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  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Antiviral Therapy for Donor-Derived Hepatitis C Virus Infection after Solid Organ Transplantation

    A. Kwong,1 A. Wall,2 M. Melcher,2 U. Wang,3 A. Ahmed,1 K. Khush,3 A. Subramanian,3 J. Tan,3 P. Kwo.1

    1Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA; 2Surgery, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA; 3Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.

    Background: In the context of organ shortage, the opioid epidemic, and the advent of effective direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy for hepatitis C virus (HCV), more…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    High Body Mass Index in Organ Donor is Significantly Correlated to Low PaO2/FiO2 Ratio in SRTR Database

    T. Okamoto,1 L. Thuita,1 H. Niikawa,1 K. Ayyat,1 Y. Itoda,1 M. Valpour,2 E. Blackstone,1 K. McCurry.1

    1Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland; 2Respiratory Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland.

    Background:Atelectasis is a major cause of hypoxemia in organ donors. However, the risk factors of hypoxemia unknown. Our previous study suggested that donors with high…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Offspring Living Kidney Donors Should Not Be Ruled Out

    X. Luo, A. Massie, C. Holscher, D. Segev.

    Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.

    A recent study (AJT, January 2018) suggested that kidneys from offspring live donors conferred worse post-transplant outcomes than non-offspring live donors, and advocated selecting non-offspring…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Donor Transmitted Nut Allergy Following Solid Organ Transplantation: Analysis of the OPTN Ad Hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee (DTAC)

    R. Bag, S. Tlusty, G. Vece, T. Peterson, J. Schaenman, G. Berry, J. Bucio, L. Danziger-Isakov, D. Florescu, D. Goldberg, C. Ho, R. La Hoz, K. Lilly, M. Malinis, A. Mehta, M. Nalesnik, R. Sawyer, L. Strasfeld, P. Wood, N. Theodoropoulos, M. Michaels, C. Wolfe.

    DTAC, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond.

    Introduction: Transplant Acquired Food Allergy may cause fatal allergic reactions, and is an under-recognized and poorly understood. Specifically, nut allergy transfer after solid organ transplantation…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Evaluation of KPD: Does It Improve Overall Transplant Center Performance?

    M. Rees,3 E. Michelin,1 N. Koizumi,2 J. Ortiz.3

    1West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lewisburg, WV; 2George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; 3University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, OH.

    Introduction: The medical community is facing a constant shortage of kidneys for transplant patients. The most effective way to combat the deficit is to increase…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    UPMC Living Donor Champion Program

    C. Caruso, C. Zell, G. Swaytha, B. Angela, S. Sarah, L. Elaine, P. Susan, W. Travis, H. Abhinav.

    Transplant Services, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA.

    Aims: Living donation is a good option to address organ shortage and waitlist mortality, but finding a living donor can be a challenge. The goal…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Candidate Sex and Size Disparity in Liver Offer Acceptance.

    M. Bowring,1 A. Massie,1 C. Haugen,1 J. Ruck,1 D. Segev,1 S. Gentry.1,2

    1JHU, Baltimore; 2US Naval Academy, Annapolis

    Female liver transplant candidates face lower access to transplantation. Size match between the offered liver and the candidate is important but has not been considered…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Retroactive Application of a New Risk Index for Living Donor Kidney Transplantation (LKDPI) to Renal Transplants in Veracruz, Mexico.

    G. Martinez-Mier,1,2 E. Soto-Miranda,1 S. Avila-Pardo,2 L. Budar-Fernandez,1 M. Mendez-Lopez,1 P. Moreno-Ley,1 E. Aguilar-Sandoval,1 G. Coello-Torres,3 F. Diaz-Trueba.3

    1Organ Transplantation, IMSS UMAE HE 14, Veracruz, Mexico; 2Organ Transplantation, HRAEV, Veracruz, Mexico; 3Research, IMSS UMAE HE 14, Veracruz, Mexico

    Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) was designed to estimate the graft loss risk in deceased donor transplants. Recently, the Epidemiology Research Group for Organ Transplantation…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Non-Directed Kidney Donor Candidate Referral, Care, and Attrition in an Online Portal.

    R. Hays,1 K. Schappe,1 D. Kaufman,1 D. Mandelbrot.2

    1Division of Transplant Surgery, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI; 2Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI

    When non-directed live kidney donation (NDD) was first described in the early 2000s, a high rate of inquiry per actual donor was noted. Since then,…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Increasing Living Donation by Implementing the Kidney Coach Program.

    D. LaPointe Rudow, S. Geatrakas, J. Armenti, A. Tomback, R. Shapiro.

    Recanati Miller Transplantation Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY

    Introduction: It is firmly established that for patients requiring transplant, living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) is better than deceased donor transplantation. However, recipients find it…
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