2018 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Donation after Cardiac Death Liver Grafts from Donors ≥ 50 Years of Age: A Multi-Center Analysis
Introduction:As the population in the United States continues to age, an increase in the number of potential DCD donors with advanced chronological age can be…2018 American Transplant Congress
Factors Related to Suboptimal Recovery of Renal Function after Living Donor Nephrectomy
Japanease Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital, Kidney Center, Kumamoto, Japan.
Introduction:Renal function of the living donor usually recovers to 60~70 percent of baseline function by compensatory hypertrophy mechanism. However, the degree of this compensatory hypertrophy…2018 American Transplant Congress
Should More Donation after Cardiac Death Livers Be Used in Pediatric Transplantation?
Introduction: Multiple strategies exist to increase the organ pool for livers in pediatric recipients, including using split livers, high risk livers, and donation after cardiac…2018 American Transplant Congress
Donor Derived Transmissions in 2016-2017: Analysis of the OPTN Ad Hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee (DTAC)
DTAC, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA.
The DTAC evaluates unanticipated potential donor-derived transmission events (PDDTE), including mostly infections (I) & malignancies (M), to assess for likelihood of donor transmission. Reporting policy…2018 American Transplant Congress
Predicting Liver Allograft Discard: The Discard Risk Index
Abdominal Transplantation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
Background: An index that predicts liver allograft discard can effectively grade allografts and can be used to preferentially allocate marginal allografts to aggressive centers. Aim:…2018 American Transplant Congress
Hemodynamic and Functional Analysis of Human DCD Hearts Undergoing Normothermic Ex Vivo Perfusion
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
Heart donation after circulatory death (DCD) is feasible although little is known about the hemodynamic and functional parameters of these marginal donor organs. We conducted…2018 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Donor Nephrectomy in the Older Living Kidney Donor: Single Centre Experience
West Lodnon Renal and Transplant Centre, Imperial College NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Background. Living kidney donor transplantation is the best treatment for ESRD and considered safe for the donor. We aimed to investigate short and medium-term outcomes…2018 American Transplant Congress
Donor Transmitted Nut Allergy Following Solid Organ Transplantation: Analysis of the OPTN Ad Hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee (DTAC)
DTAC, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond.
Introduction: Transplant Acquired Food Allergy may cause fatal allergic reactions, and is an under-recognized and poorly understood. Specifically, nut allergy transfer after solid organ transplantation…2018 American Transplant Congress
Using the Remuzzi Score to Guide Single vs. Dual Transplantation Mitigates the Risk of Early Graft Failure
Surgery, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
BackgroundExpanded criteria circulatory death donors (DCD) may represent an underutilised donor pool. Our centre has used urgent pre-implantation biopsy (Remuzzi score) to guide single (SKT)…2018 American Transplant Congress
A Single Center Outcomes Analysis of UNOS Defined "Hard to Place Kidneys"
Keck Medical Center at USC, Los Angeles, CA.
The discard rate of potentially usable kidneys remains dismal despite a critical shortage of organs. The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) now provides a…
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