Articles tagged "Organ Selection/Allocation"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Outcomes of Crossmatch Positive Simultaneous Liver Kidney Transplants in the United States
S. Riad¹, E. Aby¹, S. Jackson², P. Nguyen³, N. Lim¹, J. Lake¹
¹Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Mhealth-Fairview, Minneapolis, MN, ³Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: The long-term results of crossmatch positive (XM+) simultaneous liver-kidney (SLK) transplants are conflicting. We examined the association between crossmatch (XM) status and SLK outcomes…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Early Kidney Transplantation Irrespective of Donor Profile Offers Survival Benefit in Recipients Older Than 70 Years
A. Mujkanovic¹, T. Jarmi², C. B. Taner¹, K. P. Croome¹, S. A. Mao¹
¹Transplant Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, ²Transplant Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
*Purpose: Donor and recipient pre-transplant risk factors are known to influence post-transplant recipient survival. This study’s purpose was to identify the most important donor and…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Impact of a Modified Lung Allocation Score That Mitigates Selection Bias
E. M. Schnellinger¹, E. Cantu², D. E. Schaubel¹, S. E. Kimmel³, A. J. Stephens-Shields¹
¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
*Purpose: The U.S. lung allocation system uses the Lung Allocation Score (LAS) to prioritize lung transplant candidates. Selection bias, induced by dependent censoring of waitlisted…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Covid-19 Diagnosis on Organ Donation and Transplantation
L. Baetje¹, A. Cheng¹, S. Sander², L. Markham², M. Ott², J. Finn², A. Wee³, K. Dyer⁴, A. Atluri¹, D. Jahandar¹, M. Moncure⁴
¹University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO, ²Midwest Transplant Network, Westwood, KS, ³Transplantation Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁴University Health Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
*Purpose: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has challenged many aspects of healthcare, including organ donation and transplantation. The purpose of this study is to…
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…