Articles tagged "Donors, non-heart-beating"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Initial North American Experience in Renal Transplantation from Medical Assistance in Dying Donors
M. A. Levine, S. Sami, A. Sener, P. Luke
Surgery, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada
*Purpose: In 2016, Canadian federal legislation was passed creating a regulatory framework for medical assistance in dying (MAiD) for individuals who are suffering from a…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Increased Mitochondrial Metabolic Enzymes are Associated with Superior Kidney Function after Normothermic Ex-Vivo Kidney Perfusion-A Proteomics Study
C. McEvoy¹, S. Clotet-Freixas¹, T. Tokar², C. Pastrello², S. Reid³, I. Batruch⁴, A. RaoPeters⁵, P. Urbanellis¹, M. Kaths¹, S. Farkona¹, J. Van³, B. Urquhart⁵, I. Jurisica², L. Robinson⁶, M. Selzner¹, A. Konvalinka¹
¹Toronto General Hospital Research Institute and Multi-Organ Transplant, UHN, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Krembil Research Institute, UHN, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Dept. of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Institute, UHN, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, UWO, London, ON, Canada, ⁶The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Kidneys donated after circulatory death (DCD) contribute significantly to the donor pool, but have inferior outcomes. Normothermic ex-vivo kidney perfusion (NEVKP) results in significantly…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Donation after Circulatory Death Allografts on Outcomes Following Liver Re-Transplantation in the United States
S. Kumar¹, S. Lin², J. D. Schold²
¹Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, ²Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Scarcity of donor organs in liver transplantation (LT) has necessitated consideration of donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors. Complications following LT and disease recurrence…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Incidence of Autoresuscitation in Donation after Cardiac Death Donors
C. W. Koo¹, R. A. Helmick¹, K. Van Frank², K. Gilley², J. D. Eason¹
¹UTHSC / Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute, Memphis, TN, ²Mid South Transplant Foundation, Memphis, TN
*Purpose: Donation after cardiac death (DCD) donors are subject to an observation period after asystole to monitor for cardiopulmonary autoresuscitation (AR). Periods vary between and…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Delayed Graft Function on Allograft Survival in DCD versus DBD Kidneys
T. Ishaque, A. B. Massie, J. Ruck, C. Holscher, J. G. Wang, D. L. Segev
Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Several single-center studies have suggested no link between delayed graft function (DGF) and graft survival in recipients of donation after cardiac death (DCD) kidneys,…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Pancreas Transplant Alone Using Donation After Cardiac Death Donors Has Similar Outcomes As Donation After Brain Death Donors
K. Espinoza¹, D. Wall¹, K. L. Lentine², J. R. Wellen¹, D. Hammad¹, D. C. Brennan³, T. Alhamad¹
¹Washinton University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, ²Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, ³Johns Hopkins University, St. Louis, MO
*Purpose: While outcomes of pancreas transplants are improving, there is a persistent hesitancy to use pancreas organs procured in the context of donation after cardiac…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Finding Opportunities for Increased Donation after Circulatory Death Liver Utilization: Results of an American Society of Transplant Surgeons/Association of Organ Procurement Organizations Survey
M. Hobeika¹, R. Glazner², D. Foley¹, S. Hanish¹, C. Quintini¹, E. Eidbo², D. Axelrod¹
¹American Society of Transplant Surgeons DCD Task Force, Arlington, VA, ²Association of Organ Procurement Organizations, Vienna, VA
*Purpose: Liver allografts from donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors remain underutilized in the U.S. Improved utilization requires expanded potential donor identification by organ procurement…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Association Of Kdpi And Dgf With Dcd Kidney Transplants Outcomes
M. Sampaio, B. Abdalla, S. Bunnapradist
David Geffen Sch of Med at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Donors of circulatory death (DCD) have similar outcomes compared to donors of brain death (DBD) in kidney transplants. It is unclear if this is…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Microsteatosis in Livers from Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD) Donors is Associated with Inferior Graft and Patient Survival Following Liver Transplantation (LTX)
N. Bath, G. Leverson, D. Foley
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: The current theory is that severe macrosteatosis (MaS) (>50%) in livers recovered from donation after brain death (DBD) donors leads to increased rates of…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Donation after Cardiac Simultaneous Liver-Kidney: An Updated Perspective
R. Nunez, P. Morgan, A. Mathur, K. S. Reddy, A. Moss, B. Aqel, C. Jadlowiec
Mayo Clinic AZ, Phoenix, AZ
*Purpose: Historically, the outcomes from donation after cardiac death (DCD) donors have been shown to be inferior as compared to those of donation after brain…