Articles tagged "Donors, unrelated"

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…