Articles tagged "Donors, non-heart-beating"

2019 American Transplant Congress
The Value of SCS Perfusate Biomarkers for Predicting DGF of DCD Donor Kidneys
X. Li, W. Wang, X. Zhang
Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
*Purpose: To explore the possibilities of simple cold stored(SCS) perfusate biomarkers predicting delayed graft function(DGF) in donor of cardiac death (DCD) kidneys.*Methods: A total of…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Outcomes Following Uncontrolled Donation after Cardiac Death Kidney Transplantation: Opportunity for Increasing Donor Pool?
R. A. Choudhury, K. Prins, D. Yoeli, H. B. Moore, T. L. Nydam
Transplant Surgery, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Uncontrolled donation after cardiac death (uDCD) represents an underutilized source of donors in the United States. However, controversy surrounding the long-term durability of uDCD…
2019 American Transplant Congress
One Organ Procurement Organization’s Uncontrolled Donation After Cardiocirculatory Death Program Increases The Donor Pool And Results In The Transplantation Of 254 Organs
R. D. Hasz, S. M. West, H. M. Nathan
Gift of Life Donor Program, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: To demonstrate that an effective DCD program can lead to an increase in the procurement of transplantable organs with satisfactory transplant outcomes from uncontrolled…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Center Practices Are the Primary Drivers of United States Donation after Circulatory Death Liver Transplantation
L. Beal¹, D. T. Nguyen², T. Menser³, S. Zajac¹, E. A. Graviss², M. J. Hobeika¹
¹Department of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, ²Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, ³Center for Outcomes Research, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX
*Purpose: We hypothesize that a few high-utilization donation after circulatory death (DCD) liver centers are the primary drivers of the dissimilar rates of DCD liver…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Unsuccessful Resuscitative Thoracotomy Patients Are Potential Kidney Donors
K. Prins¹, H. B. Moore¹, A. Sauaia¹, R. Choudhury¹, R. C. McIntyre¹, A. Cralley², S. Urban¹, E. E. Moore², E. A. Pomfret¹, T. L. Nydam¹
¹University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO, ²Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO
*Purpose: Renal transplantation remains the most effective therapy in patients with end-stage renal disease, offering exceptional survival benefits and quality of life improvement. However, a…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Variations in DCD Procurement Procedures across Opos and Their Effects on Liver Transplant Outcomes
A. P. Choubey¹, G. Mitro¹, E. J. Siskind², A. C. Ortiz³, M. Nayebpour⁴, N. Koizumi⁴, P. Wiederhold⁵, J. Ortiz¹
¹The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, ²Inova Fairfax Hospital, Fairfax, VA, ³University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, ⁴George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, ⁵Life Connection Of Ohio, Maumee, OH
*Purpose: Variations in procurement procedures across Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) may account for discrepancies in outcomes of donation after cardiac death (DCD) liver transplants. We…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Temporal Trends Following Uncontrolled Donation after Cardiac Death Kidney Transplantation: Implications for Normothermic Regional Perfusion?
R. A. Choudhury, K. Prins, D. Yoeli, H. B. Moore, T. L. Nydam
Transplant Surgery, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Kidney transplantation following uncontrolled donation after cardiac (uDCD) remains an underutilized resource in the United States when compared to controlled DCD (cDCD) which has…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Adult Lung Transplant Recipients of Donation after Circulatory Death Allografts in the US
W. S. Cherikh¹, J. Stehlik², A. Sadavarte¹, D. Van Raemdonck³
¹United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ²University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, ³University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
*Purpose: This analysis was performed to compare outcomes of adult lung (LU) transplant (TX) recipients of donation after circulatory death (DCD) and donation after brain…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Outcomes of DCD Kidneys Recovered with vs. without Pre-Recovery Heparin Administration
J. Narvaez, L. Kayler
Division of Transplantation, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
*Purpose: DCD kidney transplants are associated with higher rates of delayed graft function (DGF) and primary non-function (PNF) likely due to ischemic events during recovery.…
2019 American Transplant Congress
External Validation of the DCD-N Score and a Linear Prediction Model to Identify Potential Candidates for Donation after Circulatory Death: A Nation-Wide Cohort Study
M. F. Nijhoff¹, R. A. Pol¹, M. Volbeda¹, A. M. Kotsopoulos², J. P. Sonneveld³, J. van Dongen⁴, W. F. Abdo⁵, V. Silderhuis⁶, C. Moers¹
¹Surgery – Organ Donation and Transplantation, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ²Department of Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Elisabeth Twee Steden Hospital, Tilburg, Netherlands, ³Department of ICU, Isala, Zwolle, Netherlands, ⁴Department of ICU, Catharina hospital, Eindhoven, Netherlands, ⁵Department of ICU, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁶Department of ICU, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
*Purpose: Donation after circulatory death (DCD) is most often a controlled procedure after planned withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment (WLST) at an intensive care unit. In…