2020 American Transplant Congress
HCV-Positive Donors Are Healthier and Inequitably Utilized in the United States
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?
*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…2020 American Transplant Congress
A Stroke Volume-Based Fluid Resuscitation Protocol Decreases Vasopressor Support and Increases Organ Yield in Brain-Dead Donors
Mid-America Transplant, St Louis, MO
*Purpose: Brain-dead donors are frequently hypovolemic and hypotensive requiring vasopressor support. The goal of fluid resuscitation is to increase perfusion and oxygen delivery and avoid…2020 American Transplant Congress
Why Donate to a Stranger? Exploring the Major Motivations of 31 Non-Directed (Altruistic) Living Kidney Donors
*Purpose: With the steady increase in the number of non-directed donors (NDDs) in the U.S. in the past decade, understanding their motivations may help better…2020 American Transplant Congress
Empowering Recipients Through a Champion Program: A Life Saving Initiative
Transplantation, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT
*Purpose: Our purpose was to increase access to living donor kidney transplantation for patients referred at our center. With our interventions, our patients and their…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Eplet-Mismatch Landscape in Kidney Patients and Deceased Donors in British Columbia
*Purpose: Minimizing quantitative donor/recipient mismatch at the HLA epitope level may optimize graft outcomes in renal transplantation, but the degree to which optimal matching can…2019 American Transplant Congress
Deceased Donor Vascularized Abdominal Wall Allograft Procurement – Lessons Learned from Early Experiences
Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Vascularized abdominal wall allografts (AWA), which protect solid organs in patients with loss of abdominal domain or extensive abdominal wall damage, remain an essential…2019 American Transplant Congress
Reevaluating Cut-Off Points for the Expansion of Deceased Donor Criteria for Kidney Transplantation in Japan
*Purpose: A shortage of donors poses a serious problem for organ transplantation around the world. In response, the concept of the Expanded Criteria Donor (ECD)…2019 American Transplant Congress
Determinants of Allograft Injury during Procurement in Deceased Donors
*Purpose: With the ever enlarging list of potential recipients on the transplant list, the need for deceased donor organs has become critical. Avoiding injury to…2019 American Transplant Congress
Living Donor Renal Transplantation without Any Induction Immunosuppression in Spousal Donors – Single Center Experience
Nephrology & Transplantation, Malabar Instiute of Medical Sciences, Calicut, India
*Purpose: Renal transplantation in India is primarily driven by living related donation; parents and spouse constitute 70% of donors in India. Some centres use induction…
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