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…2022 American Transplant Congress
Organ Transplant Outcomes from Donors with Positive SARS-CoV-2 PCRs in New York: A Case Series
*Purpose: Rapid evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic over the past 24 months has demanded agility in managing selection criteria for deceased organ donors, with the…2022 American Transplant Congress
Early Retrieval of the Right Kidney for Combined Heart and Kidney Transplantation is Feasible and Reduces Costs
*Purpose: Combined heart and kidney transplants (cHKT) have increased in recent years. Standard procurement practice often necessitates kidney extraction and packaging after the heart team…2022 American Transplant Congress
OPO Education Spending and Donation Rates
*Purpose: The shortage of organs for transplantation in the United States has endured for decades despite the efforts of transplantation professionals, organ procurement organizations, volunteer…2022 American Transplant Congress
The Cost of Procuring Deceased Donor Livers: Evidence from OPO Cost Reports 2013-2018
*Purpose: The cost of procuring deceased donor organ for transplantation include costs for the assessment of potential organ donors, maintenance of the donor while waiting…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)…2021 American Transplant Congress
Wave of the Future: Expanding Role and Necessity of the Dedicated Procurement Surgeon
New England Donor Services, Waltham, MA
*Purpose: To evaluate the quantitative and qualitative benefits of a dedicated procurement surgeon (DPS) across the transplant spectrum, including the DPS technical performance value for…
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