2020 American Transplant Congress
Waitlisted Patients’ Preferences for Accepting and Consenting to Transplantation with Experimentally Manipulated Organs
*Purpose: Organ donor intervention research (“intervention research”) aims to increase organ quality and quantity for transplantation by protecting against organ injury and enhancing functionality. Given…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Use of Interviews to Explore the Public Attitudes on the Use of Imminent Death Donation
*Purpose: Imminent death donation (IDD) describes non-fatal recovery of a living donor organ (a single kidney or partial liver) prior to a planned withdrawal of…2020 American Transplant Congress
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Liver Transplantation in the United States
Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
*Purpose: Despite research into the effects of race, ethnicity, and insurance status in liver transplantation, disparities persist. Access to care even in insured populations endures…2020 American Transplant Congress
Validation of Ontario Marginalization Index Generated from 3-Digit Postal Code in Patients with End-Stage Kidney Disease
University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: This study validates the 2016 Ontario Marginalization Index (OMI) scores derived from 3-digit postal codes to enable its research use in place of scores…2020 American Transplant Congress
Determinants of Kidney Transplant Candidates’ Willingness to Accept Deceased Donor Organ Intervention Research: A Conjoint Analysis
*Purpose: Deceased donor organ intervention research (“intervention research”) aims to increase organ quality and quantity for transplantation by protecting against organ injury and enhancing functionality.…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Multi-Organ Transplant Allocation Priority on Wait-Listed Isolated Kidney Transplant Candidates
1University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 2United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Multi-Organ Transplant (MOT) candidates involving a kidney receive higher allocation priority than kidney alone transplant (KAT) candidates. The increasing utilization of MOT has the…2020 American Transplant Congress
Experiences and Challenges Faced by Organ Transplant Recipients with Donor-Derived Hepatitis C Virus Infection
*Purpose: Recently, transplantation of organs from viremic donors with hepatitis C virus (HCV-V) has increased. Currently, there is a lack of standardization of consent forms…2020 American Transplant Congress
American Muslims & Informed Organ Donation Decisions: Findings from a Randomized, Controlled Trial of Religiously-Tailored Education in Mosques
*Purpose: American Muslims hold more negative attitudes towards organ donation than other American populations, and these attitudes are associated with gaps in biomedical and religious…2020 American Transplant Congress
Inequitable Access to Living Donor Kidney Transplantation in Black and Asian Minority Ethnic Groups in the UK: A Single Centre Cross-Sectional Cohort Study
Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities constitute 11% of the UK population, yet represent 31% of the national kidney transplant waiting list. Moreover,…2020 American Transplant Congress
Paired Exchange Living Donor Liver Transplantation Using Compatible Pairs- U.S. Single Center Experience
University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
*Purpose: ABO and size incompatibility are common reasons for non-acceptance of otherwise suitable donors in Living Donor Liver Transplantation (LDLT). Paired exchange LDLT has been…
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