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
Kidney Transplantation Using Kidneys from Donation After Circulatory Death Donors: Results from the UK Experience
Introduction: Kidneys from donation after circulatory-death donors currently make up over 40% of deceased donor kidney transplants in the UK. In addition, 34% of deceased…2015 American Transplant Congress
Parameters of Machine Perfusion Evaluating Quality of Kidneys from DCD/ECD Donors
Background Donors from donation after cardiac death(DCD) and expanded criteria donors(ECD) have poorer outcomes compared to standard deceased donors(SCD). It is important to evaluate quality…2015 American Transplant Congress
Risk Associated With DCD Kidney Transplantation Varies by Donor Characteristics
Studies have shown that comparable kidney graft survival between donors after brain death (DBD) and donors after circulatory death (DCD) overall. However, the differential risk…2015 American Transplant Congress
Causes of Poor Renal Function of Kidney Transplants from Uncontrolled Donation After Cardiac Death Donors (UDCDD)
Nephrology, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.
INTRODUCTION: Kidneys grafts from UDCDD have higher ischemia injury. It develops in higher primary non function, lower graft survival and worst renal function compared to…2015 American Transplant Congress
Hypothermic Machine Perfusion Improves Kidney Viability through Amelioration of Vasospasm and Edema of Podocytes and Renal Tubular Epithelial Cells
Hypothermic machine perfusion (MP) may improve outcome after transplantation from donors after cardiac death (DCD) kidneys, but protective mechanisms of MP remain largely unknown. To…2015 American Transplant Congress
National Outcomes of Donation After Cardiac Death (DCD) Liver Transplantation Are Equivalent to Donation After Brain Death (DBD) Liver Transplantation Using Older (DBD) Donor Livers
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
Background: Multiple studies have demonstrated that outcomes of DCD liver transplantation (LTx) are inferior to DBD LTx. Thus DCD liver transplantation represents only 7% of…2015 American Transplant Congress
When Do DCD Donors Die? Outcomes and Implications of DCD at a High-Volume, Single-Center OPO in the United States
Introduction: Successful donation (SD) is not always possible following attempted donation after circulatory death (DCD). The goal of this study was to determine the fate…2015 American Transplant Congress
Induction Therapy With either Anti-Thymocyte Antibodies or Il2 Receptor Inhibitors Appears to Decrease the Risk of Graft Loss in DCD Liver Transplantation Compared to No Induction Therapy
University of Washington, Seattle.
An analysis of our center's outcomes in DCD liver transplants suggested that induction with anti-thymocyte antibody preparations (ATG) may reduce the risk of graft loss…2015 American Transplant Congress
A 10 Min “No-Touch” Time – Is It Enough in DCD? A DCD Animal Study
Introduction: DCD is under investigation due to the lack of human donor organs. Required times of cardiac arrest vary between 75 seconds and 27 min…
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