2016 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplantation from Thin Basement Membrane Nephropathy Donor.
PurposeThin basement membrane nephropathy (TBMN) is the most common cause of persistent glomerular hematuria. Most individuals with TBMN shows benign course, but it is hard…2016 American Transplant Congress
Donor-Derived Toxoplasmosis in Solid Organ Transplant 2008 – 2015: Opportunities for Improvement.
1DTAC, Richmond, VA; 2United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA.
Background: Donor-derived Toxoplasmosis (DDT) is uncommon, but outcomes may be poor. Donor risk factors are difficult to recognize, and donor screening is not currently universally…2016 American Transplant Congress
Are We Refusing Good Organs? Outcomes of Ventilator Management of Sub-Optimal Lung Donors.
PurposeOptimizing donor lung function is essential for organ acceptance and successful lung transplantation (LTx). We hypothesized that ventilator management of sub-optimal donor lungs, PaO2<300 mmHg,…2016 American Transplant Congress
High KDPI Kidneys (>85%) Do Not Adversely Affect HRQOL After Kidney Transplantation.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
Background. Since December 2014, deceased donor kidneys are allocated based on a kidney donor profile index (KDPI) by four sequences, A thru D. Estimated kidney…2016 American Transplant Congress
Missed Opportunities After Cardiac Death: Should Every Donation After Cardiac Death (DCD) Referral Be Pursued? A Large Single US Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) Experience.
Medical Division, Gift of Life Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
We wished to evaluate in detail those DCD cases in which our OPO did not pursue organ donation but the potential DCD candidate expired within…2016 American Transplant Congress
Original KDRI Predicts Kidney Graft Failure in a Brazilian Cohort.
Current US allocation system for kidney transplantation (KT) is based on KDRI (Kidney Donor Risk Index). In Brazil, it is still based on HLA-compatibility; donor…2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes for Liver Transplantation Using Organs from Donation After Cardiac Death Donors: A Single Center Experience.
Transplantation, University of Tennessee/Methodist University Transplant Institute, Memphis, TN.
Purpose: The use of donation after cardiac death (DCD) donors provides opportunity to help meet the demand for allografts needed for liver transplantation. However, concern…2016 American Transplant Congress
Ex-Vivo Normothermic Perfusion for Assessment of High Risk Deceased Donor Kidneys for Transplantation.
Surgery, University of California-Davis, Sacramento, CA.
Despite the organ shortage, many procured deceased donor kidneys are deemed too high risk for failure and discarded. Ex-vivo normothermic perfusion (EVNP) may be useful…2016 American Transplant Congress
Metabolic Recovery and Ex Vivo Simulation of Early Liver Reperfusion.
Purpose. An urgent need for more liver grafts for transplantation has prompted the use of more suboptimal organs. Particularly in these more marginal livers adequate…2016 American Transplant Congress
Pancreas Transplantation from Pediatric Donors: A UNOS Registry Analysis.
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…
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