Articles tagged "Donors, unrelated"

2021 American Transplant Congress
The Landscape of Non-Directed Living Liver Donation in the United States
L. R. Herbst, L. Zeiser, A. Massie, K. Herrick Reynolds, E. King, A. Gurakar, D. L. Segev, J. Garonzik Wang, A. M. Cameron
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Non-directed donation (NDD) for kidney transplantation has increased substantially over the past decade, however the landscape of NDD for liver transplantation has yet not…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Immunologic Benefits of Maternal Living Donor Allografts in Pediatric Liver Transplantation: Less Rejection Episodes and No Evidence of De Novo Allosensitization
A. Barbetta¹, G. Meeberg², B. Rocque¹, S. Barhouma³, S. Gilmour⁴, F. Faytrouni⁵, O. Guttman⁵, P. Campbell⁴, J. Shapiro², J. Emamaullee¹
¹Surgery, Abdominal Transplant, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ²Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁵University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
*Purpose: Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) offers improved graft and patient survival in pediatric liver transplant (LT) recipients. Prior studies have suggested immunological advantage when…
2021 American Transplant Congress
A Pediatric Liver Allograft with an Occult Urea Cycle Defect Carrier Mutation Causing Delayed Graft Function and Metabolic Crisis After Liver Transplantation
A. Peters, M. Rezvani, C. Prada, K. Campbell
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: We report an interesting case of delayed graft function following pediatric liver transplantation, which was attributed to previously unrecognized urea cycle carrier genetic defect…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Community- Targeted Educational Campaign on Living Donor Transplants
S. Ganesh, A. Humar
Transplant, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: There is an urgent need to expand access to living donor liver transplants due to a wide gap in the availability of deceased donor…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Donor Risk Index: Significance as a Predictor of Kidney Transplant Outcomes Beyond Allograft Survival, Analysis of 18 Adjusted Regression Models Involving Adult Deceased Donor Kidney Recipients
A. Santos, E. Bueno, M. A. Leghrouz
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
*Purpose: We aimed to study the role of kidney donor recipient index (KDRI) as a predictor for multiple transplant-related outcomes in adult deceased-donor (DD) kidney…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes After Liver Transplantation With Steatotic Grafts: Redefining Acceptable Cutoffs for Moderately Steatotic Grafts
B. L. Da¹, J. Satiya², R. P. Heda³, Y. Jiang⁴, L. Lau⁵, A. Fahmy¹, A. Winnick¹, N. Roth¹, E. Grodstein¹, P. J. Thuluvath⁶, A. K. Singal⁷, T. D. Schiano⁸, L. W. Teperman¹, S. K. Satapathy¹
¹Liver Disease, Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, ²Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ³Tulane Medical Center, Memphis, TN, ⁴The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, ⁵Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, ⁶University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁷Liver Disease, Avera McKenna University Health Center and Transplant Institute, Manhasset, NY, ⁸Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, NY
*Purpose: Graft macro-steatosis can predispose to worse graft survival. Our objective was to redefine acceptable cutoffs for graft steatosis using the national database.*Methods: Data of…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Development of a New Kidney Paired Donation (KPD) Program: Starting a Domino Chain with a Deceased Donor
L. Furian¹, C. Di Bella², C. Silvestre², F. Neri², F. Tuci², M. Cardillo³, E. Cozzi⁴, P. Rigotti¹
¹Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation Unit, University of Padova, Padua, Italy, ²Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation Unit, University of Padova, Italy, Italy, ³Italian National Transplant Center, Rome, Rome, Italy, ⁴Transplant Immunology Unit, Padova University-Hospital, Padua, Padua, Italy
*Purpose: The option of initiating a domino chain of living donor kidney transplants with a deceased donor (DD) has been proposed but never enforced. The…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Mobile Application for Communication Increases the Efficiency of Organ Procurement and Transplantation
E. Pahl
Health Informatics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
*Purpose: Donor organ recovery is a complex process involving organ procurement organizations and multiple surgical teams from various transplant centers. According to the Organ Preservation…
2020 American Transplant Congress
HCV-Positive Donors Are Healthier and Inequitably Utilized in the United States
B. L. Da, T. Kushner, G. Kakked, J. Crismale, G. Ezaz, T. Schiano, B. Saberi
Liver Disease, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
*Purpose: Increased utilization of HCV-positive (HCV+) liver allografts has been endorsed as a solution to the national organ shortage. Due to the opioid epidemic, there…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Financial Concerns of Non-Directed (Altruistic) Living Kidney Donors – How Can We Improve the Donation Process?
A. Maghen¹, G. Mendoza¹, G. B. Vargas¹, S. E. Connor¹, S. Nassiri¹, L. Kwan¹, E. L. Wood¹, J. Lalezari¹, S. Friedman¹, A. D. Waterman², S. George³, S. L. Maliski⁴, J. L. Veale¹
¹Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²Nephrology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ³Community Health Sciences, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Office of the Dean, University of Kansas Medical Center School of Nursing, Kansas City, KS
*Purpose: The recent increase in non-directed (altruistic) kidney donors (NDDs) in the United States (U.S.) suggests their potential to help reduce the overburdened kidney transplant…