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Romano V, Passaro ML, Ruzza A, Parekh M, Airaldi M, Levis HJ, Ferrari S, Costagliola C, Semeraro F, Ponzin D. Quality assurance in corneal transplants: Donor cornea assessment and oversight. Surv Ophthalmol 2024; 69:465-482. [PMID: 38199504 DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2023.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2023] [Revised: 12/12/2023] [Accepted: 12/29/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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The cornea is the most frequently transplanted human tissue, and corneal transplantation represents the most successful allogeneic transplant worldwide. In order to obtain good surgical outcome and visual rehabilitation and to ensure the safety of the recipient, accurate screening of donors and donor tissues is necessary throughout the process. This mitigates the risks of transmission to the recipient, including infectious diseases and environmental contaminants, and ensures high optical and functional quality of the tissues. The process can be divided into 3 stages: (1) donor evaluation and selection before tissue harvest performed by the retrieval team, (2) tissue analysis during the storage phase conducted by the eye bank technicians after the retrieval, and, (3) tissue quality checks undertaken by the surgeons in the operating room before transplantation. Although process improvements over the years have greatly enhanced safety, quality, and outcome of the corneal transplants, a lack of standardization between centers during certain phases of the process still remains, and may impact on the quality and number of transplanted corneas. Here we detail the donor screening process for the retrieval teams, eye bank operators. and ophthalmic surgeons and examine the limitations associated with each of these stages.
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- Vito Romano
- Eye Clinic, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences, and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy; Eye Clinic, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy; Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
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- Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences and Dentistry, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy; Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- International Center for Ocular Physiopathology, Fondazione Banca Degli Occhi del Veneto Onlus, Venice, Italy; Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass Eye and Ear, Dept. of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Eye Clinic, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences, and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy; Eye Clinic, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy; Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences and Dentistry, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy; International Center for Ocular Physiopathology, Fondazione Banca Degli Occhi del Veneto Onlus, Venice, Italy; Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass Eye and Ear, Dept. of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy; Department of Eye and Vision Science, Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy; Department of Eye and Vision Science, Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- International Center for Ocular Physiopathology, Fondazione Banca Degli Occhi del Veneto Onlus, Venice, Italy; Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences and Dentistry, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy; Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Eye Clinic, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences, and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy; Eye Clinic, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy; Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- International Center for Ocular Physiopathology, Fondazione Banca Degli Occhi del Veneto Onlus, Venice, Italy; Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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Moreno Villares JM. National recommendations on paediatric organ donation. An Pediatr (Barc) 2024; 100:e30. [PMID: 38575473 DOI: 10.1016/j.anpede.2024.03.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2020] [Accepted: 09/17/2020] [Indexed: 04/06/2024] Open
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Rodríguez Núñez A, Pérez Blanco A. National recommendations on paediatric organ donation. Authors reply. An Pediatr (Barc) 2024; 100:e31. [PMID: 38580589 DOI: 10.1016/j.anpede.2024.03.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2020] [Accepted: 10/09/2020] [Indexed: 04/07/2024] Open
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- Antonio Rodríguez Núñez
- Sección de Pediatría Crítica, Cuidados Intermedios y Paliativos Pediátricos, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Coruña, Spain.
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Zhu Y, Shudo Y, He H, Kim JY, Elde S, Williams KM, Walsh SK, Koyano TK, Guenthart B, Woo YJ. Outcomes of Heart Transplantation Using a Temperature-controlled Hypothermic Storage System. Transplantation 2023; 107:1151-1157. [PMID: 36510359 DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000004416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND The SherpaPak Cardiac Transport System is a novel technology that provides stable, optimal hypothermic control during organ transport. The objectives of this study were to describe our experience using the SherpaPak system and to compare outcomes after heart transplantation after using SherpaPak versus the conventional static cold storage method (non-SherpaPak). METHODS From 2018 to June 2021, 62 SherpaPak and 186 non-SherpaPak patients underwent primary heart transplantation at Stanford University with follow-up through May 2022. The primary end point was all-cause mortality, and secondary end points were postoperative complications. Optimal variable ratio matching, cox proportional hazards regression model, and Kaplan-Meier survival analyses were performed. RESULTS Before matching, the SherpaPak versus non-SherpaPak patients were older and received organs with significantly longer total allograft ischemic time. After matching, SherpaPak patients required fewer units of blood product for perioperative transfusion compared with non-SherpaPak patients but otherwise had similar postoperative outcomes such as hospital length of stay, primary graft dysfunction, inotrope score, mechanical circulatory support use, cerebral vascular accident, myocardial infarction, respiratory failure, new renal failure requiring dialysis, postoperative bleeding or tamponade requiring reoperation, infection, and survival. CONCLUSIONS In conclusion, this is one of the first retrospective comparison studies that evaluated the outcomes of heart transplantation using organs preserved and transported via the SherpaPak system. Given the excellent outcomes, despite prolonged total allograft ischemic time, it may be reasonable to adopt the SherpaPak system to accept organs from a remote location to further expand the donor pool.
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- Yuanjia Zhu
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
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Choi JY, Kim JH, Kim JM, Kim HJ, Ahn HS, Joh JW. Outcomes of living liver donors are worse than those of matched healthy controls. J Hepatol 2022; 76:628-638. [PMID: 34785324 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2021.10.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2021] [Revised: 10/12/2021] [Accepted: 10/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Donor death is the most serious complication of living liver donation but is reported rarely. We investigated the actual mortality of living liver donors (LLDs) compared with matched control groups based on analysis of the Korean National Health Insurance Services (NHIS) database. METHODS This cohort study included 12,372 LLDs who donated a liver graft between 2002 and 2018, and were registered in the Korean Network for Organ Sharing. They were compared to 3 matched control groups selected from the Korean NHIS and comprising a total of 123,710 individuals: healthy population (Group I); general population without comorbidities (Group II); and general population with comorbidities (Group III). RESULTS In this population, 78.5% of living liver donors were 20-39 years old, and 64.7% of all donors were male. Eighty-nine donors (0.7%) in the LLD group died (68 males and 21 females), a mortality rate (/1,000 person-years) of 0.91 (0.74-1.12). Mortality rate ratio and the adjusted hazard ratio of the LLD group was 2.03 (1.61-2.55) and 1.71 (1.31-2.25) compared to Control Group I, 0.75 (0.60-0.93) and 0.63 (0.49-0.82) compared to Control Group II, and 0.58 (0.46-0.71) and 0.49 (0.39-0.60) compared to Control Group III. LLD group, depression, and lower income were risk factors for adjusted mortality. The incidence of liver failure, depression, cancer, diabetes, hypertension, brain infarction, brain hemorrhage, and end-stage renal disease in the LLD group was significantly higher than in Control Group I. CONCLUSIONS Outcomes of the LLD group were worse than those of the matched healthy control group despite the small number of deaths and medical morbidities in this group. LLDs should receive careful medical attention for an extended period after donation. LAY SUMMARY The incidence of mortality, liver failure, depression, cancer, diabetes, hypertension, brain infarction, brain hemorrhage, and end-stage renal disease in the living liver donor group was significantly higher than in the matched healthy group. Careful donor evaluation and selection processes can improve donor safety and enable safe living donor liver transplantation.
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- Jin Yong Choi
- Department of General Surgery, Myongji Hospital, Goyang, South Korea
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- Department of Urology, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea.
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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Cascino TM, Stehlik J, Cherikh WS, Cheng Y, Watt TMF, Brescia AA, Thompson MP, McCullough JS, Zhang M, Shore S, Golbus JR, Pagani FD, Likosky DS, Aaronson KD. A challenge to equity in transplantation: Increased center-level variation in short-term mechanical circulatory support use in the context of the updated U.S. heart transplant allocation policy. J Heart Lung Transplant 2021; 41:95-103. [PMID: 34666942 DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2021.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2021] [Revised: 08/31/2021] [Accepted: 09/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The United States National Organ Procurement Transplant Network (OPTN) implemented changes to the adult heart allocation system to reduce waitlist mortality by improving access for those at greater risk of pre-transplant death, including patients on short-term mechanical circulatory support (sMCS). While sMCS increased, it is unknown whether the increase occurred equitably across centers. METHODS The OPTN database was used to assess changes in use of sMCS at time of transplant in the 12 months before (pre-change) and after (post-change) implementation of the allocation system in October 2018 among 5,477 heart transplant recipients. An interrupted time series analysis comparing use of bridging therapies pre- and post-change was performed. Variability in the proportion of sMCS use at the center level pre- and post-change was determined. RESULTS In the month pre-change, 9.7% of patients were transplanted with sMCS. There was an immediate increase in sMCS transplant the following month to 32.4% - an absolute and relative increase of 22.7% and 312% (p < 0.001). While sMCS use was stable pre-change (monthly change 0.0%, 95% CI [-0.1%,0.1%]), there was a continuous 1.2%/month increase post-change ([0.6%,1.8%], p < 0.001). Center-level variation in sMCS use increased substantially after implementation, from a median (interquartile range) of 3.85% (10%) pre-change to 35.7% (30.6%) post-change (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Use of sMCS at time of transplant increased immediately and continued to expand following heart allocation policy changes. Center-level variation in use of sMCS at the time of transplant increased compared to pre-change, which may have negatively impacted equitable access to heart transplantation.
