2018 American Transplant Congress
Factors Predicting Viability Achievement on Discarded Donor Livers Submitted to Extra-Corporeal Machine Perfusion
Background: Ex-vivo machine perfusion of livers (MP) may offer superior preservation for marginal donor organs. During normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) is possible to assess liver…2018 American Transplant Congress
Reducing Discards for Deceased Kidney Donors over Age 50 by Restricting Biopsy Criteria
Clinical Division, Gift of Life Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
The placement of kidneys from deceased organ donors of advanced age is an ongoing challenge. An Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) evaluated its discard rate for…2018 American Transplant Congress
Factors Associated with the Development of Chronic Kidney Disease after Liver Transplantation
Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
BackgroundRenal dysfunction is a common complication after liver transplantation. The increased use of DCD livers has been associated with postoperative acute kidney injury (AKI). However,…2018 American Transplant Congress
No Kidney Left Behind: Are We Maximizing Utilization of Deceased Donors with AKI?
Renal Transplantation, Columbia University, New York City, NY.
Introduction: Kidneys from donors with elevated terminal creatinine (Cr) and acute kidney injury (AKI) can be transplanted safely, yet many of these organs are not…2018 American Transplant Congress
The Use of LiMAx for Evaluating Donor Livers on Normothermic Machine Perfusion
Due to the organ shortage, inferior quality livers from donors after circulatory arrest (DCD) are offered to relieve mortality on the waiting list. The threshold…2018 American Transplant Congress
Do High-Risk Categories Convey the Wrong Message to Waitlisted Patients – Is It Time to Reconsider the Absolute Risk of Graft Loss?
Transplant Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA.
Many waitlisted patients (pts) do not consent to accept livers from “high-risk” donors (HRD), possibly due to lack of understanding of the absolute risk (AR)…2018 American Transplant Congress
Short-Term Outcome Prediction Model in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients
1OSU, Columbus; 2UVA, Charlottesville; 3Montefiore, New York; 4NWU, Chicago.
Background: Lack of accurate outcome prediction models may be a reason for the increase in organ discard rate that further burdens the growing kidney transplant…2018 American Transplant Congress
Successful Transplantation of Black Kidneys from Rhabdomyolysis Donors
Background: The kidneys from donors with rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury (AKI) may show discolored appearance. The transplant surgeons may be unwilling to accept a…2018 American Transplant Congress
Consistency of DCD Procurement Procedures across Organ Procurement Organizations – Preliminary Findings
Intro: Variation among procedures across Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) may account for discrepancies in outcomes associated with the use of deceased after cardiac death (DCD).…2018 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplantation from Uncontrolled Donation after Circulatory Death, Good Outcomes after Very Long Time
Introduction: Kidney transplantation (KT) is the best renal replacement therapy but the shortage of organ is the main limitation. Uncontrolled Donation after Circulatory Death (uDCD)…
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