2019 American Transplant Congress
Organ-Procurement Organization and Donor Factor-Related Variation in Deceased Donor Kidney Biopsies and Discards: A National Practice Patterns Analysis
*Purpose: The clinical utility and outcome implications of deceased donor kidney allograft procurement biopsies are controversial.*Methods: We analyzed Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients data (n=59,328…2019 American Transplant Congress
Taking a Step toward Standardization: Results of an American Society of Transplant Surgeons/Association of Organ Procurement Organizations Survey of Donation after Circulatory Death Liver Recovery Practices
*Purpose: Donation after circulatory death (DCD) liver transplants (LT) represented only 6.3% of total U.S. LT in 2017, despite DCD comprising 18.3% of the deceased…2019 American Transplant Congress
Liver Circle-Based Allocation: LSAM Modeling Results
*Purpose: On June 25, 2018, the OPTN Board of Directors (BOD) directed the Liver and Intestinal Organ Transplantation Committee to propose changes to policy removing…2019 American Transplant Congress
The Use of Mobile Software for Real-Time, Secure, Team-Based Procurement and Transplantation Team Communication to Improve the Deceased Donor Organ Transplantation Process
HealthTech Solutions, Inc., Coralville, IA
*Purpose: Deceased donor organ (DDO) transplantation is an effective cure for patients suffering from organ failure. Organ transplantation is cost-effective, provides a significant survival benefit,…2019 American Transplant Congress
Perception Of Hospital Staff On Transplant: Pre And Post-intervention
*Purpose: A primary component in managing potential organ donors is working effectively and collaboratively in the multidisciplinary environment of the ICU. Fundamentals of Critical Care…2019 American Transplant Congress
Exploring Perceptions of Organ Procurement: Need for a Formal Medical Student Curriculum
*Purpose: Medical student participation in organ procurement provides early exposure to surgery and may inspire donor advocacy. We evaluated medical students’ experiences with an organ…2019 American Transplant Congress
Apparatus and Method to Facilitate In-Situ Cold Perfusion of Abdominal Organs in DCD Donors
Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network, Itasca, IL
*Purpose: Rapid, effective in-situ cold perfusion of the abdominal organs in the setting of donation after circulatory death (DCD) is a critical surgical task to…2019 American Transplant Congress
Costs of Kidney Recoveries Varies Dramatically across Organ Procurement Organizations
*Purpose: Report on the wide variation across OPOs in the cost of kidney recovery from deceased donors.*Methods: Cost reports (CMS 216-94 Form) from 52 Independent…2019 American Transplant Congress
Wide Geographic Variability in the Proportion of Donors with Cardiac Death – Lost Opportunities for Organ Donation?
*Purpose: Donation after cardiac death (DCD) donors are largely not considered by organ procurement organization (OPO) metrics, as DCD donors are only counted in donor…2019 American Transplant Congress
Associations between State-Level Donor Designation Rate and Organ Procurement Organization Characteristics and Outcomes
*Purpose: The impact of “Donor Designation (DDSR)”, a pledge to donate with state drivers licensing authority, has not been explored. This work focusses on estimating…
American Transplant Congress abstracts