2018 American Transplant Congress
The Continuous Debate of Older Donors into Older Recipients: Another Angle
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles.
Purpose: Heart transplantation (HTx) remains limited by donor availability. Many programs accept older donors (≥50 yrs) for older recipients (≥ 60 yrs) in an effort…2018 American Transplant Congress
Increased Length of Stay of the Donor Decreases Heart Transplant Recipient Survival
Purpose: We hypothesize that the longer the cardiac donor is in the hospital prior to procurement, the worse the heart transplant (tx) recipient outcome for…2018 American Transplant Congress
Lack of Efficacy of Eculizumab for Prevention of Delayed Graft Function (DGF) in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients
DGF portends poor short- and long-term renal function, increases cost, and may reduce graft survival. We studied the safety/efficacy of eculizumab (ECU), a C5 convertase…2018 American Transplant Congress
Radioisotopic Evaluation of Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) before and 1 Year after Kindey Donation for Transplantation: The Concept of Estimated Renal Functional Reserve (eRFR)
Kidney donors (KD) develop a partial loss of renal function defined as Acute Kidney Injury (AKI). Recovery from AKI is due to renal functional reserve…2018 American Transplant Congress
The Influence Factors of DCD Donors' Family Members' Willingness in Chinese Current Status (Hunan Province Experience)
Background: Organ donation after citizen death (DCD) in China has developed gradually since the government promotes it powerfully from 2012, but the donation rate in…2018 American Transplant Congress
The Altruistic Living Kidney Donor Phenotype – From Inquiry to Donation
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham.
BackgroundWe distinguish an altruistic donor from the traditional living donor when a living person's offer to donate an organ is to “anyone” and not attached…2018 American Transplant Congress
Organ Procurement Organization Run Department of Motor Vehicle Office Leads to Increased Organ Donor Registry Enrollments
1Washington University, St. Louis, St. Louis, MO; 2Mid-America Transplant Services, St. Louis, MO.
Background: 98% of people on the First Person Authorization (FPA) registry for organ donation enroll at a Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) licensing office. Donor…2018 American Transplant Congress
Waiting for the Optimal Donor for MCS Patients Awaiting Heart Transplant
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles.
Purpose: Patients (pts) bridged with mechanical circulatory support (MCS) may require more optimal donors for best outcome compared to non-bridged transplant recipients. MCS pts have…2018 American Transplant Congress
Shared Genetic Ancestry as a Predictor of Medium Term Renal Transplant Outcome in Deceased Donor Transplants
Sibling transplant pairs have better transplant outcomes than unrelated donor recipient (DR) pairs indicating that shared genetic ancestry between donors and recipients can aid in…2018 American Transplant Congress
The First 9 Years of KPD through the National Kidney Registry: Characteristics of Donors and Recipients Compared to National Transplant Registries
Purpose: The NKR is a voluntary network of 75 transplant centers in 28 States in the USA focused on the facilitation of live donor kidney…
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