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- Thomas M Cascino
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, Virginia
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Health Management and Policy and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Health Management and Policy and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Greenberg R, Goldberg A, Anthony S, Buchman DZ, Delaney S, Gruben V, Holdsworth S, Le Foll B, Leung M, Lien D, Lynch MJ, Selzner N, Chandler JA, Fortin MC. Canadian Society of Transplantation White Paper: Ethical and Legal Considerations for Alcohol and Cannabis Use in Solid Organ Listing and Allocation. Transplantation 2021; 105:1957-1964. [PMID: 33587429 PMCID: PMC8376271 DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000003618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2020] [Revised: 11/16/2020] [Accepted: 11/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Alcohol and cannabis use as a contraindication to organ transplantation is a controversial issue. Until recently, patients in Canada with alcohol-associated liver disease were required to demonstrate abstinence for 6 mo to receive a liver transplant. There is no equivalent rule that is applied consistently for cannabis use. There is some evidence that alcohol and cannabis use disorder pretransplant could be associated with worse outcomes posttransplantation. However, early liver transplantation for patients with alcohol-associated liver disease in France and in the United States has led to challenges of the 6-mo abstinence rule in Canada in the media. It has also resulted in several legal challenges arguing that the rule violates human rights laws regarding discrimination in the provision of medical services and that the rule is also unconstitutional (this challenge is still before the court). Recent legalization of cannabis use for adults in Canada has led to questions about the appropriateness of limiting transplant access based on cannabis use. The ethics committee of the Canadian Society of Transplantation was asked to provide an ethical analysis of cannabis and alcohol abstinence policies. Our conclusions were as follows: neither cannabis use nor the 6-mo abstinence rule for alcohol use should be an absolute contraindication to transplantation, and transplant could be offered to selected patients, further research should be conducted to ensure evidence-based policies; and the transplant community has a duty not to perpetuate stigma associated with alcohol and cannabis use disorders.
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- Rebecca Greenberg
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
- Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program, Edmonton, AB, Canada
- Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program, Edmonton, AB, Canada
- Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Toronto General Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program, Edmonton, AB, Canada
- Toronto General Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program, Edmonton, AB, Canada
- Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program, Edmonton, AB, Canada
- Centre de recherche du CHUM, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, QC, Canada
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Brown CS, Waits SA, Englesbe MJ, Sonnenday CJ, Sheetz KH. Associations Among Different Domains of Quality Among US Liver Transplant Programs. JAMA Netw Open 2021; 4:e2118502. [PMID: 34369991 PMCID: PMC8353538 DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.18502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 05/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Importance US liver transplant programs have traditionally been evaluated on 1-year patient and graft survival. However, there is concern that a narrow focus on recipient outcomes may not incentivize programs to improve in other ways that would benefit patients with end-stage liver disease. Objective To determine the correlation among different potential domains of quality for adult liver transplant programs. Design, Setting, and Participants This retrospective cohort study was conducted from 2014 to 2019 among adult liver transplant programs included in the United Network for Organ Sharing and Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients program-specific reports. Liver transplant programs in the United States completing at least 10 liver transplants per year were included. Data were analyzed from March 2 to August 13, 2020. Main Outcomes and Measures The potential domains of quality examined included recipient outcomes (1-year graft and patient survival), aggressiveness (ie, marginal graft use, defined as the rate of use of donors with body mass index [calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared] greater than 40, age older than 65 years, or deceased by cardiac death), and waiting list management (ie, waiting list mortality). The correlation among measures, aggregated at the center level, was evaluated using linear regression to control for mean Model for End Stage Liver Disease-Sodium score at organ allocation. The extent to which programs were able to achieve high quality across multiple domains was also evaluated. Results Among 114 transplant programs that performed a total of 44 554 transplants, the mean (SD) 1-year graft and patient survival was 90.3% (3.0%) with a total range of 75.9% to 96.6%. The mean (SD) waiting list mortality rate was 16.7 (6.1) deaths per 100 person-years, with a total range of 6.3 to 53.0 deaths per 100 person years. The mean (SD) marginal graft use rate was 15.8 (8.8) donors per 100 transplants, with a total range of 0 to 49.3 donors. There was no correlation between 1-year graft and patient survival and waiting list mortality (β = -0.053; P = .19) or marginal graft use (β = -0.007; P = .84) after correcting for mean allocation Model for End Stage Liver Disease-Sodium scores. There were 2 transplant programs (1.8%) that performed in the top quartile on all 3 measures, while 4 transplant programs (3.6%) performed in the bottom quartile on all 3 measures. Conclusions and Relevance This cohort study found that among US liver transplant programs, there were no correlations among 1-year recipient outcomes, measures of program aggressiveness, or waiting list management. These findings suggest that a program's performance in one domain may be independent and unrelated to its performance on others and that the understanding of factors contributing to these domains is incomplete.
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- Craig S. Brown
- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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Ballouz D, Sawant OB, Hurlbert S, Titus MS, Majmudar PA, Kumar A, Zhou Y, Musch DC, Mian SI. Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Keratoplasty and Corneal Eye Banking. Cornea 2021; 40:1018-1023. [PMID: 34029240 PMCID: PMC8244805 DOI: 10.1097/ico.0000000000002748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2021] [Revised: 02/22/2021] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of COVID-19 guidelines for corneal donor tissue screening and the utility of routine postmortem COVID-19 testing of donors intended for surgical use at a single eye bank. METHODS A retrospective analysis of referrals to and eligible donors from an eye bank between March 1, 2020, and June 30, 2020, was performed, with the same time period in 2019 as a control. Referrals who were not procured because of Eye Bank Association of America COVID-19 guidelines and eye bank-specific restrictions were noted. The results of 1 month of routine postmortem testing performed by the eye bank were examined. Analysis of variance tests were performed to assess the change between donors from 2019 to 2020. RESULTS There was a significant reduction in both the number of total referrals to the eye bank (P = 0.044) and donors eligible for surgical transplantation (P = 0.031). Eye Bank Association of America COVID-19 guidelines reduced the number of referrals over this period by 4% to 14%. Of the 266 surgically eligible donors who received postmortem COVID-19 testing in June by the eye bank, 13 resulted positive (4.9%). CONCLUSIONS Despite a reduction in referrals and eligible corneal transplant donors at a single eye bank, there was a surplus of surgically suitable corneal tissue during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Eye banks should consider routine postmortem COVID-19 testing to identify asymptomatic infected donors although the risk of transmission of COVID-19 from infected donors is unknown.
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- Dena Ballouz
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Center for Vision and Eye Banking Research, Eversight, Cleveland, OH;
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- Department of Clinical Operations, Eversight, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Visual and Anatomical Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- Center for Eye Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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Witkowski P, Philipson LH, Buse JB, Robertson RP, Alejandro R, Bellin MD, Kandeel F, Baidal D, Gaglia JL, Posselt AM, Anteby R, Bachul PJ, Al-Salmay Y, Jayant K, Perez-Gutierrez A, Barth RN, Fung JJ, Ricordi C. Islets Transplantation at a Crossroads - Need for Urgent Regulatory Update in the United States: Perspective Presented During the Scientific Sessions 2021 at the American Diabetes Association Congress. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2021; 12:789526. [PMID: 35069442 PMCID: PMC8772267 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2021.789526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2021] [Accepted: 11/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Clinical islet allotransplantation has been successfully regulated as tissue/organ for transplantation in number of countries and is recognized as a safe and efficacious therapy for selected patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus. However, in the United States, the FDA considers pancreatic islets as a biologic drug, and islet transplantation has not yet shifted from the experimental to the clinical arena for last 20 years. In order to transplant islets, the FDA requires a valid Biological License Application (BLA) in place. The BLA process is costly and lengthy. However, despite the application of drug manufacturing technology and regulations, the final islet product sterility and potency cannot be confirmed, even when islets meet all the predetermined release criteria. Therefore, further regulation of islets as drugs is obsolete and will continue to hinder clinical application of islet transplantation in the US. The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network together with the United Network for Organ Sharing have developed separately from the FDA and BLA regulatory framework for human organs under the Human Resources & Services Administration to assure safety and efficacy of transplantation. Based on similar biologic characteristics of islets and human organs, we propose inclusion of islets into the existing regulatory framework for organs for transplantation, along with continued FDA oversight for islet processing, as it is for other cell/tissue products exempt from BLA. This approach would reassure islet quality, efficacy and access for Americans with diabetes to this effective procedure.
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- Piotr Witkowski
- Transplantation Institute, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
- *Correspondence: Piotr Witkowski,
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- Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
- Kovler Diabetes Center, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Diabetes Research Institute and Cell Transplant Center, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Schulze Diabetes Institute, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Department of Translational Research and Cellular Therapeutics, Diabetes and Metabolism Research Institute, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA, United States
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- Diabetes Research Institute and Cell Transplant Center, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States
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- Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States
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- Transplantation Institute, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Transplantation Institute, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Transplantation Institute, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Transplantation Institute, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Transplantation Institute, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Transplantation Institute, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Diabetes Research Institute and Cell Transplant Center, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States
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BACKGROUND Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a rule change to redefine the metric by which organ procurement organizations (OPOs) are evaluated. The metric relies on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data on inpatient deaths from causes consistent with donation among patients <75 years of age. Concerns have been raised that this metric does not account for rates of ventilation, and prevalence of cancer and severe sepsis, without objective data to substantiate or refute such concerns. METHODS We estimated OPO-level donation rates using CDC data, and used Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality/Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project data from 43 State Inpatient Databases to calculate "adjusted" donation rates. RESULTS The CMS metric and the ventilation-adjusted CMS metric were highly concordant in absolute terms (Spearman and Pearson correlation coefficients ≥0.95). In the Bland-Altman plot, 100% (48/48) of paired values (standard deviations [SDs] of the CMS and "ventilation adjusted" metrics) were within 1.96 SDs of the mean difference, with near-perfect correlation in Passing and Bablok regression (Lin's concordance correlation coefficient: 0.97). The CMS metric and the ventilation/cancer/sepsis-adjusted metric were highly concordant in absolute terms (Spearman and Pearson correlation coefficients ≥0.94). In the Bland-Altman plot, 97.9% (47/48) of paired values (SDs of the CMS and "ventilation/cancer/sepsis adjusted" metrics) were within 1.96 SDs of the mean difference, with near-perfect correlation in the Passing and Bablok regression (Lin's concordance correlation coefficient: 0.97). CONCLUSIONS These conclusions should provide CMS, and the transplant community, with comfort that the proposed CMS metric using CDC inpatient death data as a tool to compare OPO is not compromised by its lack of inclusion of ventilation or other comorbidity data.
