Machine Learning Prediction of Liver Allograft Utilization From Deceased Organ Donors Using the National Donor Management Goals Registry.

Navigating the COVID-19 pandemic: Initial impacts and responses of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network in the United States.

Maximizing donors' gifts: A comparison of actual and expected solid organ yield among VCA donors.

The D&T Report

Organ donation and transplantation trends in the USA, 2003

Transplantation on the Rise in Puerto Rico: As its infrastructure grows, Puerto Rico has developed a successful, self-sustaining program.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on commercial airlines in the United States and implications for the kidney transplant community.

Expanded criteria donors for kidney transplantation

Considerations in Retransplantation of the Failed Renal Allograft Recipient

OPTN/SRTR 2020 Annual Data Report: COVID

A change of heart: Preliminary results of the US 2018 adult heart allocation revision.

Model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) for liver allocation: A 5-year score card

Report of the Crystal City Meeting to Maximize the Use of Organs Recovered from the Cadaver Donor

To describe the current practice of pediatric organ donor management in the United States for donors declared dead based upon neurologic criteria. The study directs particular attention to how pediatric donors are defined, the use of donor management guidelines, the use of donor management goals, and the involvement of pediatric critical care or transplantation expertise. Cross-sectional observational study using a web-based survey and follow-up telephone interview with respondents from U.S. organ procurement organizations. The study also incorporated organ procurement organization-specific data on organ yield for the 4-year period (2010-2013) preceding the study. The 58 U.S. organ procurement organizations. Respondents chosen by each organ procurement organization. None. All 58 U.S. organ procurement organizations participated in the study. Fifty-two respondents (90%) indicated that their organ procurement organization distinguished pediatric from adult donors resulting in 28 unique pediatric definitions. Thirty-nine organ procurement organizations utilized some form of written pediatric management guidelines, and 27 (47%) maintained pediatric donor management goals; compliance was infrequently monitored for both guidelines (28%) and goals (33%). A pediatric intensivist was always or usually involved in pediatric donor management at 47 organ procurement organizations (81%); transplant/organ recovery surgeons were always or usually involved at 12 organ procurement organizations (21%). There was an increase in the number of organs transplanted per donor among donors 11-17 years old for organ procurement organizations that used donor management goals for the duration of the period studied (p < 0.01). There was also an increase in the ratio of observed/expected organs transplanted among donors of 0-10 years old for organ procurement organizations that always or usually consulted a transplant/organ recovery surgeon (p = 0.02) although this did not reach our threshold for statistical significance.. There is little consensus among organ procurement organizations regarding the definition of "pediatric" during organ donor management. Most organ procurement organizations employ written pediatric guidelines and use pediatric intensive care physicians for assistance in managing these donors. There is a positive association between the use of donor management goals and organ yield among pediatric donors in the 11- to 17-year age group.

The AJT Report: News and issues that affect organ and tissue transplantation

Deceased Organ Donor Research: The Last Research Frontier?