Articles tagged "Ethics"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Measuring and Monitoring Disparities in Access to Kidney Transplantation Associated with Being Listed for a Multi-Organ Transplant (MOT)
D. E. Stewart, C. A. Custer, A. M. Robinson, A. R. Wilk
UNOS, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: In 2018, the OPTN published a new methodology for measuring and monitoring disparities in access to deceased donor kidney (KI) transplantation (Tx) among kidney-alone…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Use of Focus Groups to Explore the Public Attitudes on the Use of Imminent Death Donation
P. Moolchandani¹, R. Ackah², L. Washburn¹, D. O'Connor¹, E. L. Godfrey¹, T. Galván¹, A. Rana¹, J. A. Goss¹
¹Division Of Abdominal Transplantation, Michael E. DeBakey Department Of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Department of Surgery, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
*Purpose: The aim of this study is to inform the development of a questionnaire to explore the feelings, attitudes, and values the public has towards…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Factors Related to International Travel for Transplantation among US-Listed Kidney Transplant Candidates
B. Koons¹, M. L. Henderson², A. G. Thomas³, T. Kear⁴, H. Moriarty⁴
¹School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Department of Surgery in the Division of Transplantation, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁴M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing, Villanova University, Villanova, PA
*Purpose: The aim of this study was to identify factors associated with international travel for transplantation among US-listed kidney transplant (KT) candidates.*Methods: Using 2010-2016 data…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Pregnancy Experiences of Uterus Transplant Recipients
A. E. Wall, L. Johannesson, G. Testa, A. Warren
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the pregnancy experiences of uterus transplant recipients through semi-structured interviews so as to develop a better…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Racial/Ethnic and Socio-Economic Disparities: Single versus Multi-Organ Transplant Recipients
C. A. Custer¹, K. Ladin², J. Entwistle³, E. J. Gordon⁴
¹United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ²Tufts University, Medford, MA, ³Thomas Jefferson University, Washington, DC, ⁴Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Under current deceased donor kidney allocation policy, multi-organ transplant (MOT) candidates often receive priority over single organ transplant (SOT) candidates. We examined the distribution…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Incorporating Tangible Benefits into the Risk-Benefit Analysis of Living Organ Donation Decisions
M. Robin¹, S. Rasmussen², A. Saha², A. Eno², M. Waldram², D. Segev², M. Henderson²
¹University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: The risk-benefit framework currently used in living organ donation presumes all benefit is afforded to the recipient, whereas the donor only assumes risks. However,…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Patient Perspectives of Informed Consent for Deceased Donor Organ Intervention Research
E. Gordon¹, B. Knopf¹, A. Mussell², C. Phillips², R. Veatch³, P. Abt², P. Reese²
¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Georgetown University, Washington DC, DC
*Purpose: Interventions on deceased donors or their organs hold promise for increasing the quantity and quality of organs for transplantation by minimizing organ injury and…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Global Kidney Exchange
D. N. Bozek¹, O. Ekwenna¹, S. Paloyo², T. Dunn³, K. Krawiec⁴, S. Rees⁵, A. Roth⁶, M. Zimmerman⁷, J. Punch⁸, R. Forbes⁹, C. Marsh¹⁰, C. Kuhr¹¹, J. Rogers¹², M. Tan¹³, L. Basagoitia¹⁴, R. Correa-Rotter¹⁵, J. Ortiz¹, P. Sindhwani¹, M. A. Rees¹
¹University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, OH, ²University of the Philippines – Philippine General Hospital; St. Luke’s Medical Center, Manila, Philippines, ³University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁵Alliance for Paired Donation, Perrysburg, OH, ⁶Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁷Froedert Hospital-Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ⁸University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ¹⁰Scripps Green Hospital, San Diego, CA, ¹¹Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA, ¹²Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, ¹³Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta, GA, ¹⁴ProRenal, ., Mexico, ¹⁵INNSZ, Mexico City, Mexico
*Purpose: Poverty prevents more kidney transplants (KTs) worldwide than any other barrier. Global kidney Exchange (GKE) is a mechanism to overcome this barrier.*Methods: In high-income…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Illustration of Renal Recovery in SLK with Utilization of Most Recent Allocation Criteria
B. Patel, R. Prashar, A. Babu
Henry Ford Hospital Detroit, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Single Center review of Renal recovery in Simultaneous Liver Kidney Transplantation (SLKT) in patients who were approved for SLK based on the recent UNOS…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Facilitators and Barriers to the Implementation of Culturally Competent Care to Increase Living Kidney Donation in Transplant Centers
E. J. Gordon, E. Romo, D. Amortegui, A. Rodas, N. Anderson, J. Uriarte, J. Caicedo, M. Shumate
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Hispanics/Latinos are disproportionately less likely than non-Hispanic whites to receive a live donor kidney transplant (LDKT). Cultural beliefs and linguistic barriers contribute to LDKT…

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