Articles tagged "Organ Selection/Allocation"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Single Center Experience Transplanting Deceased Donor Kidneys with Poor Pump Parameters
M. Garner, B. Sharda, A. Farney, G. Orlando, C. Jay, J. Rogers, A. Reeves-Daniel, A. Mena-Gutierrez, N. Sakhovskaya, R. Stratta
Transplant Surgery, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC
*Purpose: With the growth of marginal deceased donor (DD) kidney utilization, machine preservation or “pumping” of selected kidneys has become an increasingly important part of…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Renal Graft Outcomes in Simultaneous Heart-Kidney Transplantation
K. Okumura, S. Ohira, M. Kai, K. Wolf, A. L. Gass, D. Spielvogel, N. Singh, D. Glicklich, D. John, T. Diflo, S. Lansman, S. Nishida, A. Dhand
Westchester Medical Center / New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
*Purpose: Simultaneous heart and kidney transplantation (SHKT) has increased steadily in United States Previously it was shown that SHKT is associated with benefits in overall…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Factor V Leiden Heterozygosity and Live Donor Liver Donation – A Single Center Analysis
D. Reddy, S. Ganesh, A. M. Thompson, V. Gunabushanam, A. Ganoza, M. Molinari, A. Tevar, C. Hughes, A. Humar
Thomas E Starzl Transplant Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) accounts for only a small percentage (< 6%) of all liver transplants performed for adult recipients in the western…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Trends in Donor Cause of Death and the Effect on Outcomes in Liver Transplantation Over 15-Years
J. A. Steggerda¹, I. K. Kim², D. P. Ladner¹, J. Caicedo¹, D. Borja-Cacho¹
¹Transplant Surgery, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, ²Transplant Surgery, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Over the past 15 years, there has been a significant shift in donor cause of death (COD), which has coincided with an increase in…
2022 American Transplant Congress
A Qualitative Comparison of Declined Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Living Liver Donor Candidates at a High-Volume Urban Transplant Center
D. Toy¹, B. Horwich¹, A. Mulgaonkar¹, A. Padilla², J. L. Dodge³, N. Kaur⁴, H. Han³
¹Department of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ²USC Transplant Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ³Division of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Department of Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: To compare Hispanic and non-Hispanic living liver donor candidates who were declined by a multidisciplinary selection committee at a large urban transplant center.*Methods: The…
2022 American Transplant Congress
National Attitudes Towards Early Liver Transplantation for Alcoholic Liver Disease
J. Mitchell¹, K. Nijhar¹, K. Herrick-Reynolds², H. Sung¹, P. Chen¹, D. L. Segev¹, E. King¹, A. Cameron¹
¹Department Of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Department Of Surgery, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
*Purpose: Pre-transplant abstinence requirements, notably the 6-month sobriety guideline, limit access to liver transplant for patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis (SAH). This study examines the…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Molecular ABO Typing: An Effective Tool for Resolving Deceased Donor Indeterminate ABO Types
D. Tanglao¹, S. S. Musa¹, J. J. Chew¹, L. Santiago², K. Herron³, B. O'Neale³, N. A. Lemp¹, S. O. Dionne⁴
¹Eurofins DPT, Los Angeles, CA, ²Eurofins DPT, Centennial, CO, ³Eurofins DPT, Centennial, CA, ⁴Eurofins DPT, denver, CO
*Purpose: In order to evaluate molecular ABO typing as an alternative method of blood typing that may be employed when indeterminate serological typing results are…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Patient and Graft Survival for Simultaneous Kidney and Liver Transplant Recipients from Hepatitis C Viremic Donors: A Unos Database Analysis
Z. Haddadin, A. Parsikia, H. Kaul, N. Chandolias, R. Zaki, K. Khanmoradi
General Surgery, Einstein Medical Center-Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: We aimed to compare recipient and graft survival for simultaneous kidney and liver transplant (SLK) recipients from hepatitis C virus (HCV) nucleic acid test…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Years Of Life Gained Through Organ Transplantation From Donors Deceased From Drug Overdose
A. M. Hébert, A. L. Hill
Institute for Computational Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: The worsening opioid crisis in the United States has increased the availability of organs from donors who died of drug overdoses. The goal of…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Management of Brain-Dead Organ Donors by a Dedicated ICU Team Improves Organ Yield
G. L. Piper¹, B. E. Sullivan¹, G. Boulton¹, T. C. Lewis¹, J. Pavone¹, C. Ezzell², D. E. Smith III³, L. Angel¹, N. Moazami³, R. Montgomery¹
¹NYU Langone Transplant Institute, New York, NY, ²LiveOnNY, New York, NY, ³Cardiothoracic Surgery, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY
*Purpose: Management of brain-dead (BD) donors can be challenging in hospitals with limited ICU bed availability, lack of accessible diagnostic capabilities, and a culture that…