2015 American Transplant Congress
Dual Kidney Transplantation – Utilising Marginal Kidneys
Cardiff Transplant Unit, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
Background: With the increasing shortage of donor kidneys a constant review of organ quality and utilisation is required. Getting any positive result from a potential…2015 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Donor Age On Pancreas Transplantation Outcome
The global increase in the average donor age over the last decade has resulted in widespread acceptance of pancreases from older donors for transplantation. This…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of High-Risk Lung Donors on the Survival of Lung Recipients With Interstitial Pulmonary Fibrosis
Matching donors and recipients is largely based on experience. With the implementation of the LAS, IPF candidates have the highest provability of being transplanted after…2015 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients Over Age of 55 by Donor Source: LD, SCD, ECD
University of Minnesota, Mpls.
Background: Outcomes in older kidney transplant recipients from SCD and ECD have been studied; however, comparative outcomes between older recipients of LD, SCD and ECD…2015 American Transplant Congress
Emerging Strategies to Screen Kidney Offers Based on the Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI)
Background: In the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network's (OPTN) new kidney allocation system, kidney offers are screened by setting for each candidate a maximum acceptable…2015 American Transplant Congress
Donors at Age Extremes for Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplant (SPKT)
Background:Shortage of optimal pancreatic donors stimulates a search for options to expand the donor pool. Extreme age donors ( <13 yrs or > 50 yrs…2015 American Transplant Congress
Changes in Utilization, Discard, and Outcomes Associated With Hepatitis C (+) Donor Livers in the Era of Direct Acting Anti-Retroviral Therapy
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
While 45% of liver candidates are hepatitis C (HCV) (+) and might benefit from an HCV (+) donor liver, only 7.1% receive one, and HCV…2015 American Transplant Congress
Early Use of Anti-Lymphocyte Antibody in Kidney Transplant Recipients With Delayed Graft Function Can Produce Desirable Post-Transplant Results
Department of Transplantation Surgery, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Proper management of delayed graft function (DGF) is essential for successful post-transplant result in deceased donor kidney transplantation. We compared the effect of anti-lymphocyte antibody…2015 American Transplant Congress
Moderate KDPI (35-85) and High KDPI (>85) Grafts Yield Similar Graft Function and Survival
Purpose – To study the impact of donor KDPI on post-transplant kidney function and survival.Methods – We reviewed the records of 309 deceased donor kidney…2015 American Transplant Congress
Fibrosis, Not Quantitative NGAL-Staining, in Day-10 Protocol Biopsies Predicts Prolonged Duration of Functional Delayed Graft Function in a Cohort of DCD Kidney Transplant Recipients
1Nephrology, LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands; 2Pathology, LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands.
Introduction: Extended criteria deceased kidneys are associated with prolonged delayed graft function and worse patient survival. Therefore it is important to identify factors in marginal…
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