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Articles tagged "Organ Selection/Allocation"

  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Size to Fit: A Simple Formula to Predict Donor Liver Weight in Deceased Donor Liver Transplant

    A. Mohamed1, J. Cui2, T. Kitajima1, T. Shamaa1, T. Ivanics1, I. Godana3, A. Yorks2, S. Shimada1, B. Madek1, M. Rizzari1, A. Yoshida1, M. Abouljoud1, S. Nagai1, K. Collins1

    1Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI, 2Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, 3General Surgery, McLaren, Lansing, MI

    *Purpose: Estimated donor liver volume (DLV) prediction equations are widely published. However, they often are complex and underpredict DLV, particularly in non-ideal body weight donors.…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Outcomes of Kidney Transplantation from a Male Donor with a Highly Elevated Prostate Specific Antigen Level (PSA) in Female Recipients

    S. K. Patel, E. Siskind, M. Jaleco, S. Shah, A. Adekile, S. Nijim, M. Laftavi

    Center for Transplantation, University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, NV

    *Purpose: Donor derived malignancy is a contraindication for kidney transplantation. Published literature is devoid of instances of utilization of organs from donors with high PSA…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    ABO Hemagglutination Titres Do Not Accurately Reflect ABO Antibody Levels

    A. Halpin1, T. Ellis2, J. Pearcey2, B. Motyka2, T. L. Lowary3, C. Cairo4, S. Maier2, L. J. West5

    1Pediatrics/Dept of Laboratory Medicine, University of Alberta/Alberta Precision Laboratories, Edmonton, AB, Canada, 2Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, 3Academia Sinica, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Taipei, Taiwan, 4Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, 5Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Canadian Donation and Transplant Research Program, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    *Purpose: ABO antibody (ABO-Ab) quantification is essential for risk assessment for ABO-incompatible (ABOi) transplantation, but the hemagglutination assay (HA) for ABO-Ab titres is known to…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Donor-Derived Carbapenem-Resistant Gram-Negative Infections: Risk Mitigation Strategy in Solid Organ Transplant Improves Recipients Safety and Could Expand Donor Pool

    A. Mularoni1, E. Graziano1, M. Campanella1, A. Cervo2, M. Peghin3, F. Barbera1, P. Conaldi1, A. Luca1, P. A. Grossi4

    1ISMETT, Palermo, Italy, 2Department of Infectious Diseases, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico of Modena, Modena, Italy, 3Division of Infectious Diseases, ASUFC, Udine, Italy, 4Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy

    *Purpose: We implemented an Active Surveillance System (ASS) to mitigate the risk of unexpected carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative (CRGN) donor-derived infection (DDI) in solid organ transplant recipient…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Prospective Study of Preimplantation Biopsy in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation (DDKT)

    H. Me, M. Smith, C. Jadlowiec, K. Harris, R. Butterfield, H. Khamash, B. G. AbuJawdeh, K. Reddy, R. Heilman

    Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ

    *Purpose: Our aim was to study the impact of preimplantation biopsy (Bx) findings in selecting kidneys from more marginal donors.*Methods: This is a 2-year prospective…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Myeloid Molecular Signature of Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Human Liver Transplantation

    R. A. Sosa1, R. Ahn2, A. Terry1, Z. Qian2, F. Li1, S. Sen1, T. Ito3, B. V. Naini1, F. Kaldas3, A. Hoffmann2, R. W. Busuttil3, D. W. Gjertson1, J. Kupiec-Weglinski3, E. F. Reed1

    1Pathology and Lab Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 2Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 3Surgery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

    *Purpose: Ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) is well-appreciated as a significant clinical concern for recipients of liver transplantation, yet there are still no diagnostic or therapeutic…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Can We Predict Progression of Potential Donation After Cardiac Death Donors (DCD) Using DonorNet?

    Y. Bababekov1, A. Yule1, H. Moore1, R. Choudhury2, C. Hertert3, T. Pshak4, T. Nydam5, B. Kaplan1, E. Pomfret1, J. Pomposelli5

    1Transplant Surgery, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, 2University of Colorado Hospital, Denver, CO, 3Donor Alliance, Denver, CO, 4University of Colorado, Denver, CO, 5University of Colorado, Aurora, CO

    *Purpose: DCD utilization of livers is limited by unpredictability of progression, perceived worse outcome, and costs related to deployment of resources. We aimed to predict…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Reassessment of Previous Kidney Discards from a Single Large Organ Procurement Organization

    S. Bunnapradist1, T. Seto2, A. Cohen2, T. Rosenthal1, G. Danovitch1

    1David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 2One Legacy, Los Angeles, CA

    *Purpose: After deceased donor kidneys are recovered, they are offered according to UNOS policy and are discarded if no centers in the country would use…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Organ Transplantation From Donors With Active Sars-cov-2 Infection: The Italian Experience

    P. A. Grossi1, R. Romagnoli2, S. Gruttadauria3, M. Colledan4, L. De Carlis5, S. Martin-Suarez6, G. M. Ettorre7, F. Parisi8, F. Di Benedetto9, U. Maggiore10, G. Tisone11, E. Andorno12, M. Carmellini13, L. G. Lupo14, U. Livi15, A. Montemurro16, L. Lombardini17, M. Cardillo18

    1Medicine and Surgery, Univ degli Studi dell'Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy, 2Liver Transplant Center -General Surgery 2U, University of Turin, Torino, Italy, 3Abdominal Surgery and Organ Transplantation Unit, ISMETT, Palermo, Italy, 4Medicine and Surgery, Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII, 24127 Bergamo, Italy, 5CHIRURGIA GENERALE E DEI TRAPIANTI, A.O. Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda, 20162 Milano, Italy, 6Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Department, University of Bologna S.Orsola - Malpighi, 40138 Bologna, Italy, 7Dipartimento Interaziendale Trapianti Silvio Natoli, A.O. San Camillo - Forlanini, 00149 Roma, Italy, 8DIPARTIMENTO CARDIOCHIRURGIA CARDIOLOGIA E TRAPIANTO CUORE POLMONE, Ospedale Bambino Gesù, 00165 Roma, Italy, 9Medicine and Surgery, AOU Policlinico, 41124 Modena, Italy, 10Dipartimento di Medicina Generale e Specialistica, Ospedale Maggiore - Parma, 21100 Varese, Italy, 11Chirurgia Generale, A.O.U. Policlinico Tor Vergata, 00133 Roma, Italy, 12Dipartimento di Chirurgia, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, 16132 Genova, Italy, 13Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche, Chirurgiche e Neuroscienze, A.O.U. Senese - S.M. Alle Scotte, 53100 Siena, Italy, 14E’mergenza e trapianti di organi, AOU Consorziale Policlinico, 70124 Bari, Italy, 15Medicine and Surgery, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata di Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy, 16Centro Nazionale Trapianti Operativo, CNT, 00162 Roma, Italy, 17Medical DirectOR, CNT, 00162 Roma, Italy, 18General Director, CNT, 00162 Roma, Italy

    *Purpose: In the present study we want to report safety and outcome of organ transplantation from donors with active SARS-CoV-2 infection in Italy.*Methods: In November…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Miami Protocol for Liver Deceased Donors After Circulatory Death: Increased 1-year Overall Survival for Selected Patients

    V. Venkatasamy, P. Abreu, J. Riella, R. Miyashiro, A. Tector, A. Tekin, G. Selvaggi, R. Vianna

    University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami Transplant Institute, Miami, FL

    *Purpose: The use of deceased donors after circulatory death (DCD) for liver transplantation (LT) is still underutilized. It provides an acceptable solution to increase the…
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