Articles tagged "Donors, unrelated"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Sex, Race, Social Networks, and Requests for Living Donation
A. Gillespie¹, H. Gardiner², E. L. Fink³, P. P. Reese⁴, C. Gadegbeku¹, Z. Obradovic⁵
¹Nephrology, Hypertension, and Kidney Transplantation, Lewis Katz School of Medicine Temple Universiy, Philadelphia, PA, ²College of Public Health, Temple Universiy, Philadelphia, PA, ³Communication and Social influence, Temple University Klein College of Media and Communication, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵College of Computer and Information Sciences, Temple Universiy, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Little is known about the social networks of End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) patients even though the members of these networks are most likely…
2019 American Transplant Congress
An Interesting Case of Proteinuria in Living Kidney Donor
A. Yadav, W. Maley, P. Singh
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Evaluation for proteinuria is vital to assess suitability for live kidney donation. Living unrelated donor with orthostatic proteinuria was evaluated. This case highlights importance…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Donor Exclusions and Shifting Trends in Living Liver Donor Evaluations: A Single Center Experience
S. Ganesh, M. Molinari, A. Tevar, C. Hughes, A. Humar
Transplant Surgery, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Not many studies have reported the donor exclusion rates and reason for their decline in US. We aim to report the breakdown of donor…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Power of Young Donor Liver; Elixir of Life for Sick Liver Transplant Recipient
J. Kusakabe¹, J. McVey², D. J. Firl², M. Fujiki², F. N. Aucejo², C. Quintini², K. Hashimoto², K. Sasaki²
¹Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, ²Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Department of General Surgery, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Young donor organs are known to have significant prognostic benefits in liver transplantation (LT). However, details of short- and long-term prognostic benefits of young…
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…