2017 American Transplant Congress
Use of Forensic DNA Testing to Trace Unethical Organ Procurement and Organ Trafficking Practices.
The purpose of this study is to establish a methodology, which allows to identify evidence of transplant organs originating from Falun Gong prisoners of conscience…2017 American Transplant Congress
Trends in the Number and Medical Urgency of Adult Heart Transplant Candidates Listed as Status 1A from 2006-2015.
The wider geographic sharing of hearts in 2006 may have had unintended consequences for transplant center listing behavior. This project examines trends in the number…2016 American Transplant Congress
Reciprocity for Compatible Pair Participation in Kidney Paired Donation.
Participation of ABO and HLA compatible pairs (CPs) in kidney paired donation (KPD) could significantly increase living donor (LD) transplantation (TX). CPs may be more…2016 American Transplant Congress
In Their Own Words: Living Kidney Donors Who Develop Kidney Failure.
Background: Psychosocial data about living kidney donation have been collected for almost five decades. The results are almost uniformly positive, even in the early years…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Role of Palliative Care in the Thoracic Transplant Multidisciplinary Care Team: Barriers and Benefits.
1Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL; 2Terre Haute Regional Hospital, Terre Haute, IN.
PURPOSE: Patients under consideration for or who have undergone lung and heart transplantation experience many symptoms, including dyspnea, anxiety, pain and caregiver burden. Integration of…2016 American Transplant Congress
Will the New Kidney Allocation System Negatively Impact Future Organ Donation in States Mandated to Export a Large Number of Kidneys?
Purpose: To examine the potentially deleterious effects of the new Kidney Allocation System (KAS) on future organ donation: as a consequence of the massive increase…2016 American Transplant Congress
Optimal Measures for Timely Transplantation: Reviewing Correlation Between Early Transplantation Wait-Listing and Transplantation Outcomes.
Nephrology, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
Background and Purpose: Transplantation is the best treatment for end-stage renal failure (ESRF). In Australia the algorithm for organ allocation considers a combination of factors…2016 American Transplant Congress
Living Kidney Donor Preferences: A Novel Use of a Visual Instrument to Quantify ESRD Risk Acceptance.
1Yale U, New Haven; 2U Pennyslvania, Philadelphia; 3Northwestern U, Chicago.
BackgroundGiven new data about the estimated lifetime risk of ESRD among living kidney donors (LKD) (Muzaale 2014), we elicited their willingness to accept the risk…2016 American Transplant Congress
End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Patients' Willingness to Accept Risks to Living Kidney Donors.
Background: While many potential living kidney donors (LKDs) are willing to accept high levels of ESRD risk, receipt of a living donor kidney is also…2016 American Transplant Congress
Compensating Live Kidney Donors: The Views of United States Voters.
Purpose: An increasing number of U.S. patients die waiting for a kidney transplant. Financial compensation of living donors is one possible remedy for the organ…
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