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Articles tagged "Procurement"

  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of Donor Hepatectomy Time during Organ Procurement in Donation after Circulatory Death Liver Transplantation; The United Kingdom Experience

    S. Farid, A. Magdy, D. Vijayanand, V. Upasani, S. Willis, A. Barlow, H. Ernest, A. Niaz.

    St James University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom.

    IntroductionNo data exists to evaluate the impact of hepatectomy time (HT) during donation after cardiac death (DCD) procurement on short and long-term outcomes following liver…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Improving the Organ Donation Referral Process through Telemedicine

    M. Groveman,1 M. Perry,2 I. Berman,2 N. Benavides,1 A. Friedman.1

    1LiveOnNY, NY; 2Northwell Health, New Hyde Park.

    Development of a Tele-ICU serving multiple institutions within our donor service area stimulated a collaborative performance improvement project. To improve the referral and timeliness rates…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Despite the Growing Impact of the American Opioid Epidemic on Organ Donation, a Small Percentage of Drug Intoxication Deaths Result in Organ Donation

    L. Hickman,1 J. Killian,1 S. Windham.1,2

    1Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; 2Alabama Organ Center, Birmingham, AL.

    Purpose: This study seeks to understand the regional variation in donations after drug overdose (DO) and quantify the proportion of DO deaths that go on…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Truth in Pathology: Autopsy Findings in Lungs Declined for Transplantation.

    A. Friedman, J. Lewis, H. Irving, K. Delli Carpini.

    LiveOnNY, New York, NY

    Healthy lungs are scarce among available organ donors who are becoming progressively older and have increasing numbers of comorbidities. Selection criteria that include excellent oxygenation…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Geographic Disparities in Access to Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant.

    S. Gustafson,1 A. Wey,1 B. Thompson,1 A. Massie,2 S. Zhou,2 N. Salkowski,1 D. Segev,1,2 S. Gentry,1,3 J. Snyder.1

    1Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis; 2Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore; 3U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis

    In 2015, SRTR was asked by HRSA to investigate geographic disparities in access to deceased donor kidney transplant. To account for the potential impact of…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    The American Transplant Congress Effect on Kidney Discard Rates in the United States.

    D. Abdelwahab,1 G. Wei,2 I. Hall.2

    1Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; 2University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

    Background: Deceased-donor kidneys with high kidney donor risk index (KDRI) are often discarded despite evidence that certain candidates would have better survival accepting these kidneys…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    An OPO Offer Acceptance Report for Hard-to-Place Kidneys.

    A. Wey, N. Salkowski, B. Kasiske, A. Israni, J. Snyder.

    Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis, MN

    Transplant program offer acceptance behavior varies substantially for kidneys after 100 previous offers (i.e., “hard-to-place offers”). An organ procurement organization (OPO) offer acceptance report could…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    OPO Performance Metrics: Relationship with Kidney Transplant Program Performance Metrics and Kidney Utilization.

    A. Wey, N. Salkowski, B. Kasiske, A. Israni, J. Snyder.

    Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis, MN

    Organ procurement organization (OPO) performance metrics have been scrutinized due to the perceived disincentives of the regulatory system. In kidney transplantation, OPOs are evaluated on…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Accepting a High-KDPI Kidney versus Waiting for Another Offer Can Improve Chances of a Functioning Graft.

    A. Wey,1 N. Salkowski,1 W. Kremers,2 A. Israni,1 B. Kasiske,1 J. Snyder.1

    1Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis, MN; 2Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

    Less than 50% of waitlisted candidates undergo a first deceased donor transplant within 5 years. Yet approximately 20% of recovered kidneys and >50% of kidneys…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Modular Training in Organ Procurement, in the Present Era of High BMI Donors: Validation by Results.

    H. Sharma, M.-T. Abraham, I. Al Hasan, B. Al-Harbi, S. Aquil, A. Sener, P. Luke, D. Quan.

    Multi Organ Transplant Unit, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada

    Back ground: Last year, we presented our improved quality care data of modular training program (step wise surgical training) for all abdominal organ procurements at…
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