard rates of donor kidneys.The purpose of this study is to assess…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for Bacterial or Candidal Donor-Derived Infections among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
J. A. Anesi¹, E. Lautenbach¹, J. H. Han², D. H. Lee³, H. Clauss⁴, R. Hasz⁵, E. Molnar⁴, D. Alimenti¹, A. R. Motzer⁴, S. West⁵, W. B. Bilker¹, P. Tolomeo¹, E. A. Blumberg¹, T. Prevention Epicenters Program⁶
¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²GlaxoSmithKline, Rockville, MD, ³Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Gift of Life Donor Program, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: Donor-derived infections (DDIs) among solid organ transplant recipients (SOTR) are often associated with significant morbidity and mortality, although the predisposing factors for DDIs remain…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Successful Transplantation Outcomes Utilizing Deceased Donorswith Acute Kidney Injury
A. Harshman, L. Preczewski, M. Muldoon, G. Guerra
Kidney and Kidney/Pancreas Transplant, Miami Transplant Institute, Miami, FL
*Purpose: Kidneys from deceased donors with acute kidney injury (AKI) are discarded at a higher rate than those without AKI, exacerbating the organ shortage crisis.…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Creating a Patient Website to Search for Transplant Centers: www.transplantcentersearch.org
C. R. Schaffhausen¹, S. Chu², M. Bruin³, A. Matas⁴, M. Hertz⁵, C. Martin⁵, J. Lake⁶, W. Kim⁷, S. Biggins⁸, J. J. Snyder⁹, B. L. Kasiske⁹, A. K. Israni¹⁰
¹Hennepin Heathcare Research Institute (HHRI), Minneapolis, MN, ²College of Design, University of Minnesota (UMN), Saint Paul, MN, ³College of Design, UMN, Saint Paul, MN, ⁴Department of Surgery, UMN, Minneapolis, MN, ⁵Department of Medicine, UMN, Minneapolis, MN, ⁶Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, UMN, Minneapolis, MN, ⁷Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁸Division of Hepatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁹Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis, MN, ¹⁰Department of Medicine, HHRI, UMN, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) data was used to create a website with a tailored decision guide to help inform patient decisions…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Surgery Continuing Professional Development Courses Increase Knowledge and Procedural Confidence
M. J. Hobeika¹, T. Menser², A. Kassam³, T. C. Rice⁴, T. S. Diwan³
¹Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, ²Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, ³University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴Washington University, St. Louis, MO
*Purpose: Continuing professional development (CPD) workshops are emerging to fill critical knowledge and skill gaps in both surgical trainees and practicing surgeons. The ASTS has…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Procurement Biopsy Technique Does Not Determine Histologic Accuracy
V. Shah, K. King, S. Coley, G. Dube, D. Cohen, S. Mohan, S. Husain
Medicine-Nephrology, Columbia University, New York, NY
*Purpose:Procurement biopsies (PBx) are commonly used to evaluate the quality of deceased donor kidneys (DDK). However, the validity of PBx biopsy interpretation has been questioned,…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of High KDPI Kidneys in Selected Recipients at a Large Center
J. Pagan, L. Preczewski, M. Muldoon, L. Mendez, A. Harshman, E. Shipman, G. Guerra
Miami Transplant Institute, Miami, FL
*Purpose: Kidneys from donors with high KDPI’s are frequently discarded due to concerns about short- and long-term outcomes. Despite the decreased graft survival of these…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Do Higher Remuzzi Scores Make Good Kidneys Bad? Examining Histologic Criteria within the Framework of Single Kidney Transplantation
V. Fleetwood¹, C. Kensinger², C. Papageorge¹, D. Aufhauser¹, P. Pasha¹, G. Leverson³, B. Welch¹, D. Foley¹
¹Department of Transplantation, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ²Department of Transplantation, Piedmont Transplant Center, Atlanta, GA, ³Department of Statistics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: The Remuzzi score (RS), a histologic tool to assess chronic allograft damage, can guide allocation to single (SKT) or dual (DKT) kidney implantation. RS…