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…2019 American Transplant Congress
Incidence of Autoresuscitation in Donation after Cardiac Death Donors
*Purpose: Donation after cardiac death (DCD) donors are subject to an observation period after asystole to monitor for cardiopulmonary autoresuscitation (AR). Periods vary between and…2019 American Transplant Congress
Differences in the Cost of Kidney Organ Recovery by Organ Procurement Organization Size
*Purpose: Economic theory suggests that there should be an initial decrease in costs of products as production levels increase. Using data from independent OPOs we…2019 American Transplant Congress
Intra-abdominal Hypertension And Abdominal Compartment Syndrome: An Organ Procurement Organization’S Experience
*Purpose: Because of a shortage of available organs, an average of 22 people die each day waiting for a transplant. There has been significant research…2019 American Transplant Congress
Differences in the Cost of Recovering Organs over Time
*Purpose: To report on the level and changes over time in the OPOs’ cost of recovering deceased donor organs (kidneys; livers; hearts; and lungs).*Methods: Cost…2019 American Transplant Congress
Organ Donation is an Indication for Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT)
*Purpose: A retrospective review of cases from one large organ procurement organization (OPO) was performed to determine whether the delivery of RRT as a component…2019 American Transplant Congress
Organ Donation Survey among Health Care Professionals in Argentina
*Purpose: Our objective was to survey health care professionals (HCPs) responsible for the care of potential organ donors (PODs) on attitude toward organ donation, knowledge…
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