2022 American Transplant Congress
Streamlining Donation Transplantation Communication Via HIPAA-compliant App
Transplant Connect, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Communication across the donation transplantation ecosystem is fractured and ineffectual, often necessitating the use of unsecured methods such as texting in order to accomplish…2022 American Transplant Congress
Superoxide in Cardiac Allografts from Donors After Circulatory Death
*Purpose: Quality of cardiac allografts from donors after circulatory death (DCD) is adversely impacted by warm ischemia and subsequent reperfusion during organ resuscitation. Post-transplant myocardial…2022 American Transplant Congress
Enhancing Early Nerve Regeneration from Reconstruction of a Segmental Nerve Injury with Polyethylene Glycol
*Purpose: Despite advancements in understanding and treating peripheral nerve injuries (PNIs), restoration of lost motor and sensory functions remain poor using current methods of clinical…2022 American Transplant Congress
An In Depth Assessment of Unsuccessful DCD Donor Procurement Attempts: Areas for Improvement
Baylor Simmons Transplant Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: DCD donors are a key way to expand allograft supply but an aggressive strategy of pursuing DCD liver allografts is associated with significant number…2022 American Transplant Congress
The US Kidney Allocation System Should Not Allocate En Bloc Kidneys from Deceased Donors < 18 Kg as Equivalent to Top 20% KDPI Single Kidneys
1University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
*Purpose: In December 2020, the US Kidney Allocation System (KAS) revised the allocation rules for deceased donors under 18 kg, stating that both kidneys must…2022 American Transplant Congress
Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation from Donors with Acute Kidney Injury: Realities and Costs
*Purpose: The use of kidneys from deceased donors with acute kidney injury (AKI) is one of the options to expand donor pool. Several studied have…2021 American Transplant Congress
Donor Factors Associated with In-field Decline of Heart Allografts
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: The decline of organs upon assessment within the field complicates optimal organ and resource utilization. We aimed to investigate if certain donor factors were…2021 American Transplant Congress
Automated Electronic Donor Referrals Have Increased Transplantation
Transplant Connect, Santa Monica, CA
*Purpose: It is well understood and supported by previous studies that costly inefficiencies exist in the current phone-based process by which hospitals refer potential donors…2021 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Covid-19 on Offer Acceptance Rates by Age and Race Groups
1SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, 2Univ of San Fransico, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: COVID-19 causes more severe complications in older patients and disproportionately leads to poor outcomes in racial minorities. High offer acceptance rates indicate better access…2021 American Transplant Congress
Geospatial Analysis of Organ Procurement Organizations and Its Impact on Organ Donation Rates
1University of Miami, Miami, FL, 2Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: For the majority of organ procurement organizations (OPOs), OPO staff travel to donor hospitals to obtain consent and manage donors, while OPO headquarters (HQ)…
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