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Apple® and Donate Life America announced yesterday that, for the first time ever, iPhone® users will be able to sign up to be an organ, eye and tissue donor right from the Health app with the release of iOS 10 scheduled for this Fall. Through a simple sign up process, iPhone users can learn more and take action with just a few taps.
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Summaries of OPTN policy and bylaws changed approved at the June 6-7, 2016 OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors and Executive Committee meetings may be reviewed at the link below. These summaries include implementation dates and any actions your program may need to take.
Updates include a new requirement for all OPOs to use TransNetSM, barcode scanning technology, for deceased donor organ labeling and packaging and clear as well as consistent allocation rules and specific medical eligibility criteria for candidates seeking a simultaneous liver and kidney (SLK) transplant.
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As former House Of Representatives Speaker Tip O'Neill (MA) famously stated, "All Politics Are Local". Last Thursday night, AST lobbyist Bill Applegate hosted a political fundraising event for Congressman Kevin Yoder (R-KS), a senior member of the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee. The small political gathering was hosted in the owner's box for the St. Louis Cardinal's as they took on Congressman Yoder's hometown Kansas City Royals.
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The UCLA Immunogenetics Center (UIC) provides comprehensive testing for organ and tissue transplantation. Transplant testing has a long history at UCLA. HLA typing was pioneered here in the 1960's. The development of the microcytoxicity test in 1964 marked the beginning of international testing and standardization of HLA typing. The UCLA Immunogenetics Center has retained its leadership position in HLA research, and in the development of accompanying diagnostic testing. MORE
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Visit the AST Member Spotlight section of the website to find out what transplantation means to Dr. Anita Chong and why she chose to work in this exciting field!
Interested in being featured in the AST Member Spotlight? Please contact rmassi@myAST.org for more information.
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Check out AST's archived webinars and journal clubs, and watch educational content when it's convenient for you. AST also offers a variety of resources for different transplant specialties, all available on our easy-to-search website.
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Sept. 20, 2016 2 p.m. Online Activity
For more information: myast.org/education/webinars/t3
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AST & ESOT Basic Science Meeting
November 10 - 12, 2016
Sheraton Ft. Lauderdale at Cypress Creek, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
AST ESOT ABSTRACT SUBMISSION SITE NOW OPEN
HOUSING IS NOW OPEN
AST ESOT ABSTRACT SUBMISSION SITE NOW OPEN
The abstract submission deadline has been extended to July 10, 2016. Submit an abstract today.
Submission Deadline is: July 10, 2016
Registration is now open! Don't miss out, register today!
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Predicting your "Observed to Expected" ratios
by cohort, by patient, and by risk factor
Wait List Management
Ensuring your wait listed patients are transplant-ready
one phone call at a time.
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AST: Fellows Symposium 2016
Sept. 23-25, 2015
Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center, Grapevine, TX
Website and registration now available. Register today.
American Journal of Transplantation
Choosing between multiple living kidney donors, or evaluating offers in kidney paired donation, can be challenging because no metric currently exists for living donor quality. Furthermore, some deceased donor (DD) kidneys can result in better outcomes than some living donor kidneys, yet there is no way to compare them on the same scale. To better inform clinical decision-making, we created a living kidney donor profile index (LKDPI) on the same scale as the DD KDPI, using Cox regression and adjusting for recipient characteristics.
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The New England Journal of Medicine
This correspondence details some comments on the role of Belatacept in kidney transplantation that was recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Transplantation
Early allograft dysfunction (EAD) after living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) has often been attributed to inadequate graft size, and termed small-for-size syndrome. Early allograft dysfunction definitions include a variable constellation of findings, including hyperbilirubinemia, coagulopathy, encephalopathy, and ascites formation. Among putative causes of EAD after LDLT are excessive portal pressure and/or flow. Our objective was to evaluate patterns of EAD after LDLT.
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International Journal of Cardiology
Heart transplantation (HTx) improves the quality of life and survival in patients affected by end-stage heart failure. The purpose of the current study is to present the patients' clinical data and results of HTx in a single Center of Sicily. Focus on survival after pre and post HTx mechanical circulatory support use will be performed. Methods. 133 HTx were done from 2004 to the end of 2015.
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Transplantation
Two distinct pulmonary vascular disorders, hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) and portopulmonary hypertension (POPH) may occur as a consequence of hepatic parenchymal or vascular abnormalities. HPS and POPH have major clinical implications for liver transplantation. A European Respiratory Society Task Force on Pulmonary-Hepatic Disorders convened in 2002 to standardize the diagnosis and guide management of these disorders.
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