Articles tagged "Ethics"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Variation in Definition of Death in Donation After Circulatory Death Policies
D. Cassidy¹, M. J. Englesbe², V. S. Valbuena²
¹University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: Organ transplantation operates through a shared network requiring organizations, hospitals, and individuals to work towards a common goal. However, the policies that govern each…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Lung Transplant Waitlist Outcomes for Blood Group O Candidates After the Expansion of the Primary Allocation Unit in November 2017
S. Greissman¹, M. Anderson², S. Arcasoy³, A. Dimango³, M. Gabriela³, H. Grewal³, H. Robbins³, L. Shah³, J. Costa³, F. D'Ovidio³, M. Leiva Juarez³, P. Lemaitre³, J. Sonett³, L. Benvenuto³
¹Department of Internal Medicine, New York Presbyterian, New York, NY, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Columbia University, New York, NY
*Purpose: Blood group O is associated with decreased lung transplant rates. Occasionally, blood group donor O lungs are allocated to non-blood group O recipients. Since…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplantation in Mentally Challenged Patients; a Single Center Experience
J. Yagan¹, T. S. Mahmoud¹, O. Gheith¹, P. Nair¹, T. Alotaibi²
¹Nephrology, Hamed Al-Essa Organ Transplant Center, Kuwait, Kuwait, ²Pathology, Hamed Al-Essa Organ Transplant Center, Kuwait, Kuwait
*Purpose: Kidney transplant is the best choice of treatment for patients with end stage kidney disease. There are medical conditions that may pose an ethical…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Variation Exists in Hospital Policies for Donation After Circulatory Death Within a Single Donor Service Area
R. Shabbir¹, S. Chebrolu², E. Vines³, C. Trahan³, P. Niles³, G. Testa¹, A. Wall¹
¹Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²Texas A&M University College of Medicine, Dallas, TX, ³Southwest Transplant Alliance, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: The Joint Commission mandates that all hospitals have a donation after circulatory death (DCD) policy. Previous studies have demonstrated variability in DCD policy elements.…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplant Recipient Gender and Race: Impact on Clinical Outcomes
M. M. French¹, R. Mangus¹, R. Holmes¹, A. Krause¹, J. Sumner¹, C. Kubal², B. Ekser³, P. Mihaylov⁴, J. Fridell⁵, A. Lutz⁶
¹Department of Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ²Department of Surgery, Indiana University Hospital, Indianapolis, IN, ³Surgery, Indiana University - Transplant Surgery, Indianapolis, IN, ⁴Department of Surgery, Indiana Univ School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ⁵Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ⁶Indiana University, Fishers, IN
*Purpose: Background. Health disparities are present in transplantation. This is a retrospective review of liver transplant (LT) recipients determining the impact of race/gender on early…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Significant Improvements, but Consistent Disparities in Survival for African Americans After Liver Transplantation
S. S. Keeling
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Despite improvements in survival for all races in the past twenty years, African American patients have worse liver transplant outcomes after undergoing orthotopic liver…
2022 American Transplant Congress
No Difference in Graft Survival Among Low Socioeconomic Kidney Allograft Recipients
A. Desai¹, S. Akkina¹, K. Cmunt², D. Jain¹, R. Garcia-Roca³
¹Transplant Nephrology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, ²Gift Of Hope Community Foundation, Itasca, IL, ³Transplant Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
*Purpose: Low socioeconomic status remains a barrier in access and equity in kidney transplantation with limited data assessing post-transplant outcomes. Alternative options to transplantation include…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Differences in Medication Adherence Between Preemptive and Post-Dialysis Young Kidney Transplant Recipients
Y. Vaisbourd¹, E. Samson², A. De Simone², M. Dahhou², B. Foster³
¹Pediatrics, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada, ²McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada, ³Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
*Purpose: The mechanisms underlying the superior graft survival associated with pre-emptive kidney transplantation, compared with transplantation following a period of dialysis, are unknown. Selection for…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplant Professionals’, Recipients’ and Caregivers’ Perspectives on the Use of Precision Medicine in Kidney Transplantation
F. Ballesteros Gallego¹, A. Affdal¹, M. Malo², R. Sapir-Pichhadze³, M. Fortin¹
¹CRCHUM, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
*Purpose: Kidney transplantation is the optimal treatment for end-stage kidney disease. However, antibody-mediated rejection can lead to graft loss. The use of Precision Medicine (PM)…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Navigating the Ethics of Transplant Research Involving Newly Deceased
B. Parent¹, T. Schiff², E. Weldon³, N. Lawson⁴, S. Mehta⁵, R. A. Montgomery⁶
¹Medical Ethics, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²Medical Ethics, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ³NYU Langone Health-Transplant Institute, New York, NY, ⁴NYU Langone Transplant Institute, New York, NY, ⁵New York University Langone Transplant Institute, New York, NY, ⁶NYU Langone, New York, NY
*Purpose: The most promising innovations for overcoming the organ shortage include novel organ sources such as xenotransplant and bioengineered organs. Studying these organs in mechanically…