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- David S Goldberg
- Department of Medicine, Division of Digestive Health and Liver Diseases, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
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Jones DG. Ethical Perspectives on Body Donation Following Physician-Assisted Death. Anat Sci Educ 2020; 13:504-511. [PMID: 31696652 DOI: 10.1002/ase.1930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2019] [Revised: 10/30/2019] [Accepted: 11/03/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The increasing availability of physician-assisted death (PAD) has opened up a novel means of making donated bodies available for anatomical dissection. This practice has come to the fore in Canada, but is unlikely to be confined to that country as legislation changes in other countries. The ethical considerations raised by this development are placed within the framework of the ethical guidelines on body donation promulgated by the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists. The discussion centers on understanding the ethical dimensions of moral complicity, and whether it is accepted or rejected. If rejected it is possible to separate ethical concerns regarding PAD from subsequent use of donated bodies, as long as there is fully informed consent and complete ethical and procedural separation of the two. Openness about the origin of bodies for dissection is essential. Students should be instructed on the nuances of moral complicity, and consideration be given to those with moral doubts about PAD. Two issues are raised in considering whether these moves represent an ethical slippery slope: the attraction represented by obtaining relatively "high quality" bodies, and the manner in which organ donation following PAD has led to challenges to the dead donor rule. Although body donation raises fewer concerns, the ethical dimensions of the two are similar. The ethical constraints outlined here have the capacity to prevent an ethical slippery slope and constitute a sound basis for addressing an innovative opportunity for anatomists.
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Dick AAS, Blondet NM, Shaw K, Healey PJ, Horslen S, Smith JM, Perkins JD, Reyes JD. The impact of public health service increased risk donors in pediatric liver transplantation. Pediatr Transplant 2020; 24:e13712. [PMID: 32320115 DOI: 10.1111/petr.13712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2019] [Revised: 11/01/2019] [Accepted: 03/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Many transplant programs are reluctant to use organs from deceased donors designated as "PHS increased risk" due to misconceptions regarding the quality of those organs. This study evaluated the impact of PHS increased risk donors on patient and allograft survival in pediatric patients undergoing liver transplantation. Retrospective analysis of the UNOS database from January 2005 through September 2017 revealed 5615 pediatric patients who underwent isolated liver transplantation; of these, 5057 patients received primary isolated liver transplants and 558 patients received isolated liver retransplants. PHS increased risk organs were used in 6.7% and 5.4% of the children receiving primary isolated and retransplant livers, respectively. Cox proportional hazards models adjusted for donor and recipient characteristics determined the relative risk of PHS status on allograft and patient survival. Sicker children (those in ICU [P < .001] and on life support [P = .04]) were more likely to receive PHS increased risk donor organs. There were no differences in overall patient (P = .61) or allograft (P = .68) survival between pediatric patients receiving PHS positive vs PHS negative deceased donor organs; adjusted models also demonstrated no statistically significant differences in patient or allograft survival. Excellent patient and allograft survival can be accomplished with PHS increased risk organs.
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- Andre A S Dick
- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Seattle Children's Hospital, Section of Pediatric Transplantation, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Seattle Children's Hospital, Section of Pediatric Transplantation, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Seattle Children's Hospital, Section of Pediatric Transplantation, Seattle, WA, USA
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Loua A, Feroleto M, Sougou A, Kasilo OMJ, Nikiema JB, Fuller W, Kniazkov S, Tumusiime P. A review of policies and programmes for human organ and tissue donations and transplantations, WHO African Region. Bull World Health Organ 2020; 98:420-425. [PMID: 32514216 PMCID: PMC7265924 DOI: 10.2471/blt.19.236992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2019] [Revised: 03/17/2020] [Accepted: 03/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Several resolutions, endorsed by the World Health Assembly and the United Nations General Assembly, articulate the need to improve the availability, quality and safety of organ and tissue donation and transplantation, as well as to prevent and combat trafficking in human organs. Here we assessed the implementation of these resolutions pertaining to organ and tissue donations and transplantations by sending out a questionnaire to all 47 countries in the World Health Organization African Region. From 33 countries that provided data, we identified several obstacles and challenges. Compared to other regions, there are very limited data on organ donation and transplantation. Most countries are lacking legal and regulatory frameworks, since they did not yet establish a specific or comprehensive legislation covering donation and transplantation of human organs and tissues. Countries also have a poor national capacity to perform organ and tissue transplantations and the organization and management of national programmes are weak. Funding, both from domestic and external sources, is insufficient to implement effective transplantations programmes and patients have inadequate financial protection. To address these challenges, we propose that countries and partners should develop and implement policies, strategies, plans and regulatory frameworks for all aspects of organ and tissue donations and transplantations, including fighting against organ trafficking and transplant tourism. Where donation and transplantation programmes exist, stakeholders should develop the skills of human resources, adopt technical standards and quality management procedures to improve donation and transplantation of human organs and tissues.
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- André Loua
- World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, Cite du Djoue, P.O. Box 06, Brazzaville, Congo
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- Department of International Health, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, United States of America
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- World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, Cite du Djoue, P.O. Box 06, Brazzaville, Congo
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- World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, Cite du Djoue, P.O. Box 06, Brazzaville, Congo
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- World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, Cite du Djoue, P.O. Box 06, Brazzaville, Congo
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- World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, Cite du Djoue, P.O. Box 06, Brazzaville, Congo
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- World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, Cite du Djoue, P.O. Box 06, Brazzaville, Congo
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by a highly contagious RNA virus termed as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Ophthalmologists are at high-risk due to their proximity and short working distance at the time of slit-lamp examination. Eye care professionals can be caught unaware because conjunctivitis may be one of the first signs of COVID-19 at presentation, even precluding the emergence of additional symptoms such as dry cough and anosmia. Breath and eye shields as well as N95 masks, should be worn while examining patients with fever, breathlessness, or any history of international travel or travel from any hotspot besides maintaining hand hygiene. All elective surgeries need to be deferred. Adults or children with sudden-onset painful or painless visual loss, or sudden-onset squint, or sudden-onset floaters or severe lid oedema need a referral for urgent care. Patients should be told to discontinue contact lens wear if they have any symptoms of COVID-19. Cornea retrieval should be avoided in confirmed cases and suspects, and long-term preservation medium for storage of corneas should be encouraged. Retinal screening is unnecessary for coronavirus patients taking chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine as the probability of toxic damage to the retina is less due to short-duration of drug therapy. Tele-ophthalmology and artificial intelligence should be preferred for increasing doctor-patient interaction.
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- Parul Chawla Gupta
- Department of Ophthalmology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Pharmacology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India
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Ravi KS. Dead Body Management in Times of Covid-19 and its Potential Impact on the Availability of Cadavers for Medical Education in India. Anat Sci Educ 2020; 13:316-317. [PMID: 32279462 PMCID: PMC7262108 DOI: 10.1002/ase.1962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2020] [Revised: 03/31/2020] [Accepted: 03/31/2020] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
MESH Headings
- Anatomy/education
- Betacoronavirus/pathogenicity
- COVID-19
- Cadaver
- Computer-Assisted Instruction/methods
- Computer-Assisted Instruction/trends
- Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology
- Coronavirus Infections/transmission
- Dissection/statistics & numerical data
- Education, Distance/methods
- Education, Distance/organization & administration
- Education, Distance/trends
- Education, Medical/methods
- Education, Medical/organization & administration
- Education, Medical/statistics & numerical data
- Education, Medical/trends
- Humans
- India/epidemiology
- Mortuary Practice/legislation & jurisprudence
- Mortuary Practice/standards
- Mortuary Practice/trends
- Pandemics/prevention & control
- Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology
- Pneumonia, Viral/transmission
- SARS-CoV-2
- Schools, Medical/organization & administration
- Schools, Medical/supply & distribution
- Schools, Medical/trends
- Tissue and Organ Procurement/legislation & jurisprudence
- Tissue and Organ Procurement/organization & administration
- Tissue and Organ Procurement/standards
- Video Recording
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- Kumar Satish Ravi
- Department of AnatomyAll India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)RishikeshIndia
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OBJECTIVES This study aimed to (1) determine the knowledge level of young adults towards blood donation, and (2) to understand their donor identity and the meanings of blood donation to them. DESIGN A questionnaire-based cross-sectional survey. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Undergraduate students of a university in Hong Kong recruited by convenience sampling, at public facilities in campus such as student canteens and the Campus Blood Donor Centre of the university. OUTCOME MEASURES The questionnaire which consisted of three parts was used for data collection. Part 1 collected sociodemographic information and items associated with blood donation; part 2 related to knowledge on blood donation and part 3 focused on blood donor identity. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to determine the OR and identify the predictors for blood donation. RESULTS Among the 542 respondents, 274 were non-blood donors and 268 were blood donors. Blood donors generally have a better knowledge towards blood donation than non-blood donors. The results of univariate analyses indicated that being a female (OR=1.99, p<0.001), aged 22 years or above (OR=234, p<0.001), studying at year 4 or 5 (OR=2.12, p=0.003), studying health-related programmes (OR=1.96, p<0.001), being registered as an organ donor (OR=6.59, p<0.001), had prior experience of receiving blood (OR=7.60, p<0.001) or prior experience of being refused for blood donation (OR=5.14, p<0.001) were significantly associated with being a blood donor. Having prior experience of receiving blood was the strongest predictor for being a blood donor, followed by being registered as an organ donor, after controlling for all other factors in the logistic regression model. CONCLUSIONS The findings are consistent with self-determination theory, which hypothesises that people are more likely to abide with blood donation behaviours that are internally rather than externally motivated.
