Articles tagged "Donors, non-heart-beating"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Pushing the Limits: A Large Multicentric Case-Control Study Evaluating the Impact of Kidney Transplants from Expanded Criteria Donors after Controlled Circulatory Death the Limits: A Large Multicentric Case-Control Study Evaluating the Impact of Kidney Transplants from Expanded Criteria Donors after Controlled Circulatory Death
N. Toapanta¹, R. Alvarez², G. Lluís³, C. Facundo³, F. Diekmann⁴, I. Revuelta⁴, M. Meneghini², F. Moreso¹, O. Bestard²
¹Kidney Transplantation Unit, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, ²Kidney Transplantation Unit, Bellvitge University Hospital- IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat. Barcelona, Spain, ³Kidney Transplantation Unit, Puigvert University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Kidney Transplantation Unit, Clinic University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
*Purpose: Controlled donation after circulatory death (cDCD) has allowed to significantly increase the deceased donors pool. However, while excellent previous reports have been shown using…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Expanding the Donor Pool with Extended Criteria DCD Livers
P. Mihaylov¹, B. Ekser², R. Mangus², J. Fridell², D. Soma², C. Kubal²
¹Indiana Univ School of Medicine, Pavia Univ School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ²Indiana Univ School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Utilization of extended criteria donation after circulatory death (ECD DCD) livers has remained cautious due to potentially worse outcomes because of higher rates of…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) Predicts the Risk of Graft Loss in Patients with a Kidney Transplant from Maastricht Type III Asystolic Donors
V. Lopez Jimenez, C. Casas, P. Ruiz-Esteban, M. Cabello, E. Sola, P. Hidalgo, J. Alonso, M. González-Molina, D. Hernandez
Nephrology, H.R.U Carlos Haya, Málaga, Spain
*Purpose: Recent years have seen an increase in the number of kidney transplants (KT) from Maastricht type III asystolic donors, resulting in the acceptance criteria…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Wide Geographic Variability in the Proportion of Donors with Cardiac Death – Lost Opportunities for Organ Donation?
E. M. Sonnenberg¹, D. S. Goldberg², J. Y. Hsu³, P. P. Reese², P. L. Abt¹
¹Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Donation after cardiac death (DCD) donors are largely not considered by organ procurement organization (OPO) metrics, as DCD donors are only counted in donor…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplants Following Donation after Circulatory Death and Donation after Brain Death Have Similar Early Outcomes
M. Hobeika¹, D. Nguyen², E. Graviss², A. Gaber¹, H. Podder¹, S. Yi¹, S. Kuten³, S. Patel³, R. Knight¹
¹J.C. Walter, Jr. Transplant Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, ²Center for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, ³Pharmacy, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Donation after circulatory death (DCD) is common in the US, comprising 18.3% of the deceased donor pool in 2017. Recipient outcomes following DCD kidney…