Articles tagged "Donors, unrelated"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Changes in Body Composition One Year after Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy in Living Kidney Donors
H. Fukuhara¹, Y. Watarai¹, S. Narumi¹, N. Goto¹, T. Hiramitsu¹, M. Okada¹, K. Futamura¹, T. Tomosugi¹, A. Kanda¹, T. Nawano¹, N. Tsuchiya²
¹Department of Transplant Nephrology and Surgery, Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, Myoukentyou, Japan, ²Department of Urology, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata City, Iidanishi, Japan
*Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of surgery on living donors’ body composition and to clarify the factors related to…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Using HCV Infected Organs and the Challenge of Third-Party Payers
R. Daloul, A. Michaels, L. Sobotka, T. Pesavento, K. Washburn
Comprhensive Transplant Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
*Purpose: The practice of transplanting organs from hepatitis C viremic donors (HCV NAT+) into negative recipients hinges on the ability to ensure direct acting antiviral…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Utilization of Hepatitis C Viremic Donors in Liver Transplantation. A Single Center Experience
R. Cohen, N. Chandolias*, K. Khanmoradi, S. Campos, H. Kaul, J. Walter, S. Rossi, V. Navarro, R. Zaki
Department of Digestive Disease and Transplantation, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: The evolution of effective direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy for hepatitis C virus (HCV), in the setting of the well recognized organ shortage and the…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Estimating Opioid-Related Deaths from Toxicology Reports
C. Martinez, A. M. Zehner, A. Placona
United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: The “Drug Intoxication” mechanism of death from the DDR is a proxy for opioid-related death. Previous investigations have leveraged this proxy to assess impact…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Compatible Pairs- Providingan Option to Upgrade
V. Chipman¹, M. Cooper², S. Flechner³, G. Hil⁴, D. Leeser⁵, D. Mandelbrot⁶, M. Ronin⁴, D. Segev⁷, S. Syed⁸, A. Thomas⁹, A. Waterman¹⁰, G. R. Roll¹¹
¹Kidney Transplant, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ²Georgertown, Washington, DC, ³Cleavland Clinic, Cleavland, OH, ⁴NKR, Babylon, NY, ⁵East Carolina Univ, Greenville, NC, ⁶University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ⁷Johns Hopkins, Boltimore, MD, ⁸UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁹Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁰UCLA and Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, ¹¹Surgery, Division of Transplant, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Compatible pairs (CPs) can enter an exchange program instead of donating directly. These pairs increase transplants (txp) by providing additional donors within an exchange…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Analysis of Pre-Transplant Resuscitation Factors Influencing Immediate Graft Function after Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation
S. Park
General Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: The management of a deceased donor in the intensive care unit before organ transplantation is important for the outcome of the recipient. Herein, we…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Compatible Pairs in Paired Kidney Exchange – Are There Winners and Loosers?
V. Chipman¹, B. Lee¹, M. Cooper², M. C. Cuffy³, M. Ronin⁴, G. Hil⁴, S. Flechner⁵, A. Thomas⁶, D. A. Mandelbrot⁷, A. D. Waterman⁸, C. E. Freise¹, G. R. Roll¹
¹UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ²Georgetown Univ, Washington, DC, ³UC Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴NKR, Babylon, NY, ⁵Cleavland Clinic, Cleavland, OH, ⁶Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, ⁷Univ of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ⁸UCLA and Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: To understand patterns of participation for compatible pairs and their impact in increasing paired donation in a national registry.*Methods: Favorable pairs (FP) are defined…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Are We Underestimating The Number Of Paired Kidney Exchange Transplants In The United States? Relationship Insights From The National Kidney Registry
A. Thomas¹, A. Shaffer², D. Segev²
¹Epidemiology, UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Despite an overall decline in the number of living donor kidney transplants (LDKTs) since 2005, Kidney Paired Donation (KPD) rates have increased over the…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Social Loafing: Distribution of Kidneys with Multiple Renal Arteries in a National Paired Kidney Exchange Program
G. R. Roll¹, W. Irish², M. Cooper³, M. Ronin⁴, G. Hil⁴, A. D. Waterman⁵, D. B. Leeser²
¹UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ²ECU, Greenville, NC, ³Georgetown Univ, Washington, DC, ⁴NKR, Babylon, NY, ⁵UCLA and Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: To describe the distribution and outcomes after kidney transplantation of multiple renal artery kidneys (MRAK) in a national exchange program.*Methods: We retrospectively reviewed donor…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Improving the Organ Donation Process: Updated
J. Yeh, M. P. Jarrett, L. Teperman
Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, NY
*Purpose: Due to the complexity of care that each ICU patient requires, the bedside nurse may miss the clinical trigger that would indicate an appropriate…