Articles tagged "Donors"

2016 American Transplant Congress
The Relationship Between Kidney Donor Profile Index and Six Month eGFR in Deceased Donor Recipients.
D. Keith, A. Nishio Lucar, G. Vranic.
Division of Nephrology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Kidney function, as measured by GFR, at 6 months post-kidney transplant is a powerful predictor of long-term post-transplant outcomes. This study sought to understand the…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of the National Overdose Death Epidemic on the Deceased-Donor Pool.
M. Bowring, A. Massie, L. Kucirka, E. Chow, M. Sulkowski, D. Segev, C. Durand.
JHU, Baltimore.
Beginning in 2010, there was a dramatic increase in heroin and other opioid overdose(OD) deaths in several regions across the country, primarily among young Caucasians.…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Donor Profile Index and Recipient BMI Are Potent Predictors of Six Month Deceased Donor eGFR as Opposed to EPTS.
A. Agarwal, W. Ally, D. Maluf, S. Pelletier, K. Brayman.
University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA.
Background: Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) has been shown to be predictive of both short and long term graft survival and is used by transplant…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Mortem Cannulation and NECMO Preservation for DCD Liver Transplantation.
P. Ruiz,¹ M. Gastaca,¹ A. Valdivieso,¹ A. Ventoso,¹ I. Palomares,¹ M. Prieto,¹ J. Bustamante,² P. Salvador,² J. Ortiz de Urbina.¹
¹Liver Surgery and Liver Transplant Unit, Cruces University Hospital, Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain; ²Hepatology and Liver Transplant Unit, Cruces University Hospital, Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain.
Introduction: Herein, we present the short-term results of a controlled DCD liver transplantation program with pre-mortem cannulation and normothermic extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (NECMO) preservation.Material and…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy: Experience with Over 2400 Cases at a Single Center.
H. Li,^1,2 M. Stegall,¹ G. Chow,¹ P. Dean,¹ J. Heimbach,¹ T. Taner,¹ M. Prieto.¹
¹Division of Transplant Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; ²Division of Transplant Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
Objective: We reviewed retrospectively the 15 year experience with Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy (HALDN) at our institution.Methods: 2452 consecutive kidney donors underwent a HALDN between…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Predictors of Urologic Complications After Pediatric En-Bloc Donor Kidney Transplantation.
S. Kabagambe,¹ A. De Mattos,² R. Perez,¹ C. Santhanakrishnan,¹ J. Sageshima,¹ C. Troppmann,¹ J. McVicar.¹
¹Surgery, University of California-Davis, Sacramento, CA; ²Transplant Nephrology, University of California-Davis, Sacramento, CA.
Pediatric en-bloc kidney transplant (PEBKT) has expanded the donor pool. Association of donor characteristics and urologic complications is not well described. The objective of this…
2016 American Transplant Congress
The “PHS Increased Risk” Label Is Associated with Non-Utilization of Hundreds of Organs Per Year.
M. Volk,¹ A. Wilk,² C. Wolfe,³ D. Kaul.⁴
¹Transplantation Institute, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA; ²United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA; ³Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University, Durham, NC; ⁴Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
The Public Health Service (PHS) guidelines use behavioral risk factors to designate certain organ donors as carrying increased risk for the transmission of hepatitis B,…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Analysis of Local versus Imported Expanded Criteria Donor (ECD) Kidneys: A Single Center Experience with 497 ECD Kidney Transplants.
M. Khan,¹ H. El-Hennawy,¹ A. Farney,¹ J. Rogers,¹ G. Orlando,¹ A. Reeves-Daniel,² A. Palanisamy,² M. Gautreaux,³ S. Iskandar,³ W. Doares,⁴ S. Kaczmorski,⁴ R. Stratta.¹
¹Surgery, Wake Forest, Winston-Salem, NC; ²Internal Medicine, Wake Forest, Winston-Salem, NC; ³Pathology, Wake Forest, Winston-Salem, NC; ⁴Pharmacy, Wake Forest, Winston-Salem, NC.
With the new Kidney Allocation System, broader sharing of expanded criteria donor (ECD) kidneys may occur, which may influence discard rates and survival outcomes. To…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Modifying Life Support Withdrawal Practices on Outcomes of Donation After Circulatory Death in Liver Transplantation: A Meta-Analysis.
Y. Cao,^1,2 S. Shahrestani,³ H. Chew,^2,4 M. Crawford,⁵ P. Macdonald,^1,2,4 J. Laurence,^3,5,7 W. Hawthorne,^3,6 K. Dhital,^1,2,4 H. Pleass.^3,5,6
¹Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia; ²Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia; ³Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; ⁴Cardiac Transplant Unit, St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; ⁵Australian National Liver Transplant Unit, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; ⁶The Department of Surgery, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; ⁷Institute of Academic Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Aim. Donor warm ischaemic time is identified as the main risk factor for poor outcomes in liver transplantation using donation after circulatory death (DCD) compared…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Adopting the Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI)/Kidney Donor Risk Index (KDRI) for Japanese Donors After Cardiac Death.
M. Kusaka,¹ A. Kawai,¹ N. Fukami,¹ H. Sasaki,¹ H. Takahashi,² T. Ito,³ T. Kenmochi,³ R. Shiroki,¹ K. Hoshinaga.¹
¹Urology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan; ²Division of Medical Statistics, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan; ³Organ Transplant Surgery, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan.
Introduction: Due to a severe organ shortage, it is important to predict the outcome of grafts prior to kidney transplantation and establish an appropriate allocation…