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Survival Advantage from Accepting a Circulatory Death Liver Transplant
Background As liver failure increases in the UK, so does demand for liver transplantation. In response, UK donation after circulatory death (DCD) activity has approximately…2018 American Transplant Congress
Aggressive Pursuit of Donation after Cardiac Death Kidney Donors with High Kidney Donor Profile Index: Good Use of Resources?
Clinical Division, Gift of Life Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Pursuit of donation after cardiac death (DCD) organ donors requires a significant investment in resources. As an Organ Procurement Organization which very aggressively pursues such…2018 American Transplant Congress
Changes in Graft Gene Expression Contribute to Coagulopathy in UDCD Liver Transplantation
Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain.
Uncontrolled donation after circulatory death donors suffer cardiac arrest followed by unsuccessful resuscitation. Their livers have been successfully transplanted, though strict maintenance and selection criteria…2018 American Transplant Congress
10-Year Outcomes of Renal Transplantation from Circulatory Death Donors with Increased Terminal Creatinine
Surgery III, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
Background: To alleviate chronic renal graft shortages in Japan, donation after circulatory death (DCD) is an increasingly used organ resource. Organs from DCD donors with…2018 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of DCD Renal Transplantation from Donors with Acute Kidney Injury
Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY.
BackgroundDeceased donor kidneys with acute kidney injury (AKI) are a viable source of organs, yet are frequently discarded. Outcomes of deceased donor renal transplantation (DDRT)…2018 American Transplant Congress
DCD Utilization in Cholestatic Liver Disease: Distinct Outcomes between PSC and PBC Recipients
Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR.
Background: Concern for inferior outcomes in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) and primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) have limited utilization of donation after cardiac death…2018 American Transplant Congress
Potential Impact of DCD Donor Recoveries on Heart Transplantation: Retrospective Analysis of a Limited UNOS Dataset
Purpose: To review the volume and quality of potential DCD (Donation after Cardiac Death) Heart Transplant (HT) donors in the US, evaluate trends over time…2018 American Transplant Congress
A Medical Decision Analysis for the Use of Donation after Cardiac Death Donors for Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplant
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
For patients on the simultaneous liver-kidney transplant (SLKT) waitlist, acceptance of donation after cardiac death (DCD) organs may facilitate earlier transplantation thereby reducing waitlist mortality,…2018 American Transplant Congress
Donor Hepatectomy Time in Donation after Circulatory Death Donors is an Independent Risk Factor for the Development of Biliary Strictures and Early Graft Loss after Transplantation
Introduction: Liver transplantation (LT) from donors after circulatory death (DCD) is associated with an increased risk of non-anastomotic biliary strictures (NAS) and early graft loss…2018 American Transplant Congress
Consistency of DCD Procurement Procedures across Organ Procurement Organizations – Preliminary Findings
Intro: Variation among procedures across Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) may account for discrepancies in outcomes associated with the use of deceased after cardiac death (DCD).…
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