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- Lorna Kwai Ping Suen
- School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong
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- Department of Applied Social Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong
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- Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Hospital Authority, King's Park, Hong Kong
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- School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong
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IMPORTANCE The shortage of deceased donor kidneys for transplants is an ongoing concern. Prior studies support transplanting kidneys from deceased donors with acute kidney injury (AKI), but those investigations have been subject to selection bias and small sample sizes. Current allocation practices of AKI kidneys in the United States are not well characterized. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the association of deceased donor AKI with recipient graft survival and to characterize recovery and discard practices for AKI kidneys by organ procurement organizations. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Registry-based, propensity score-matched cohort study from January 1, 2010, to December 31, 2013, in the United States. The dates of analysis were March 1 to November 1, 2019. From 2010 to 2013, a total of 6832 deceased donors with AKI and 15 310 deceased donors without AKI had at least 1 kidney transplanted. This study used a 1:1, propensity score-matched analysis to match deceased donors with AKI to deceased donors without AKI and investigated outcomes in their corresponding kidney recipients. EXPOSURE Deceased donor AKI, defined as at least 50% or 0.3-mg/dL increase in terminal serum creatinine level from admission. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Recipients were assessed for the time to death-censored graft failure and the following secondary outcomes: delayed graft function, primary nonfunction, and the time to all-cause graft failure. RESULTS Ninety-eight percent (6722 of 6832) of deceased donors with AKI were matched to deceased donors without AKI. The mean (SD) age of the 13 444 deceased donors was 40.4 (14.4) years, and 63% (8529 of 13 444) were male. A total of 25 323 recipients were analyzed (15 485 [61%] were male), and their mean (SD) age was 52.0 (14.7) years. Recipients were followed up for a median of 5 (interquartile range, 4-6) years. Deceased donor AKI status had no association with death-censored graft failure (hazard ratio, 1.01; 95% CI, 0.95-1.08) or all-cause graft failure (hazard ratio, 0.97; 95% CI, 0.93-1.02). The results were consistent after examining by AKI stage and adjusting for recipient and transplant characteristics. More recipients of AKI kidneys developed delayed graft function (29% vs 22%, P < .001). Few recipients (120 of 25 323 [0.5%]) developed primary nonfunction regardless of deceased donor AKI status. Recovery and transplantation of AKI kidneys varied by organ procurement organization; most (39 of 58) had high recovery and high discard of AKI kidneys. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Deceased donor AKI kidneys transplanted in the study period had recipient graft survival comparable to that of non-AKI kidneys. This study's findings suggest that the transplant community should evaluate whether currently discarded AKI kidneys from donors without substantial comorbidities can be used more effectively.
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- Caroline Liu
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City
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- Program of Applied Translational Research, Section of Nephrology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- André Oliveira Paggiaro
- Departamento de Cirurgia Plastica e Banco de Tecidos, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
- *Corresponding author. E-mail:
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- Departamento de Cirurgia Plastica e Banco de Tecidos, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Departamento de Cirurgia Plastica e Banco de Tecidos, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Departamento de Cirurgia Plastica e Banco de Tecidos, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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Reed MJ, Currie I, Forsythe J, Young I, Stirling J, Logan L, Clegg GR, Oniscu GC. Lessons from a pilot for uncontrolled donation after circulatory death in the ED in the UK. Emerg Med J 2019; 37:155-161. [PMID: 31757833 DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2019-208650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2019] [Revised: 10/07/2019] [Accepted: 10/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Worldwide there is a shortage of available organs for patients requiring transplants. However, some countries such as France, Italy and Spain have had greater success by allowing donations from patients with unexpected and unrecoverable circulatory arrest who arrive in the ED. Significant advances in the surgical approach to organ recovery from donation after circulatory death (DCD) led to the establishment of a pilot programme for uncontrolled DCD in the ED of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. This paper describes the programme and discusses the lessons learnt.
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- Matthew James Reed
- Emergency Medicine Research Group Edinburgh (EMERGE), Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- Edinburgh Transplant Centre, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- Edinburgh Transplant Centre, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- NHS Blood and Transplant, The Courtyard Callendar Business Park, Falkirk, UK
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- NHS Blood and Transplant, The Courtyard Callendar Business Park, Falkirk, UK
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- Edinburgh Transplant Centre, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- NHS Blood and Transplant, The Courtyard Callendar Business Park, Falkirk, UK
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- Emergency Medicine Research Group Edinburgh (EMERGE), Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- Edinburgh Transplant Centre, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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Wainman BC, Cornwall J. Body Donation after Medically Assisted Death: An Emerging Consideration for Donor Programs. Anat Sci Educ 2019; 12:417-424. [PMID: 30848063 DOI: 10.1002/ase.1874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Revised: 03/04/2019] [Accepted: 03/05/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Around the world, the recent introduction of assisted death laws has meant that undertaking medical assistance in dying (MAID) is now an option for some persons wishing to end their life. Some of these people donate their bodies to medical science, and by doing so have created a new route from which donor programs can now receive bodies. Such donations have also illuminated a myriad of novel ethical questions. This article considers the emotive and controversial topic of MAID in relation to body donation, describing the experiences of McMaster University, Canada, where several MAID body donors have been received by the anatomical donor program. It provides background on the development and implementation of MAID in Canada, and describes the experience of staff and students at McMaster to MAID donations. It also explores the relevance of MAID to body donation programs, and discusses several of the ethical challenges facing body donation programs who may encounter MAID body donors. These include the appropriateness of accepting MAID donors, issues with informed consent, the effect of personal engagement with MAID donors, information sharing around MAID donations, governance issues, and negative historical parallels between MAID and euthanasia. Suggestions on how to manage MAID body donation focus on how issues affecting institutions, faculty, and students may be approached utilizing appropriate transparency and communication, some of which may facilitate student professional development around the topic of MAID. It is also suggested that the development of ethically appropriate guidelines on MAID body donations may positively guide the anatomical community.
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- Bruce C Wainman
- Pathology and Molecular Medicine and Education Program in Anatomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Centre for Early Learning in Medicine, Otago Medical School, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Graf M, Char D, Hanson-Kahn A, Magnus D. Use of genetic risks in pediatric organ transplantation listing decisions: A national survey. Pediatr Transplant 2019; 23:e13402. [PMID: 31012250 PMCID: PMC6836721 DOI: 10.1111/petr.13402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2018] [Revised: 09/04/2018] [Accepted: 01/14/2019] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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There is a limited supply of organs for all those who need them for survival. Thus, careful decisions must be made about who is listed for transplant. Studies show that manifesting genetic disease can impact listing eligibility. What has not yet been studied is the impact genetic risks for future disease have on a patient's chance to be listed. Surveys were emailed to 163 pediatric liver, heart, and kidney transplant programs across the United States to elicit views and experiences of key clinicians regarding each program's use of genetic risks (ie, predispositions, positive predictive testing) in listing decisions. Response rate was 42%. Sixty-four percent of programs have required genetic testing for specific indications prior to listing decisions. Sixteen percent have required it without specific indications, suggesting that genetic testing may be used to screen candidates. Six percent have chosen not to list patients with secondary findings or family histories of genetic conditions. In hypothetical scenarios, programs consider cancer predispositions and adult-onset neurological conditions to be relative contraindications to listing (61%, 17%, and 8% depending on scenario), and some consider them absolute contraindications (5% and 3% depending on scenario). Only 3% of programs have formal policies for these scenarios, but all consult genetic specialists at least "sometimes" for results interpretation. Our study reveals that pediatric transplant programs are using future onset genetic risks in listing decisions. As genetic testing is increasingly adopted into pediatric medicine, further study is needed to prevent possible inappropriate use of genetic information from impacting listing eligibility.
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- Madeline Graf
- Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Management, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California
- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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- Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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Gentry SE, Segev DL. Restructuring the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network contract to achieve policy coherence and infrastructure excellence. Am J Transplant 2019; 19:1622-1627. [PMID: 30378753 PMCID: PMC6494733 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.15161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2018] [Revised: 09/25/2018] [Accepted: 10/22/2018] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) went up for competitive bid again this year, yet this contract has been held by only 1 entity since its inception. The OPTN's scope has grown steadily, and it now embraces several disparate missions: to operate the computing and coordination infrastructure that maintains waitlists and makes organ offers in priority order, to regulate transplant centers and organ procurement organizations, to follow and protect living donors, and to decide organ allocation policy in concert with the many voices of the transplant community. The contracting process and performance work statement continue to discourage both innovative approaches to the OPTN and competitive bids outside of United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), with evaluation criteria that either disqualify or strongly disadvantage new applicants. The performance work statement also emphasizes bureaucratic tasks while obligating the OPTN contractor to the specific committee structure that has impeded decision-making and tended to preserve the status quo in controversial matters. Finally, the UNOS computing infrastructure is antiquated and requires months to years to implement small changes. Restructuring the OPTN contract to separate the information technology requirements from the policy/regulatory responsibilities might allow more nimble and effective specialty contractors to offer their capabilities in service of the national transplant enterprise.
