2020 American Transplant Congress
Living versus Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation in Cholestatic Liver Disease: An Analysis of the OPTN Database
1Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 2University of Washington, Seattle, WA
*Purpose: The current MELD allocation system does not accurately reflect the urgency of liver transplantation (LT) in cholestatic liver disease (CLD) patients. Therefore, more CLD…2020 American Transplant Congress
Characteristics of Anonymous Living Donors and Their Recipients. Appropriate Use of a Rare and Valuable Gift
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Anonymous Living Donors are a special select set of donors. As there continues to be advances in Paired Donation, we review the trends and…2020 American Transplant Congress
Single Cell Analysis of Living Donor Kidneys Characterizes Resident Parenchymal and Immune Populations in Male and Female Donors
*Purpose:Understanding the molecular profiles and individual contributions of kidney parenchymal and resident/infiltrating immune cells during homeostasis would facilitate development of treatments for kidney graft disease.…2020 American Transplant Congress
Living Kidney Donor Profile Index Used to Assess Donor Risk Factors Affecting the Survival Rate of Transplanted Kidney and Comparison with Kidney Donor Profile Index of Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation
*Purpose: Recently, the number of deceased donor kidneys(DDK) has been limited, so living donor kidney transplantation((LDKT) accounts for nearly 40% of kidney transplants worldwide. This…2020 American Transplant Congress
Long Term Outcomes of Hypertensive Kidney Donors
Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Many people with hypertension are excluded from kidney donation fearing that hypertension is a major cause of CKD and its impact maybe magnified after…2020 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Center Experiences with Social Media Campaigns for Living Donation
*Purpose: The OPTN Living Donor Committee surveyed U.S. transplant (TX) programs to assess their experiences with social media campaigns intended to identify potential living donors…2020 American Transplant Congress
Decision-Making, Motivations and the Donation Experience among HLA-Identical Living Kidney Donors at UCLA – A Qualitative Study
*Purpose: Studies on motivations and decision-making processes of living donors have previously identified recipient relationship, fear of loss and altruism as important modifying factors of…2020 American Transplant Congress
Public Health Insurance is Associated with Reduced Access to Living Donor Liver Transplantation and Increased Liver Transplant Waiting List Mortality: An Analysis of the SRTR
*Purpose: Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is associated with improved survival and lower hospital costs, but it continues to makes up less than 5% of…2020 American Transplant Congress
Physician Survey on Using APOL1 Genetic Testing in Live Kidney Donor Selection
*Purpose: Live kidney donors of recent African ancestry are at an increased risk of developing end stage kidney disease than matched healthy non-donors. A recent…2020 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Follow-Up of a Phase 2 Clinical Trial to Induce Tolerance in Living Donor Renal Transplant Recipients
1Northwestern, Chicago, IL, 2UIC, Chicago, IL, 3Duke, Durham, NC, 4U Louisville, Louisville, KY
*Purpose: 37 pts have been transplanted since 2009 in a phase 2 protocol to induce tolerance in recipients of living donor renal allografts (KTx). The…