Organ Donation
Reforms needed to improve US organ donation and transplant system
After 37 years as a liver transplant surgeon, and after performing more than 1,000 surgeries, I have come to appreciate the successes and challenges of the U.S. organ donation and transplant system.
Normothermic machine perfusion boosts liver transplant outcomes, may expand donor criteria
Normothermic machine perfusion was linked to significant improvements in liver transplant clinical outcomes and reduced hospital resource use, especially among patients who received donation after circulatory death allografts, data show.
Bill to expand financial support for living kidney donors progresses in Washington
Legislation that would expand eligibility for reimbursement of certain expenses related living organ donation passed the House and was introduced in the Senate, according to the website Congress.gov.
Cell therapy, new PD devices, bioartificial kidneys set a new direction for kidney care
In an editorial published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, nephrologists Mark E. Rosenberg, MD, and Tod Ibrahim, MD, detailed problems the specialty may face in the coming decade.
Lung donation from hospital-based care unit extends transplant recipient survival
Lung transplant recipients lived for a longer time if they received lungs from a donor cared for in a hospital-based vs. independent donor care unit, according to results published in JAMA Network Open.
Use of normothermic regional perfusion may not impact public perception of organ donation
PHILADELPHIA — Using normothermic regional perfusion to maintain donatable organs after circulatory death may not impact public perceptions of organ donation, data show.
Xenotransplantation can bring hope to patients waiting for a kidney
To stay alive, Americans with kidney failure have made the common choice to be tethered to a machine three times a week in an outpatient dialysis clinic for several hours at a time.
As focus remains on organ preservation, normothermic regional perfusion takes spotlight
Transplant specialist Beatrice P. Concepcion, MD, sees use of normothermic regional perfusion as another tool in the physician’s bag to help secure a healthy organ for transplant. But sources said the technique is not without controversy.
Lung donor smoking linked to primary graft dysfunction risk, not mortality
Following transplantation, recipients with a lung from a donor who had tobacco smoke exposure did not have higher mortality, according to results published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
Rose Parade to feature floats promoting transplant and organ donation
An organ procurement organization and a patient support and advocacy group will have floats in the 2024 Tournament of Roses Parade promoting organ donation and to spread awareness about kidney health screening.