Articles tagged "Donors"

2016 American Transplant Congress
Pancreas Transplantation from Pediatric Donors: A UNOS Registry Analysis.
M. Spaggiari, I. Tzvetanov, H. Jeon, E. Benedetti, J. Oberholzer.
Division of Transplantation, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago.
Introduction: Major concerns about the utilization of pediatric pancreata are the cumulative islet mass and the increased technical complexity. The primary aim of this study…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Donor-Recipient Relationship on Development of CKD.
A. Matas, D. Vock, H. Ibrahim.
UMN, Mpls, MN.
Two studies have reported a small increase of ESRD in LDs compared to healthy matched controls. However, the majority of ESRD has been in relatives…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Standardized Pre-Implantation Kidney Biopsies of Expanded Criteria Donors to Improve the Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) for the Evaluation of Marginal Donors.
A. Sánchez-Escuredo,¹ A. Sagasta,² F. Diekmann,¹ I. Revuelta,¹ L. Rodas,¹ D. Paredes,³ M. Musquera,⁴ N. Esforzado,¹ M. Ricart,¹ F. Cofan,¹ V. Torregrosa,¹ J. Campistol,¹ M. Sole,² F. Oppenheimer.¹
¹Nephrology and Renal Transplant, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain; ²Pathology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain; ³Transplant Foundation, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain; ⁴Urology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain.
There is no consensus of selection criteria used to allocate renal transplants from expanded criteria donors (ECD). The Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) has been…
2016 American Transplant Congress
A Multi-Modular Approach for Training in Liver Procurement Accelerates Proficiency Gain.
I. Al Hasan,^1,2 H. Sharma,^1,2 M. Tun-Abraham,¹ D. Quan.^1,2
¹Department of Surgery, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada; ²Multi-Organ Transplant Program, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada.
BACKGROUND: Modular training has been established as an educational tool in colorectal and urology surgery for the last 5 years. This modular operative approach is…
2016 American Transplant Congress
The UK Kidney Donor Risk Index Score Predicts the Development of TRAS Post Deceased Donor Transplantation.
M. Willicombe, A. Baheerathan, S. Moser, A. McLean, M. Hammady, W. Gedroyc, D. Taube.
Imperial College Renal and Transplant Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Introduction: Transplant renal artery stenosis (TRAS) is a heterogeneous disorder with different subtypes and aetiologies, which include traditional cardiovascular and transplant specific risk factors. Whether…
2016 American Transplant Congress
A Call for a New Paradigm of Organ Allocation within the Confines of MELD for Those Who Are Not “the Sickest”.
T. Baker, A. Siarris, P. Accoh, D. Ladner.
Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
BACKGROUND: Liver Allocation policy in the United States is in dynamic flux, with revisions in policy reflecting designs to optimize access to and outcomes for…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Hydrogen Sulfide Supplementation Helps Mitigate Effects of Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in a Murine Model of Donation After Cardiac Death Renal Transplantation.
J. Grewal,¹ I. Lobb,¹ M. Saha,² J. Jiang,² A. Haig,¹ A. Sener.^1,2
¹Microbiology & Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada; ²Matthew Mailing Centre for Translational Transplant Studies, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Canada.
Donation after cardiac death(DCD) renal grafts experience a combination of prolonged warm and cold ischemia leading to greater ischemia reperfusion injury(IRI) that results in higher…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Liver Grafts from Donors with Very High Transaminases.
P. Martins, A. Rawson, P. Mahboub, B. Movahedi, N. Dolgin, I. Bruggenwirth, A. Bozorgzadeh.
Department of Surgery, Transplant Division, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA.
Introduction: Traditionally, elevation of transaminases has been broadly used as markers of hepatic ischemic injury and crucial parameters for liver graft assessment. We wanted to…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Abrogating Donor-Derived Myd88 Signaling Impairs the Recruitment of Recipient Neutrophils and CD8 T Cells into Lung Allografts in Mice.
Z. Zheng,¹ J.-J. Wang,¹ X. Yeap,¹ X. Kang,¹ Y. Xie,¹ X. Luo,² Z. Zhang.¹
¹Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; ²Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.
Objectives: Transplant ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) mediated primary graft dysfunction (PGD) remains the predominant cause of short- and long-term graft loss in lung transplantation. This…
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Understanding the Initial Rise in Kidney Discard Rates Observed Post-KAS.
D. Stewart,¹ A. Kucheryavaya,¹ R. Brown,¹ D. Klassen,¹ N. Turgeon,² M. Aeder.³
¹UNOS, Richmond, VA; ²Emory Univ, Atlanta, GA; ³Univ Hosp Case Med Ctr, Cleveland, OH.
Background: Kidney discard rates increased by 10% -- from 18.3% to 20.2% (p=0.001) -- during the first 7 months of KAS but returned to pre-KAS…