Articles tagged "Donors"

2016 American Transplant Congress
Factors Associated with Acute Rejections in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Time for HLA-DR Matching in Elderly Recipients?
D. Khadzhynov, F. Halleck, L. Lehner, M. Duerrr, A. Kleinsteuber, D. Schmidt, K. Budde, O. Staeck.
Nephrology, Charite Universitaetsmedizin, Berlin, Germany.
Background. Within the Eurotransplant Senior Allocation Program (ESP) HLA-matching is neglected,potentially causing inferior outcomes. There is a lack of data analysing the long-term immunologic outcomes…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Impaired Outcome of Kidney Transplants from Donors with Acute Kidney Injury.
K. Schuette-Nuetgen,¹ G. Thölking,¹ H. Pavenstädt,¹ S. Ehlert,¹ B. Suwelack,¹ D. Palmes,² R. Bahde,² S. Reuter.¹
¹Department of Medicine D, Division of General Internal Medicine, Nephrology and Rheumatology, University Hospital of Muenster, Muenster, Germany; ²Department of General and Visceral Surgery, University Hospital of Muenster, Muenster, Germany.
Given the gap between patients in need of a kidney transplantation and organs available, transplantation centers increasingly accept lower quality organs, e.g. from donors with…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Is Donor Methamphetamine Use a Contraindication in Heart Transplantation?
M. Kittleson, J. Patel, L. Czer, A. Velleca, T. Aintablian, D. Chang, F. Esmailian, J. Kobashigawa.
Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA.
Background: Donor methamphetamine (meth) use has been a relative contraindication for the use of the donor hearts for patients awaiting heart transplantation. The concern is…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Eversion Endarterectomy of the Deceased Donor Renal Artery to Prevent Kidney Discard.
M. Khan, K. Jones, H. El-Hennawy, A. Farney, J. Rogers, G. Orlando, R. Stratta.
Surgery, Wake Forest, Winston-Salem, NC.
Deceased donor (DD) kidneys exhibiting severe atherosclerosis with hard ulcerative occlusive plaque extending into the renal artery (RA) may represent a contraindication to utilization. Limited…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Persufflation Improves Viability and Function of Porcine Kidneys Relative to Static Cold Storage.
C. Min,¹ L. Steyn,² A. Pandey,³ R. Harland,² J.-P. Galons,⁴ K. Papas.²
¹Physiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; ²Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; ³Electrical and Chemical Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; ⁴Medical Imaging, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
The use of marginal organs demands optimization of organ storage and quality assessments prior to transplantation. Organs from donors after cardiac death (DCD) are exposed…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Association Between Delayed Graft Function and Long-Term Outcomes After Kidney Transplantation from Donors After Circulatory Death.
P. Clayton,^1,2,3 G. Russ,^1,2,3 S. McDonald,^1,2,3 S. Chadban.^1,4,5
¹Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant (ANZDATA) Registry, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia; ²Central Northern Adelaide Renal and Transplantation Service, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia; ³School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia; ⁴Renal Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; ⁵Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Purpose: Delayed graft function (DGF) is associated with worse long-term outcomes after kidney transplantation from donation after brain death (DBD) donors. We aimed to determine…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of the Kidney Allocation System with Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation: A Single Center Experience.
A. Agarwal, W. Ally, D. Maluf, S. Pelletier, K. Brayman.
University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA.
Background: In December 2014, UNOS implemented broad sweeping changes in the new Kidney Allocation System (KAS). Recent summary reports by UNOS suggest that nationally, key…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Nondirected Kidney Donation – Donating More Than a Kidney.
C. Jacobs,¹ J. Wiseman,¹ D. Berglund,¹ D. Larson,¹ C. Garvey,¹ M. Vogues,¹ S. Rein,¹ O. Sanchez,¹ C. Radecki Breitkopf,² H. Ibrahim,¹ A. Matas.¹
¹U of MN, Mpls; ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester.
Little is known about donation-related out-of-pocket costs incurred by NDD. For NDD, we studied: resources used to cover these costs; level of stress due to…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Incidence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes of Delayed Graft Function in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation in a Brazilian Center.
A. Ribeiro,¹ M. Helfer,² O. Costa,² A. Viccari,¹ R. Manfro.^1,2
¹Division of Nephrology, Renal Transplant Unit, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; ²School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Background. A high incidence of delayed graft function (DGF), after deceased donor kidney transplantation, occurs in Brazil and the reasons for such finding have not…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Elucidating Clinical Factors Implicated in Primary Graft Dysfunction After Heart Transplantation.
R. Quintana-Quezada, I. Rajapreyar, Y. Yeh, S. Choi, I. Gregoric, P. Loyalka, B. Kar.
Advanced Heart Failure, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX.
Primary graft dysfunction (PGD) is a frequent complication after heart transplantation (HT) and remains among the leading causes of mortality in these patients. We aim…