Articles tagged "Ethics"

2016 American Transplant Congress
Optimal Measures for Timely Transplantation: Reviewing Correlation Between Early Transplantation Wait-Listing and Transplantation Outcomes.
M. Brown, K. Polkinghorne, J. Kanellis.
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
Will the New Kidney Allocation System Negatively Impact Future Organ Donation in States Mandated to Export a Large Number of Kidneys?
D. Mital,¹ E. Hull,¹ J. Brown,¹ C. Karmell,² M. Jendrisak.²
¹Kidney Transplant Program, General Surgery, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL; ²Quality and Process Improvement, Gift of Hope OPO, Itasca, IL.
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…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Quality of Life, Financial, and Mental Health Outcomes for Individuals Turned Down for Live Kidney Donation
P. Reese,¹ C. Carney,¹ S. Levsky,¹ R. Pendse,¹ D. Leidy,¹ A. Mussell,¹ R. Bloom,¹ M. Allen,¹ D. Collins,¹ S. Keddem,¹ P. Abt,¹ J. Rodrigue,² E. Emanuel.¹
¹UPenn, Philadelphia, PA; ²Harvard, Cambridge, MA.
Introduction: Individuals considering live kidney donation should have a thorough understanding of the risks and benefits. Regulations focus exclusively on donation risks. However, no data…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Should We Ever Pay Living Kidney Donors? Focus Group Study of Public Opinion
A. Tong,^1,2 A. Ralph,^1,2 J. Chapman,³ G. Wong,^1,2,3 J. Gill,⁴ M. Josephson,⁵ C. Hanson,^1,2 J. Craig.^1,2
¹School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; ²Centre for Kidney Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia; ³Centre for Transplant and Renal Research, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia; ⁴Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; ⁵Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago.
Background: The unmet demand for kidney transplantation has generated intense controversy about introducing incentives for living kidney donors to increase donation rates. Such debates may…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Prevalence and Outcomes of Heart Transplantation in Children With Intellectual Disability
A. Wightman,¹ H. Bartlett,¹ Q. Zhao,² J. Smith.³
¹Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI; ²Biostatistics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI; ³Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA.
Background:Heart transplantation in children with intellectual disability (ID) is a controversial issue. Previous research on this population has been limited to small case reports.Objective:To describe…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Hispanic/Latino Disparities in Living Donor Kidney Transplantation – Role of a Culturally Competent Transplant Program
E. Gordon, J. Lee, R. Kang, D. Ladner, A. Skaro, J. Holl, D. French, M. Abecassis, J. Caicedo.
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.
Background and objectives: Hispanic Americans face disparities in access to kidney transplantation, particularly living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT).Design, setting, participants, and measurements: Northwestern Medicine's® (NM)…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Utilizing CDC High Risk Donors to Improve Outcomes in Liver Transplantation
V. Fleetwood, J. Lusciks, M. Hertl, E. Chan.
General Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
Introduction: An under-utilized demographic in liver transplantation is the CDC high-risk donor (HRD). These individuals, considered at higher risk of blood-borne diseases, contribute approximately 9%…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Predicting Survival of Deceased Donor Kidneys from Children Under Ten
W. Parker, J. Thistlethwaite, L. Ross.
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Background: The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) has adopted a new allocation algorithm that uses a Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) based on 10…
2015 American Transplant Congress
A 10 Min “No-Touch” Time – Is It Enough in DCD? A DCD Animal Study
M. Sereinigg,¹ V. Stadlbauer,² T. Seifert-Held,³ F. Iberer,¹ P. Stiegler.¹
¹Department for Transplant Surgery, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria; ²Department for Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria; ³Department for Neurology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria.
Introduction: DCD is under investigation due to the lack of human donor organs. Required times of cardiac arrest vary between 75 seconds and 27 min…