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- Sommer E Gentry
- Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
- Department of Mathematics, US Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland
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- Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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Boteon APCS, Schlegel A, Kalisvaart M, Boteon YL, Abradelo M, Mergental H, Roberts JK, Mirza DF, Perera MTPR, Isaac JR, Muiesan P. Retrieval Practice or Overall Donor and Recipient Risk: What Impacts on Outcomes After Donation After Circulatory Death Liver Transplantation in the United Kingdom? Liver Transpl 2019; 25:545-558. [PMID: 30919560 DOI: 10.1002/lt.25410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2018] [Accepted: 12/02/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Parameters of retrieval surgery are meticulously documented in the United Kingdom, where up to 40% of livers are donation after circulatory death (DCD) donations. This retrospective analysis focuses on outcomes after transplantation of DCD livers, retrieved by different UK centers between 2011 and 2016. Donor and recipient risk factors and the donor retrieval technique were assessed. A total of 236 DCD livers from 9 retrieval centers with a median UK DCD risk score of 5 (low risk) to 7 points (high risk) were compared. The majority used University of Wisconsin solution for aortic flush with a median hepatectomy time of 27-44 minutes. The overall liver injury rate appeared relatively high (27.1%) with an observed tendency toward more retrieval injuries from centers performing a quicker hepatectomy. Among all included risk factors, the UK DCD risk score remained the best predictor for overall graft loss in the multivariate analysis (P < 0.001). In high-risk and futile donor-recipient combinations, the occurrence of liver retrieval injuries had negative impact on graft survival (P = 0.023). Expectedly, more ischemic cholangiopathies (P = 0.003) were found in livers transplanted with a higher cumulative donor-recipient risk. Although more biliary complications with subsequent graft loss were found in high-risk donor-recipient combinations, the impact of the standardized national retrieval practice on outcomes after DCD liver transplantation was minimal.
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- Amanda P C S Boteon
- The Liver Unit, University Hospitals Birmingham National Health Service Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- The Liver Unit, University Hospitals Birmingham National Health Service Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- National Institute for Health Research Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre and Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- The Liver Unit, University Hospitals Birmingham National Health Service Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- The Liver Unit, University Hospitals Birmingham National Health Service Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- National Institute for Health Research Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre and Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- The Liver Unit, University Hospitals Birmingham National Health Service Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- The Liver Unit, University Hospitals Birmingham National Health Service Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- National Institute for Health Research Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre and Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- The Liver Unit, University Hospitals Birmingham National Health Service Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- National Institute for Health Research Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre and Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- The Liver Unit, University Hospitals Birmingham National Health Service Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- National Institute for Health Research Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre and Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Department of Liver Surgery, Birmingham Children's Hospital National Health Service Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- The Liver Unit, University Hospitals Birmingham National Health Service Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Department of Liver Surgery, Birmingham Children's Hospital National Health Service Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- The Liver Unit, University Hospitals Birmingham National Health Service Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Department of Liver Surgery, Birmingham Children's Hospital National Health Service Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- The Liver Unit, University Hospitals Birmingham National Health Service Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- National Institute for Health Research Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre and Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Department of Liver Surgery, Birmingham Children's Hospital National Health Service Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW With the ongoing organ shortage, several mechanisms to facilitate organ exchanges and expand the scope of living kidney or liver donation have been proposed. Although each addresses at least one barrier to transplantation, these innovative programs raise important ethical, logistical, and regulatory considerations. RECENT FINDINGS This review addresses four recent proposals to expand living donor transplantation. For kidney transplantation, we discuss global paired exchange and advanced donation programs ('vouchers') and for liver transplantation, liver paired exchange. Lastly, this review considers trans-organ exchange. We explore the conceptual framework of the exchange, current status, benefits, and concerns for implementation among each of these evolving pathways. SUMMARY Through highlighting novel mechanisms in organ exchange, greater awareness, discussion, or support can occur to create more avenues for transplantation. These innovative mechanisms require regulations and safeguards for donors to ensure informed consent, and proper follow-up is maintained.
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- Alexis L. Lo
- Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Perelman School of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Department of Surgery, Philadelphia, PA
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- Perelman School of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Department of Surgery, Philadelphia, PA
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Louart B, Charles C, Nguyen TL, Builles N, Roger C, Lefrant JY, Vachiery-Lahaye F, De Vos J, Couderc G, Muller L. Microbial contamination and tissue procurement location: A conventional operating room is not mandatory. An observational study. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0210140. [PMID: 30620747 PMCID: PMC6324794 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2017] [Accepted: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Standard operating rooms (SOR) are assumed to be the best place to prevent microbial contamination when performing tissue procurement. However, mobilizing an operating room is time and cost consuming if no organ retrieval is performed. In such case, non-operating dedicated rooms (NODR) are usually recommended by European guidelines for tissue harvesting. Performing the tissue retrieval in the Intensive care unit (ICU) when possible might be considered as it allows a faster and simpler procedure. OBJECTIVE Our primary objective was to study the relationship between the risk of microbial contamination and the location (ICU, SOR or NODR) of the tissue retrieval in heart-beating and non-heart-beating deceased donors. MATERIALS AND METHOD We retrospectively reviewed all deceased donors' files of the local tissue banks of Montpellier and Marseille from January 2007 to December 2014. The primary endpoint was the microbial contamination of the grafts. We built a multivariate regression model and used a GEE (generalized estimating equations) allowing us to take into account the clustered structure of our data. RESULTS 2535 cases were analyzed involving 1027 donors. The retrieval took place for 1189 in a SOR, for 996 in a hospital mortuary (NODR) and for 350 in an ICU. 285 (11%) microbial contaminations were revealed. The multivariate analysis found that the location in a hospital mortuary was associated with a lower risk of contamination (OR 0.43, 95% CI [0.2-0.91], p = 0.03). A procurement performed in the ICU was not associated with a significant increased risk (OR 0.62, 95% CI [0.26-1.48], p = 0.4). CONCLUSION According to our results, performing tissue procurement in dedicated non-sterile rooms could decrease the rate of allograft tissue contamination. This study also suggests that in daily clinical practice, transferring patients from ICU to SOR for tissue procurement could be avoided as it does not lead to less microbial contamination.
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- Benjamin Louart
- Department of Anesthesiology Intensive Care, Pain and Emergency medicine, Nîmes University Hospital, Montpellier University, Nîmes, France
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- Department of Anesthesiology Intensive Care, Pain and Emergency medicine, Nîmes University Hospital, Montpellier University, Nîmes, France
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Niîmes University Hospital, Niîmes, France
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- Banque de Tissue, Centre des Collections Biologiques Hospitalières de Montpellier, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Anesthesiology Intensive Care, Pain and Emergency medicine, Nîmes University Hospital, Montpellier University, Nîmes, France
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- Department of Anesthesiology Intensive Care, Pain and Emergency medicine, Nîmes University Hospital, Montpellier University, Nîmes, France
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- Coordination Hospitalière des Prélèvements d'Organes et de Tissus, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Banque de Tissue, Centre des Collections Biologiques Hospitalières de Montpellier, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Banque de Tissue, Centre des Collections Biologiques Hospitalières de Montpellier, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Anesthesiology Intensive Care, Pain and Emergency medicine, Nîmes University Hospital, Montpellier University, Nîmes, France
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Jagadeesh AT, Puttur A, Mondal S, Ibrahim S, Udupi A, Prasanna LC, Kamath A. Devising focused strategies to improve organ donor registrations: A cross-sectional study among professional drivers in coastal South India. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0209686. [PMID: 30576381 PMCID: PMC6303053 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0209686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2018] [Accepted: 12/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND In India, annually, 500,000 people die due to non-availability of organs. Given the large proportion of brain death amongst road accident victims, any improvement in organ donation practices amongst this cohort could potentially address this deficit. In this study, we identify the potential areas for intervention to improve organ donation amongst professional drivers, a population more likely to suffer from road accidents. METHODS 300 participants were surveyed using a structured, orally-administered questionnaire to assess knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding organ donation. Multivariate analysis was performed to identify key variables affecting intent to practice. RESULTS Nearly half our participants had unsatisfactory knowledge and attitude scores. Knowledge and attitude was positively correlated, rs (298) = .247, p < .001, with better scores associated with a higher likelihood of intent to practice organ donation [AOR: 2.23 (1.26-3.94), p = .006; AOR: 12.164 (6.85-21.59), p < .001 respectively]. Lack of family support and fear of donated organs going into medical research were the key barriers for the same [AOR: 0.43 (0.19-0.97), p = .04; AOR: 0.27 (0.09-0.85), p = .02 respectively]. CONCLUSION Targeted health-education, behaviour change communication, and legal interventions, in conjunction, are key to improving organ donor registrations.
