Articles tagged "Donors"

2018 American Transplant Congress
Unilateral vs. Bilateral Dual Kidney Transplantation: University of Bologna Experience
M. Del Gaudio,¹ M. Ravaioli,¹ C. Zanfi,¹ V. Bertuzzo,¹ L. Maroni,¹ G. La Manna,² G. Liviano,² A. Siniscalchi,³ A. D'Errico,⁴ A. Pinna.¹
¹Organ Insufficency and Transplantation/Transplantation Unit Prof. A.D. Pinna, S.Orsola Malpighi Hospital University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy; ²Organ Insufficency and Transplantation Nephrology Unit G. La Manna, S.Orsola Malpighi Hospital University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy; ³Organ Insufficency and Transplantation Intensive Care Unit Prof. S. Faenza, S.Orsola Malpighi Hospital University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy; ⁴Organ Insufficency and Transplantation Pathology Unit D'Errico, S.Orsola Malpighi Hospital University of Bologna, Bolgona, Italy.
One option for using organs from donors with a suboptimal nephron mass, e.g. expanded criteria donors (ECD) kidneys, is dual kidney transplantation (DKT)Methods: Ninety-three DKT…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes after Kidney Transplant (KTx) from Deceased Donors (DD) Aged ≥ 70
A. Srinivasan, R. Heilman, H. Khamash, K. Reddy, A. Moss.
Mayo Clinic, Phoenix.
Background:There has been an increase in DD aged 70 or greater and transplant centers are reluctant to accept these organs. The aim of this study…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Transplantation of DCD Livers vs. NDD and LDLT: Is There a Difference in Post-Transplant Kidney Dysfunction?
D. Kollmann,¹ S. Neong,¹ R. Rosales,¹ G. Sapisochin,¹ M. Bhat,¹ M. Cattral,¹ P. Greig,¹ L. Lilly,¹ D. McGilvray,¹ A. Ghanekar,¹ D. Grant,¹ M. Selzner,¹ F. Wong,² N. Selzner.¹
¹Multi Organ Transplant, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada; ²Division of Gastroenterology, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
Background. Recipients of donation after circulatory death (DCD) grafts are reportedly at higher risk of developing post liver transplant (LT) renal dysfunction. Our aim was…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Landscape of Living Donor Kidney Transplantation with International Donors in the United States
A. Thomas,¹ M. Henderson,¹ A. Shaffer,¹ A. Massie,¹ B. Koons,² K. Lentine,³ D. Segev,¹ F. Al Ammary.¹
¹JHU, Baltimore; ²Villanova University, Villanova; ³SLU, St. Louis.
International living kidney donors (LKDs) can donate to candidates listed in the US. Recently, concerns were raised that international LKD organ-recipients might not achieve the…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Kidney Transplant Survival after Deceased-Donor Acute Kidney Injury
I. Hall, E. Akalin, J. Bromberg, M. Doshi, M. Harhay, Y. Jia, S. Mansour, S. Mohan, T. Muthumkumar, P. Reese, B. Schröppel, P. Singh, H. Thiessen-Philbrook, F. Weng, C. Parikh.
Deceased Donor Study Consortium, New Haven, CT.
Purpose: Acute kidney injury (AKI) occurs frequently in deceased donors and is associated with organ discard. Prior studies indicate an association between donor AKI and…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Predictive Scores for Delayed Graft Function Based on Hypothermic Machine Perfusion Variables in Kidney Transplantation
C. Ding,^1,2 W. Xue,^1,2 P. Tian,^1,2 X. Ding,^1,2 X. Pan,^1,2 H. Xiang,^1,2 Y. Li,^1,2 X. Tian,^1,2 F. Han,^1,2 Q. Tai.^1,2
¹Department of Kidney Transplantation, Nephropathy Hospital, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China; ²Institute of Organ Transplantation, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Background Hypothermic machine perfusion (HMP) is increasingly being used in cardiac death kidney transplantation, but the value of assessing organ quality and predicting DGF through…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Survival Advantage from Accepting a Circulatory Death Liver Transplant
J. Richards,¹ R. Taylor,² E. Allen,² A. Goh,¹ J. Neuberger,³ D. Collett,² G. Pettigrew.¹
¹Department of Surgery, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; ²Statistics and Clinical Studies, NHS Blood and Transplant, Bristol, United Kingdom; ³Department of Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Background As liver failure increases in the UK, so does demand for liver transplantation. In response, UK donation after circulatory death (DCD) activity has approximately…
2018 American Transplant Congress
The Continuous Debate of Older Donors into Older Recipients: Another Angle
J. Patel, M. Kittleson, E. Kransdorf, S. Dimbil, R. Levine, D. Geft, D. Chang, L. Czer, J. Kobashigawa.
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles.
Purpose: Heart transplantation (HTx) remains limited by donor availability. Many programs accept older donors (≥50 yrs) for older recipients (≥ 60 yrs) in an effort…
2018 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Marginal Factors on Postoperative Kidney Function of Complex Living Donors for Kidney Transplantation
T. Hiramitsu, K. Futamura, M. Okada, M. Tsujita, T. Ichimori, N. Goto, S. Narumi, Y. Watarai.
Transplant and Endocrine Surgery, Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
BackgroundRecently, complex living donors with marginal factors including hypertension, dyslipidemia, glucose intolerance, and obesity are increasing. Postoperative kidney function of living donors for kidney transplantation…
2018 American Transplant Congress
The Aggressive Phenotype: Center-Level Characteristics in the Use of Suboptimal Lungs
M. Kosztowski, E. Bush, X. Luo, A. Thomas, M. Bowring, D. Segev, J. Garonzik Wang.
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD.
The disparity between organ supply and demand has led some centers to expand their criteria for donor selection. We explored utilization of suboptimal lungs to…