Articles tagged "Donors, unrelated"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Transplantation of Kidneys from Hepatitis C Infected Donors to Hepatitis C Negative Recipients
M. Z. Molnar, O. Cseprekal, M. Yazawa, M. Talwar, V. Balaraman, V. Mas, D. Maluf, R. Helmick, L. Campos, N. Nezakatgoo, C. Eymard, P. Horton, R. Verma, A. Jenkins, C. R. Handley, H. Snyder, C. Cummings, U. A. Agbim, B. Maliakkal, S. K. Satapathy, S. P. Nair, J. D. Eason
Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute, Memphis, TN
*Purpose: There are no data on the safety of kidney transplantation from hepatitis C (HCV) NAT positive donors to HCV naïve recipients. We report the…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Deceased Donor Predictors for Pediatric Liver Allograft Utilization and Outcome of the Use of Paediatric Donor Livers in Adult Recipients
S. Huang, C. Sun, X. He, Z. Guo, G. Chen
Organ Transplant Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of SYSU, Guangzhou, China
*Purpose: We determined to find out the utilization rate of pediatric livers, identify risk factors for graft discard and analyse the outcomes of adult liver…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Hope Act Donors With Organs Recovered For Transplant: The First Two Years
W. A. Werbel, O. Kusemiju, B. Barnaba, M. Bowring, B. Doby, C. Kirby, R. Fernandez, Y. Eby, J. Miller, D. Brown, S. Seaman, D. Ostrander, A. Tobian, D. Segev, C. M. Durand
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: The HOPE Act expands the potential deceased donor pool to include HIV+ donors (HIV D+) and donors with false-positive (FP) HIV screens. The objective…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Perception Of Hospital Staff On Transplant: Pre And Post-intervention
J. Wise¹, A. Sarvestani¹, K. Briggs², J. Malik², M. Ott³, L. Markham³, H. Wilkins³, D. Neel², C. Richart⁴, J. Foxworth¹, M. Moncure²
¹University of Missouri - Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, ²Department of Surgery, University of Missouri - Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, ³Midwest Transplant Network, Kansas City, MO, ⁴Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville, GA
*Purpose: A primary component in managing potential organ donors is working effectively and collaboratively in the multidisciplinary environment of the ICU. Fundamentals of Critical Care…
2019 American Transplant Congress
What Are You Smoking? The Impact of Donor Drug Use on Long Term Survival Post-Transplant
D. A. Baran¹, A. Long¹, J. T. Lansinger², H. Copeland³, J. M. Herre¹, W. Old¹, G. Zeevi¹, C. Barreiro¹, C. Kemp¹, B. H. Smith¹, K. Stelling¹, A. Ingemi¹, P. Bourassa¹, J. Philpott¹
¹Sentara Heart Hospital, Norfolk, VA, ²Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, ³Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
*Purpose: Drug use is a common aspect in the history of heart transplant donors. Whether prior or current drug use is associated with inferior post…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Physician Trust and Hypertension Treatment Adherence among Living Kidney Donors in the United States
J. S. Wilson Jr¹, L. Cooper², M. Johnson², M. Waldram², Y. Yu², J. Perkins², D. Crews², N. Lacy³, M. Henderson², A. Massie², K. Lentine⁴, D. Segev², T. Purnell²
¹Williams College, Williamstown, MA, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, ⁴St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO
*Purpose: Among living kidney donors who develop hypertension (HTN), little is known about racial/ethnic differences in the relationship between physician trust levels and adherence to…
2019 American Transplant Congress
How Do We Choose? Predicting Utilization Of Cardiac Donors And The Effect Of Era
D. A. Baran¹, J. T. Lansinger², A. Long², J. Philpott³, H. Copeland⁴, W. Old³, G. Zeevi³, C. Barreiro³, C. Kemp³, B. H. Smith³, K. Stelling³, A. Ingemi³, P. Bourassa³, J. M. Herre³
¹Sentara Heart Hospital, Virginia Beach, VA, ²Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, ³Sentara Heart Hospital, Norfolk, VA, ⁴University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
*Purpose: The number of patients on the heart transplant waitlist continues to rise. However, the rate of organ acceptance is only about 1/3 of all…
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…