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- Undergraduate Students, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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- Undergraduate Students, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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- Undergraduate Students, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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- Undergraduate Students, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Statistics, Prasanna School of Public Health, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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Artzner T, Michard B, Besch C, Levesque E, Faitot F. Liver transplantation for critically ill cirrhotic patients: Overview and pragmatic proposals. World J Gastroenterol 2018; 24:5203-5214. [PMID: 30581269 PMCID: PMC6295835 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v24.i46.5203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2018] [Revised: 11/12/2018] [Accepted: 11/13/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Liver transplantation for critically ill cirrhotic patients with acute deterioration of liver function associated with extrahepatic organ failures is controversial. While transplantation has been shown to be beneficial on an individual basis, the potentially poorer post-transplant outcome of these patients taken as a group can be held as an argument against allocating livers to them. Although this issue concerns only a minority of liver transplants, it calls into question the very heart of the allocation paradigms in place. Indeed, most allocation algorithms have been centered on prioritizing the sickest patients by using the model for end-stage liver disease score. This has led to allocating increasing numbers of livers to increasingly critically ill patients without setting objective or consensual limits on how sick patients can be when they receive an organ. Today, finding robust criteria to deem certain cirrhotic patients too sick to be transplanted seems urgent in order to ensure the fairness of our organ allocation protocols. This review starts by fleshing out the argument that finding such criteria is essential. It examines five types of difficulties that have hindered the progress of recent literature on this issue and identifies various strategies that could be followed to move forward on this topic, taking into account the recent discussion on acute on chronic liver failure. We move on to review the literature along four axes that could guide clinicians in their decision-making process regarding transplantation of critically ill cirrhotic patients.
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- Thierry Artzner
- Service de Réanimation Médicale, Hôpital de Hautepierre, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg 67000, France
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- Service de Réanimation Médicale, Hôpital de Hautepierre, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg 67000, France
- Service de Chirurgie Hépatobiliaire et Transplantation, Hôpital de Hautepierre, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg 67000, France
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- Service de Chirurgie Hépatobiliaire et Transplantation, Hôpital de Hautepierre, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg 67000, France
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- Service d’Anesthésie et Réanimation Chirurgicale, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil 94000, France
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- Service de Chirurgie Hépatobiliaire et Transplantation, Hôpital de Hautepierre, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg 67000, France
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Girgenti R, Buttafarro M. [The Good Samaritan Donor Experience]. G Ital Nefrol 2018; 35:35-6-2018-11. [PMID: 30550041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The need for patients with a chronic kidney failure and on dialysis to embark on a kidney transplant process, poses the challenge to identify alternative and effective surgical strategies to overcome the insufficient number of deceased donors. The purpose is to allow the considerable number of patients on the kidney transplant waiting lists to receive appropriate treatment in time and under the most favorable clinical conditions. Living donation from a significant other is becoming increasingly widespread, on a national and international level. Furthermore, in the last years clinical experience is showing a special kind of kidney living donation : the Good Samaritan donation, i.e. when the donor has no emotional or blood bond with the recipient and decides to become a donor as a mere act of generosity, with no remuneration or reward in return. This article, after a brief analysis of the phenomenon through data obtained from recent international studies, shares the direct experience of the Clinical Psychology Service at IRCCS - ISMETT with regard to the psychological assessment and support throughout the clinical process of a Good Samaritan kidney donor. Sharing our experience and starting a discussion on this issue is the result of the need to define shared guidelines on the psychological approach to be used with potential Good Samaritan donors.
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- Rosario Girgenti
- Psicologo Clinico e di Comunità, Psiconcologo, Psicoterapeuta Cognitivo Comportamentale, Responsabile dell'Unità Operativa di Psicologia Clinica Ismett, Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione - IRCCS, Palermo
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- Psicologa Clinica, Psicoterapeuta Sistemico Relazionale IIPR, Psicologa Clinica Ismett, Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione - IRCCS, Palermo
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Hall IE, Akalin E, Bromberg JS, Doshi MD, Greene T, Harhay MN, Jia Y, Mansour SG, Mohan S, Muthukumar T, Reese PP, Schröppel B, Singh P, Thiessen-Philbrook HR, Weng FL, Parikh CR. Deceased-donor acute kidney injury is not associated with kidney allograft failure. Kidney Int 2018; 95:199-209. [PMID: 30470437 DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2018.08.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2018] [Revised: 08/17/2018] [Accepted: 08/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Deceased-donor acute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with organ discard and delayed graft function, but data on longer-term allograft survival are limited. We performed a multicenter study to determine associations between donor AKI (from none to severe based on AKI Network stages) and all-cause graft failure, adjusting for donor, transplant, and recipient factors. We examined whether any of the following factors modified the relationship between donor AKI and graft survival: kidney donor profile index, cold ischemia time, donation after cardiac death, expanded-criteria donation, kidney machine perfusion, donor-recipient gender combinations, or delayed graft function. We also evaluated the association between donor AKI and a 3-year composite outcome of all-cause graft failure or estimated glomerular filtration rate ≤ 20 mL/min/1.73 m2 in a subcohort of 30% of recipients. Among 2,430 kidneys transplanted from 1,298 deceased donors, 585 (24%) were from donors with AKI. Over a median follow-up of 4.0 years, there were no significant differences in graft survival by donor AKI stage. We found no evidence that pre-specified variables modified the effect of donor AKI on graft survival. In the subcohort, donor AKI was not associated with the 3-year composite outcome. Donor AKI was not associated with graft failure in this well-phenotyped cohort. Given the organ shortage, the transplant community should consider measures to increase utilization of kidneys from deceased donors with AKI.
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- Isaac E Hall
- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine and Population Health Sciences, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Program of Applied Translational Research, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; Section of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- The Columbia University Renal Epidemiology Group, New York, New York, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York, USA; Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York, USA; Department of Transplantation Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Division, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics at the Leonard Davis Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Sydney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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Abramowicz D, Oberbauer R, Heemann U, Viklicky O, Peruzzi L, Mariat C, Crespo M, Budde K, Oniscu GC. Recent advances in kidney transplantation: a viewpoint from the Descartes advisory board. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2018; 33:1699-1707. [PMID: 29342289 PMCID: PMC6168736 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfx365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2017] [Accepted: 11/10/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Transplantation medicine is a rapidly evolving field. Keeping afloat of the published literature to offer the best clinical care to our patients is a daunting task. As part of its educational mission, the Descartes advisory board identified seven topics in kidney transplantation where there has been substantial progresses over the last years: kidney allocation within Eurotransplant; kidney exchange strategies; kidney machine perfusion strategies; the changing landscape of anti-human leukocyte antigen (HLA) antibodies; the new immunosuppressive drugs in the pipeline; strategies for immunosuppression minimization; and the continuous enigma of focal segmental glomerular sclerosis recurrence after transplantation. Here, we have summarized the main knowledge and the main challenges of these seven topics with the aim to provide transplant professionals at large with key bullet points to successfully understand these new concepts.
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- Daniel Abramowicz
- Department of Nephrology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen, Edegem, Belgium
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- Department of Nephrology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Department of Nephrology, KH Elisabethinen, Linz, Austria
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- Department of Nephrology, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, München, Germany
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- Department of Nephrology, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague 4, Czech Republic
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- Nephrology and Dialysis Department, Regina Margherita Hospital, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Nephrological Intensive Care, University Jean Monnet, Saint Etienne, France
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- Department of Nephrology, Hospital del Mar Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Nephrology, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Yıldız I. Organ Utilization From Deceased (Non-Herat-Beating) Donors. Chirurgia (Bucur) 2018; 113:270-271. [PMID: 29859545 DOI: 10.21614/chirurgia.113.2.270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/01/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Kollmann D, Sapisochin G, Goldaracena N, Hansen BE, Rajakumar R, Selzner N, Bhat M, McCluskey S, Cattral MS, Greig PD, Lilly L, McGilvray ID, Ghanekar A, Grant DR, Selzner M. Expanding the donor pool: Donation after circulatory death and living liver donation do not compromise the results of liver transplantation. Liver Transpl 2018; 24:779-789. [PMID: 29604237 PMCID: PMC6099346 DOI: 10.1002/lt.25068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2017] [Revised: 02/23/2018] [Accepted: 03/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Because of the shortfall between the number of patients listed for liver transplantation (LT) and the available grafts, strategies to expand the donor pool have been developed. Donation after circulatory death (DCD) and living donor (LD) grafts are not universally used because of the concerns of graft failure, biliary complications, and donor risks. In order to overcome the barriers for the implementation of using all 3 types of grafts, we compared outcomes after LT of DCD, LD, and donation after brain death (DBD) grafts. Patients who received a LD, DCD, or DBD liver graft at the University of Toronto were included. Between January 2009 through April 2017, 1054 patients received a LT at our center. Of these, 77 patients received a DCD graft (DCD group); 271 received a LD graft (LD group); and 706 received a DBD graft (DBD group). Overall biliary complications were higher in the LD group (11.8%) compared with the DCD group (5.2%) and the DBD group (4.8%; P < 0.001). The 1-, 3-, and 5-year graft survival rates were similar between the groups with 88.3%, 83.2%, and 69.2% in the DCD group versus 92.6%, 85.4%, and 84.7% in the LD group versus 90.2%, 84.2%, and 79.9% in the DBD group (P = 0.24). Furthermore, the 1-, 3-, and 5-year patient survival was comparable, with 92.2%, 85.4%, and 71.6% in the DCD group versus 95.2%, 88.8%, and 88.8% in the LD group versus 93.1%, 87.5%, and 83% in the DBD group (P = 0.14). Multivariate Cox regression analysis revealed that the type of graft did not impact graft survival. In conclusion, DCD, LD, and DBD grafts have similar longterm graft survival rates. Increasing the use of LD and DCD grafts may improve access to LT without affecting graft survival rates. Liver Transplantation 24 779-789 2018 AASLD.
