Articles tagged "Donors"

2015 American Transplant Congress
Utilization of Kidneys from Deceased Donors With Acute Kidney Injury
M. Aull, S. Sultan, J. Kim, A. Watkins, D. Dadhania, S. Kapur.
Division of Transplant Surgery, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical College, New York.
Due to the shortage of kidneys available for transplantation and the morbidity and mortality that occurs while patients wait for a transplant, utilization of organs…
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Donor Microbiota and Its Contribution for the Development of Primary Graft Dysfunction Following Human Lung Transplantation
Z. Xu,¹ R. Schuessler,¹ N. Steward,¹ R. Hachem,² E. Trulock,² A. Patterson,¹ D. Kreisel,¹ T. Mohanakumar.¹
¹Surgery, Washington Univ Sch of Med, St. Louis, MO; ²Medicine, Washington Univ Sch of Med, St. Louis, MO.
Background: The microbiome of the donor lung will be imported to the recipient, and its role in allograft immunity remains speculative. The aims of this…
2015 American Transplant Congress
National Outcomes of Kidney Transplantation from Diabetic Donors
J. Cohen,¹ P. Reese,¹ P. Porrett,² R. Bloom,¹ K. Forde,³ D. Sawinski.¹
¹Renal Division, Univ. of Penn, Philadelphia, PA; ²Dept of Surgery, Univ. of Penn, Philadelphia, PA; ³Division of Gastroenterology, Univ. of Penn, Philadelphia, PA.
Despite limited outcomes data, kidneys from diabetic donors are being increasingly used in the USA. To compare outcomes in recipients of kidneys from diabetic versus…
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A Single Centre Experience With the Living Donor Kidney Sharing Scheme: More Is Better!
K. Thomas, H. Crawshaw, S. Sinha, P. Mason, P. Harden, C. Winnearls, E. Sharples, S. Reddy, M. Sullivan, J. Gilbert, I. Quiroga, R. Ploeg, A. Vaidya, P. Friend.
Oxford Transplant Centre, Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford, Berkshire, United Kingdom.
Introduction: The living donor kidney sharing scheme was introduced in the UK to expand the donor pool. In this study we have reviewed our experience…
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CHBP in Preservation Solution and Autologous Blood Perfusate Ameliorates Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in Isolated Porcine Kidneys
C. Yang,¹ S. Hosgood,² H. Carly,² P. Meeta,² Y. Long,³ T. Zhu,¹ M. Nicholson,² B. Yang.²
¹Urology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; ²Transplant Group, Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, China; ³Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Background. There is an imperative need to better preserve isolated organs before transplantation. A non-erythropoiesis cyclic helix B peptide (CHBP) derived from erythropoietin was newly…
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Protecting Older Patients from Dialysis: The Survival Benefit of Preemptive Transplant With High KDPI Allografts
C. Jay,¹ K. Washburn,¹ P. Dean,² R. Helmick,² M. Stegall.²
¹Transplant Center, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX; ²Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
BACKGROUND: Mortality on dialysis remain markedly elevated in patients over 60 years old. Preemptive kidney transplantation (PreKT) represents a means of avoiding the risks of…
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Incorporating Markers of Donor Organ Intrinsic Biology Into Donor Quality Evaluation
J. Suh, K. Archer, L. Gallon, I. McConell, A. King, D. Maluf, V. Mas.
UVA, Charlottesville, VA; Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; VCU, Richmond, VA.
Background. We aimed to identify a reliable composite scoring system (clinical / biological) to evalute organ quality and predict outcomes post-kidney transplantation (KT).Methods. 233 deceased…
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Increase in Neurologic Determination of Death (NDD) Organ Donation in the Donation After Circulatory Death (DCD) Era. The Ontario Experience
J. Zaltzman,^1,2 J. MacLean,² C. Payne,² E. Paltser,² V. Rao,³ S. Dhanani.^2,4
¹Medicine, Nephrology & Transplant, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; ²Trillium Gift of Life Network, Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canada; ³Cardiovascular Surgery and Multi-Organ Transplant, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; ⁴Pediatric Critical Care, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Univeristy of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Some jurisdictions have reported a decrease in neurologic determination of death organ donors (NDD) with the implementation of donation after circulatory death (DCD) organ donation.…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Lung Transplantation from Donors With Kidney Disease
A. Ganapathi, B. Gulack, A. Castleberry, R. Davis, L. Snyder, M. Hartwig.
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
Background:Various donor characteristics are associated with decreased survival following single (SLT) or bilateral (BLT) lung transplantation. No current studies exist regarding use of lungs from…
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Histopathological Criteria for Elevated Risk of Delayed Graft Function in German Pretransplantation Kidney Biopsies from Deceased Donors
J. Becker,¹ B. Eggers,² P. Mertens,³ A. Schwarz,⁴ C. Chatzikyrkou.³
¹Institute of Pathology, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, North Rhine-Westfalia, Germany; ²Deutsche Stiftung Organtransplantation, Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany; ³Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Diabetology and Endocrinology, University Hospital of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Saxonia-Anhalt, Germany; ⁴Clinic for Nephrology and Hypertension, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany.
Introduction:Delayed graft function (DGF) is more frequent with so called marginal kidney donors. Moreover, it is linked to increased recipient mortality and inferior transplant outcome.…