2016 American Transplant Congress
Understanding the Initial Rise in Kidney Discard Rates Observed Post-KAS.
1UNOS, Richmond, VA; 2Emory Univ, Atlanta, GA; 3Univ Hosp Case Med Ctr, Cleveland, OH.
Background: Kidney discard rates increased by 10% -- from 18.3% to 20.2% (p=0.001) -- during the first 7 months of KAS but returned to pre-KAS…2016 American Transplant Congress
Is Donor Methamphetamine Use a Contraindication in Heart Transplantation?
Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA.
Background: Donor methamphetamine (meth) use has been a relative contraindication for the use of the donor hearts for patients awaiting heart transplantation. The concern is…2016 American Transplant Congress
Use of Elderly Donors in Liver Transplantation: A Paired-Match Analysis at a Single Center.
Liver Surgery and Transplantation, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy.
Introduction: Use of livers from very old donors is a way to expand the donor pool, but this practice is not universally implemented due to…2016 American Transplant Congress
The “PHS Increased Risk” Label Is Associated with Non-Utilization of Hundreds of Organs Per Year.
The Public Health Service (PHS) guidelines use behavioral risk factors to designate certain organ donors as carrying increased risk for the transmission of hepatitis B,…2016 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Donor Profile Index Trend Analyses.
Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
IntroductionIn spite of improved outcomes associated with the usage of extended criteria donor (ECD) kidneys, the number of kidney transplants (KT) using this donor population…2016 American Transplant Congress
Survival Benefit from Kidney Transplantation Using Kidneys from Deceased Donors Over 75 Years.
Large registries have shown that end-stage renal disease patients have longer survival after kidney transplantation (KT) than remaining on dialysis. However, the outcome for kidneys…2016 American Transplant Congress
Does Donor and Recipient Age Disparity Make a Difference with Expanded Criteria Donors?
The critical shortage of donor organs challenges the transplant community to optimize the use of organs from all consented deceased donors (DD). The purpose of…2016 American Transplant Congress
Are We Refusing Good Organs? Outcomes of Ventilator Management of Sub-Optimal Lung Donors.
PurposeOptimizing donor lung function is essential for organ acceptance and successful lung transplantation (LTx). We hypothesized that ventilator management of sub-optimal donor lungs, PaO2<300 mmHg,…2016 American Transplant Congress
Superior Waitlist and Equivalent Transplant Outcomes Among Hepatitis C RNA-Positive Patients Who Are Willing to Accept Hepatitis C Seropositive Kidneys.
Background: kidney transplantation from hepatitis C seropositive (HCV+) donors may benefit hepatitis C RNA-positive (RNA+) candidates, but it is not clear how the acceptance/listing status…2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Donor AKI on Outcome Following High KDPI Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation.
Background: Transplanting deceased donor kidneys with AKI does not appear to have negative impact on graft survival, however the impact of AKI on high KDPI…
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