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- Toronto Centre for Liver DiseaseToronto General HospitalOnatrioCanada
- Institute of Health Policy, Management and EvaluationUniversity of TorontoTorontoOntarioCanada
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- Department of MedicineMulti‐Organ Transplant ProgramToronto General HospitalOnatrioCanada
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- Department of MedicineMulti‐Organ Transplant ProgramToronto General HospitalOnatrioCanada
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- Department of MedicineMulti‐Organ Transplant ProgramToronto General HospitalOnatrioCanada
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- Department of SurgeryToronto General HospitalOnatrioCanada
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- Department of Anesthesia and Pain ManagementToronto General HospitalOnatrioCanada
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- Department of SurgeryToronto General HospitalOnatrioCanada
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- Department of SurgeryToronto General HospitalOnatrioCanada
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- Department of SurgeryToronto General HospitalOnatrioCanada
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- Stefan G Tullius
- From Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston (S.G.T.); and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore (H.R.)
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- From Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston (S.G.T.); and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore (H.R.)
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Jackson SJ, Prior H, Holmes A. The use of human tissue in safety assessment. J Pharmacol Toxicol Methods 2018; 93:29-34. [PMID: 29753134 DOI: 10.1016/j.vascn.2018.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2018] [Revised: 04/10/2018] [Accepted: 05/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The safety-related failure of drugs during clinical phases of development is a significant contributor to drug attrition, wasting resources and preventing treatments from reaching patients. A lack of concordance between results from animal models and adverse events in the clinic has been identified as one potential cause of attrition. In vitro models using human tissue or cells have the potential to replace some animal models and improve predictivity to humans. METHODS To gauge the current use of human tissue models in safety pharmacology and the barriers to greater uptake, an electronic survey of the international safety assessment community was carried out and a Safety Pharmacology Society European Regional Meeting was organised entitled 'The Use of Human Tissue in Safety Assessment'. RESULTS A greater range of human tissue models is in use in safety assessment now than four years ago, although data is still not routinely included in regulatory submissions. The barriers to increased uptake of the models have not changed over that time, with inadequate supply and characterisation of tissue being the most cited blocks. DISCUSSION Supporting biobanking, the development of new human tissue modelling technology, and raising awareness in the scientific and regulatory communities are key ways in which the barriers to greater uptake of human tissue models can be overcome. The development of infrastructure and legislation in the UK to support the use of post-mortem or surgical discard tissue will allow scientists to locally source tissue for research.
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- Samuel J Jackson
- The National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs), Gibbs Building, 215 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, United Kingdom.
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- The National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs), Gibbs Building, 215 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, United Kingdom.
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- The National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs), Gibbs Building, 215 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, United Kingdom.
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Public discourses commonly frame gamete, organ and other forms of bodily donation as altruistic 'gifts'. However, despite on-going debates about the ethics of payments to donors, few studies have examined the views of donors themselves regarding the meaning of payments and their compatibility (or not) with understandings of these practices as gifts. This article addresses this issue, analysing 24 in-depth interviews with UK identity-release gamete donors. It was crucial to all participants that their donation be viewed as fundamentally other-oriented, motivated by the desire to help others. However, whilst egg donors often accommodated payment within this narrative, male participants explained that any money would taint the gift they had given. I argue that sperm donors faced particular challenges to incorporating payment within a gift narrative for two key reasons: first, sperm donors relied on a discourse of 'pure altruism', including absolute opposition between gifts and market exchange, in order to present their donation as other-oriented. In contrast, egg donors were also able to mobilise a discourse of relational giving to present their donations as a personal gift. Second, according to a continued stereotype of sperm donors as financially motivated students, their payments have already been culturally earmarked as side-line earnings.
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- Leah Gilman
- School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester, UK
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Mikolasevic I, Filipec-Kanizaj T, Mijic M, Jakopcic I, Milic S, Hrstic I, Sobocan N, Stimac D, Burra P. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and liver transplantation - Where do we stand? World J Gastroenterol 2018; 24:1491-1506. [PMID: 29662288 PMCID: PMC5897854 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v24.i14.1491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2018] [Revised: 03/19/2018] [Accepted: 03/25/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease/nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NAFLD/NASH) is a challenging and multisystem disease that has a high socioeconomic impact. NAFLD/NASH is a main cause of macrovesicular steatosis and has multiple impacts on liver transplantation (LT), on patients on the waiting list for transplant, on post-transplant setting as well as on organ donors. Current data indicate new trends in the area of chronic liver disease. Due to the increased incidence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its components, NASH cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma caused by NASH will soon become a major indication for LT. Furthermore, due to an increasing incidence of MetS and, consequently, NAFLD, there will be more steatotic donor livers and less high quality organs available for LT, in addition to a lack of available liver allografts. Patients who have NASH and are candidates for LT have multiple comorbidities and are unique LT candidates. Finally, we discuss long-term grafts and patient survival after LT, the recurrence of NASH and NASH appearing de novo after transplantation. In addition, we suggest topics and areas that require more research for improving the health care of this increasing patient population.
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- Ivana Mikolasevic
- Department of Gastroenterology, UHC Rijeka, School of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka 51000, Croatia
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- Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Merkur, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb 10000, Croatia
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- Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Merkur, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb 10000, Croatia
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- Department of Gastroenterology, UHC Rijeka, School of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka 51000, Croatia
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- Department of Gastroenterology, UHC Rijeka, School of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka 51000, Croatia
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- Department of Internal medicine, General Hospital Pula, Pula, School of Medicine, University of Rijeka and Zagreb, Pula 52100, Croatia
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- Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Merkur, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb 10000, Croatia
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- Department of Gastroenterology, UHC Rijeka, School of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka 51000, Croatia
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- Multivisceral Transplant Unit, Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, Padua University Hospital, Padua 35128, Italy
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Fraser L, Bruce K, Campbell JM, De Sousa PA. Quality Assessment and Production of Human Cells for Clinical Use. Methods Mol Biol 2018; 1780:607-629. [PMID: 29856038 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7825-0_28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Cell transplantation therapy aspires to repair and restore lost function while minimizing the risk of harm. The potential for harm arises from cell instability, variability, inappropriate behavior, and/or transmission of adventitious pathogens. Quality assured and controlled assessment and production of human cells for clinical use ensures that the risk of harm is minimized. Application of quality standards requires thorough planning and consultation with regulatory authorities on process and product specifications, as early as possible at the research and development (R&D) stage. Here we outline considerations applicable to all human cells in relation to regulatory governance, the route to the clinic and Cell Therapy Product (CTP) characterization, with special emphasis on human pluripotent stem cells (hPSC).
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- Censo Biotechnologies, Roslin Biocentre, Roslin, Midlothian, UK
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- Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service, The Jack Copland Centre, Edinburgh, UK
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- Roslin Cells Ltd, Roslin Biocentre, Roslin, UK.
- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
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Laing RW, Mergental H, Yap C, Kirkham A, Whilku M, Barton D, Curbishley S, Boteon YL, Neil DA, Hübscher SG, Perera MTPR, Muiesan P, Isaac J, Roberts KJ, Cilliers H, Afford SC, Mirza DF. Viability testing and transplantation of marginal livers (VITTAL) using normothermic machine perfusion: study protocol for an open-label, non-randomised, prospective, single-arm trial. BMJ Open 2017; 7:e017733. [PMID: 29183928 PMCID: PMC5719273 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION The use of marginal or extended criteria donor livers is increasing. These organs carry a greater risk of initial dysfunction and early failure, as well as inferior long-term outcomes. As such, many are rejected due to a perceived risk of use and use varies widely between centres. Ex situ normothermic machine perfusion of the liver (NMP-L) may enable the safe transplantation of organs that meet defined objective criteria denoting their high-risk status and are currently being declined for use by all the UK transplant centres. METHODS AND ANALYSIS Viability testing and transplantation of marginal livers is an open-label, non-randomised, prospective, single-arm trial designed to determine whether currently unused donor livers can be salvaged and safely transplanted with equivalent outcomes in terms of patient survival. The procured rejected livers must meet predefined criteria that objectively denote their marginal condition. The liver is subjected to NMP-L following a period of static cold storage. Organs metabolising lactate to ≤2.5 mmol/L within 4 hours of the perfusion commencing in combination with two or more of the following parameters-bile production, metabolism of glucose, a hepatic arterial flow rate ≥150 mL/min and a portal venous flow rate ≥500 mL/min, a pH ≥7.30 and/or maintain a homogeneous perfusion-will be considered viable and transplanted into a suitable consented recipient. The coprimary outcome measures are the success rate of NMP-L to produce a transplantable organ and 90-day patient post-transplant survival. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION The protocol was approved by the National Research Ethics Service (London-Dulwich Research Ethics Committee, 16/LO/1056), the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency and is endorsed by the National Health Service Blood and Transplant Research, Innovation and Novel Technologies Advisory Group. The findings of this trial will be disseminated through national and international presentations and peer-reviewed publications. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER NCT02740608; Pre-results.
