Articles tagged "Informed consent"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Waitlisted Patients’ Preferences for Accepting and Consenting to Transplantation with Experimentally Manipulated Organs
E. J. Gordon¹, P. Abt², C. Phillips², F. Bermudez², B. Knopf¹, J. Lee¹, R. Veatch³, R. Knight⁴, P. T. Conway⁴, J. Goldstein⁵, S. Dunn⁶, P. Reese²
¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Georgetown University, Washington, DC, ⁴American Association of Kidney Patients, Tampa, FL, ⁵Lung Transplant Foundation, Raleigh, NC, ⁶Donor Alliance, Denver, CO
*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
Short Tandem Repeat (STR) Analysis Identifies a Cancer Transmitted from an Organ Donor to 4 Transplant Recipients
M. Park¹, J. Van Ziffle¹, E. Collisson¹, J. Grenert¹, S. Behr¹, A. Gonzalez¹, J. Chou¹, S. Maisel¹, T. Friedlander¹, C. Freise¹, J. Shoji¹, T. Semrad², P. Chin-Hong¹, C. Atreya¹
¹UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ²Gene Upshaw Memorial Tahoe Forest Cancer Center, Truckee, CA
*Purpose: Organ donors are systematically screened for infection, while screening for malignancy is less rigorous. The true incidence of donor-transmitted malignancies is unknown due to…
2019 American Transplant Congress
African American Living Kidney Donors’ Perceptions of APOL1 Genetic Testing and Its Impact on Ethnic Identity
E. J. Gordon¹, D. Amortegui¹, C. Wicklund¹, J. Friedewald¹, R. Sharp²
¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: Apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) risk variants may contribute to live kidney donors’ (“donors”) kidney failure post-donation. Because professional guidelines suggest informing potential donors with African…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Changing Paradigm of Ethics in Uterus Transplantation: A Systematic Review
L. M. Ngaage¹, S. Ike², A. Elegbede³, S. Gebran⁴, C. J. Vercler⁵, F. Liang⁴, E. M. Rada¹, C. Cooney³, R. J. Redett³, Y. M. Rasko¹
¹Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, ²London North West University Healthcare Trust, London, United Kingdom, ³Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital / University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Plastic Surgery Section, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: The first uterus transplantation (UTx) was performed in 2000 and sparked ethical debate. As key milestones are reached (successful human UTx in 2011, and…
2018 American Transplant Congress
What Happened When the 'Soft Opt-Out' to Organ Donation Was Implemented in Wales? Family and Professional Views and Experiences, and Consent Rates for the First 18 Months
L. Mc Laughlin, J. Noyes, K. Morgan, P. Walton, A. Roberts, M. Stephens.
Social Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, Wales, United Kingdom; Major Health Conditions Policy Team, Welsh Government, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom; Organ Donation, NHS Blood and Transplant, Cardiff and Liverpool, Wales, United Kingdom; Nephrology and Transplantation, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.
On 01.12.15 Wales introduced a 'soft opt-out' system of organ donation.Co-productive, mixed-methods study partnered with NHS Blood and Transplant and patient and public representatives. Data…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Critical Care Management of Organ Donors with Uncertain Consent Status
M. Varma, J. LaRosa.
Department of Medicine, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ.
Introduction: Donor management is a foundation of organ transplantation. It requires professionalism, compassion, and collaboration between intensive care unit (ICU) staff, organ procurement organizations (OPOs),…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Willingness to Consider Increased Risk Donors: A Single Center Experience
V. Richards,¹ C. Johnson,¹ J. Perkins,² A. Limaye,³ L. Sibulesky.²
¹Nephrology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; ²Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; ³Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Background: The number of Public Health Service increased risk organ donors (PHS IRD) is growing, largely due to the opioid epidemic.Methods: We conducted a retrospective…
2017 American Transplant Congress
African American Living Kidney Donors' Attitudes About APOL1 Genetic Testing: Implications for Evaluation and Informed Consent.
E. Gordon,¹ C. Johnson,¹ C. Wicklund,¹ R. Sharp,² J. Friedewald.¹
¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester
BackgroundAfrican American (AA) live kidney donors (LKDs) have a greater risk than European American live donors of kidney failure. Apolipoprotein 1 (APOL1) gene variants in…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Informing Informed Consent for High KDPI Kidneys.
A. Nishio Lucar, D. Keith, G. Vranic.
Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
The standard approach to informed consent for high KDPI (KDPI 86-100%) deceased donor kidneys (DDK) relies on anticipated graft half-life and may not provide candidates…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of Transplant Health Literacy of Liver Transplant Candidates and Their Caregivers.
Y. Bababekov,¹ Z. Fong,^1,2 J. Adler,¹ H. Yeh,¹ D. Chang,^1,2 J. Pomposelli.³
¹Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; ²Codman Center for Clinical Effectivness in Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; ³Transplantation, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA.
Purpose: All transplant programs provide education sessions and instructional material to their patients to improve health literacy. However, their efficacy is unknown. We piloted a…