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- Richard W Laing
- Department of Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
- Department of Liver Biomedical Research Unit, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
- Department of Liver Biomedical Research Unit, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit, Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit, Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit, Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit, Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Liver Biomedical Research Unit, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
- Department of Liver Biomedical Research Unit, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
- Department of Liver Biomedical Research Unit, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
- Department of Liver Biomedical Research Unit, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
- Department of Liver Biomedical Research Unit, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Liver Biomedical Research Unit, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
- Department of Liver Biomedical Research Unit, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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Clarkson A, Fahey L. Improving organ donation in the UK. Br J Nurs 2017; 26:S14. [PMID: 29125355 DOI: 10.12968/bjon.2017.26.20.s14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Hanson CS, Ralph AF, Manera KE, Gill JS, Kanellis J, Wong G, Craig JC, Chapman JR, Tong A. The Lived Experience of "Being Evaluated" for Organ Donation: Focus Groups with Living Kidney Donors. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2017; 12:1852-1861. [PMID: 28993303 PMCID: PMC5672970 DOI: 10.2215/cjn.03550417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2017] [Accepted: 07/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Comprehensive evaluations are required to safeguard voluntarism and minimize harm to living kidney donors. This process is lengthy, invasive, and emotionally challenging, with up to one fifth of potential donors opting out. We aimed to describe donors' experiences of the evaluation process. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS We conducted 14 focus groups involving 123 kidney donors who completed donation from three transplant centers (Australia and Canada). Transcripts were analyzed thematically. RESULTS We identified six themes reflecting donors' experiences of evaluation. The themes that related to perseverance included emotional investment (prioritizing the recipient's health, desperation for a normal life, protecting eligibility, shame of disappointing others, and overcoming opposition), undeterred by low risks (medical confidence and protection, worthwhile gamble, inherent invincibility, and normalizing risks), and mental preparation (avoiding regret, resolving decisional ambivalence, and managing expectations of recovery). The challenges included underlying fears for health (processing alarming information, unsettling uncertainty, and preoperative panic), system shortfalls (self-advocacy in driving the process, stressful urgency, inconsistent framing of safety, unnerving bodily scrutiny, questioning risk information, and draining finances); and lifestyle interference (living in limbo, onerous lifestyle disruption, and valuing flexibility). CONCLUSIONS Previous donors described an emotional investment in donating and determination to protect their eligibility, despite having concerns for their health, financial and lifestyle disruption, and opposition from their family or community. Our findings suggest the need to prepare donors for surgery and recovery, minimize anxiety and lifestyle burdens, ensure that donors feel comfortable expressing their fears and concerns, reduce unnecessary delays, and make explicit the responsibilities of donors in their assessment process.
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- Camilla S. Hanson
- Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Centre for Kidney Research, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
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- Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Centre for Kidney Research, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
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- Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Centre for Kidney Research, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
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- Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Nephrology, Monash Health and Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Department of Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; and
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- Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Centre for Kidney Research, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
- Centre for Transplant and Renal Research, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
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- Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Centre for Kidney Research, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
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- Centre for Transplant and Renal Research, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
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- Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Centre for Kidney Research, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
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The shortage of suitable organs is the biggest obstacle for transplants. At present, most organs for transplant in the United States are from donation after neurologic determination of death (brain death). Potential organs for transplant need to maintain their viability during a series of insults, including the original disease, physiologic derangements during the dying process, ischemia, and reperfusion. Proper donor management before, during, and after procurement has potential to increase the number and quality of organs from donors. Anesthesiologists need to understand the physiologic derangements associated with brain death and the updated donor management during the periprocurement period.
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- Victor W Xia
- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 757 Westwood Plaza, Suite 3325, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Department of Anesthesiology, Greater Los Angeles VA Hospital, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Boğa C, Maytalman E, Gereklioğlu Ç, Asma S, Kandemir F, Aytan P, Korur A, Yeral M, Kozanoğlu İ, Özdoğu H. Implementation of an ISBT 128-Compatible Medical Record System to Facilitate Traceability of Stem Cell Products. Turk J Haematol 2017; 34:280-281. [PMID: 28443818 PMCID: PMC5544056 DOI: 10.4274/tjh.2017.0081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2017] [Accepted: 04/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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- Can Boğa
- Başkent University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Hematology, Ankara, Turkey
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- Başkent University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Hematology, Ankara, Turkey
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- Başkent University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Başkent University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Başkent University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Hematology, Ankara, Turkey
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- Başkent University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Hematology, Ankara, Turkey
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- Başkent University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Başkent University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Hematology, Ankara, Turkey
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- Başkent University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology, Ankara, Turkey
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- Başkent University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Hematology, Ankara, Turkey
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Frappaz D, Le Rhun E, Dagain A, Averland B, Bauchet L, Faure A, Guillaume C, Zouaoui S, Provot F, Vachiery F, Taillandier L, Hoang-Xuan K. [Recommendations for the organ donation from patients with brain or medullary primitive tumors on behalf of the Association of the Neuro-oncologists of French Expression (ANOCEF) and the Club of Neuro-oncology of the French Society of Neurosurgery]. Bull Cancer 2017; 104:771-788. [PMID: 28549594 DOI: 10.1016/j.bulcan.2017.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2016] [Revised: 02/24/2017] [Accepted: 02/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Requests of organs to be transplanted increase. As a matter of urgency, it is not always easy to decide if a patient carrier of a brain tumor can be candidate in the donation. After a review of the literature, the members of the Association of the Neuro-oncologists of French Expression (ANOCEF) and the Club of Neuro-oncology of the French Society of Neurosurgery propose consensual recommendations in case of donor carrier of primitive tumor intra-cranial or intra-medullary. A contact with the neuro-oncologist/neurosurgeon will allow to discuss the indication in case of glioma of grade I/II/III, according to the grade, the current status (absence of progressive disease), the number of surgeries and of lines of treatment. The taking is disadvised in case of glioma of grade IV (glioblastoma), of lymphoma or meningioma of grade III. No contraindication for the meningiomas of grade I, and individual discussion for the meningiomas of grade II. It is advisable to remain careful in case of hemangiopericytoma and of meningeal solitary fibrous tumor. The patients in first complete remission of a medulloblastoma or intra-cranial primitive germinoma seem good candidates for the taking of organ if the follow-up is of at least 10 years (3 years for non germinomas). In every case, a multidisciplinary discussion is desirable when it is materially possible.
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- Didier Frappaz
- Centre Léon-Bérard, 28, rue Laennec, 69673 Lyon, France.
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- University hospital, department of neurosurgery, neuro-oncology, 59037 Lille, France; Oscar-Lambret center, department of medical oncology, Breast unit, 59037 Lille, France; Lille university, Inserm U-1192, laboratoire de protéomique, réponse inflammatoire, spectrométrie de masse (PRISM), 59037 Lille, France
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- HIA Sainte-Anne, 2, boulevard Sainte-Anne, 83800 Toulon, France
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- Agence de la biomédecine, 1, avenue du Stade de France, 93210 Saint-Denis, France
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- CHRU Gui-de-Chauliac, CHU de Montpellier, 80, avenue Augustin-Fliche, 34000 Montpellier, France
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- CHRU Gui-de-Chauliac, CHU de Montpellier, 80, avenue Augustin-Fliche, 34000 Montpellier, France
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- CHRU Gui-de-Chauliac, CHU de Montpellier, 80, avenue Augustin-Fliche, 34000 Montpellier, France
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- CHU de Nancy, 5, rue du Morvan, 54500 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- APHP, UMPC-Sorbonne universités, hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, 75013 Paris, France
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Yang SS, Yang J, Ahn C, Min SI, Ha J, Kim SJ, Park JB. The Need for New Donor Stratification to Predict Graft Survival in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation. Yonsei Med J 2017; 58:626-630. [PMID: 28332370 PMCID: PMC5368150 DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2017.58.3.626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2016] [Revised: 12/06/2016] [Accepted: 12/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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PURPOSE The aim of this study was to determine whether stratification of deceased donors by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) criteria negatively impacts graft survival. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed deceased donor and recipient pretransplant variables of kidney transplantations that occurred between February 1995 and December 2009. We compared clinical outcomes between standard criteria donors (SCDs) and expanded criteria donors (ECDs). RESULTS The deceased donors consisted of 369 patients. A total of 494 transplant recipients were enrolled in this study. Mean age was 41.7±11.4 year (range 18-69) and 273 patients (55.4%) were male. Mean duration of follow-up was 8.8±4.9 years. The recipients from ECD kidneys were 63 patients (12.8%). The overall mean cold ischemia time was 5.7±3.2 hours. Estimated glomerular filtration rate at 1, 2, and 3 years after transplantation were significantly lower in ECD transplants (1 year, 62.2±17.6 vs. 51.0±16.4, p<0.001; 2 year, 62.2±17.6 vs. 51.0±16.4, p=0.001; 3 year, 60.9±23.5 vs. 54.1±18.7, p=0.047). In multivariate analysis, donor age (≥40 years) was an independent risk factor for graft failure. In Kaplan-Meier analyses, there was no significant difference in death-censored graft survival (Log rank test, p>0.05), although patient survival was lower in ECDs than SCDs (Log rank test, p=0.011). CONCLUSION Our data demonstrate that stratification by the UNOS criteria does not predict graft survival. In order to expand the donor pool, new criteria for standard/expanded donors need to be modified by regional differences.
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- Shin Seok Yang
- Department of Surgery, Yeungnam University Medical Center, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea
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- Transplantation Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Transplantation Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
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- Scott D Halpern
- From the Departments of Medicine (S.D.H., D.G.), Biostatistics and Epidemiology (S.D.H., D.G.), and Medical Ethics and Health Policy (S.D.H.), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- From the Departments of Medicine (S.D.H., D.G.), Biostatistics and Epidemiology (S.D.H., D.G.), and Medical Ethics and Health Policy (S.D.H.), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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