Know an early-career professional or student interested in transplantation? Encourage them to check out the AST Fellows Symposium! This unique program offers expert-led sessions and valuable networking with leaders in the field. It’s a great opportunity for fellows, residents, pharmacists, nurses, and students to explore career paths in transplant and build lasting connections.

We're excited to launch a special giveaway supporting the Fellows Symposium on Transplantation! Each year, the AST empowers the next generation of transplant professionals through travel grants, making this essential educational experience accessible to emerging talent.

 

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This "Understanding the Impact of the Pre-Transplant Mortality Ratio Metric Implementation" survey focuses on how transplant professionals perceive and respond to the recently implemented pre-transplant mortality ratio metric by UNOS. The goal is to assess how the metric has influenced transplant center practices, particularly in patient listing and organ utilization.

 

This webinar was hosted and organized by the PSECOP, with support from the LDCOP, KPCOP, and LICOP, as well as the Society for Transplant Social Workers (STSW).

The AST developed a survey aimed at soliciting your perspectives on legislative and regulatory issues that significantly influence both patient care and professional practice. Our goal is to establish a platform for our membership to share their invaluable ideas and perspectives and actively engage with the Public Policy Committee and AST leadership. We look forward to your input as we navigate the dynamics of our ever-evolving landscape of transplant care and practice.

Source: onlinelibrary.wiley.com
En bloc heart-lung transplantation (HLTx) has been utilized for the past 50 years for the treatment of end-stage heart and lung disease, with significant evolution in the field over that time. This is a systematic review of HLTx and a description of the evolution and outcomes in this patient population.

Source: onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Among 107,485 deceased organ donors across 58 organ procurement organizations (OPOs), organs recovered for research included 2491 intestines, 6494 hearts, 6627 livers, 9098 kidneys, 10,711 pancreata, and 13,025 lungs. Research organ recovery showed an upward trend, particularly for pancreata. Median percentage of organ recovery for research across the OPOs, varied significantly by organ type: intestines (65.4%), pancreata (36.1%), lungs (28.3%), heart (11.3%), liver (7.1%), and kidneys (3.8%), with no significant correlation between OPO donor organ volumes and research organ recovery rates. Analysis of the 2021 data showed a higher median percentage of research organ recovery in Tier 1 OPOs (13.8%) compared to Tier 2 (10.8%) and Tier 3 (11.4%), though these differences were not statistically significant (p = 0.18).

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This is a multicenter, retrospective cohort study of isolated pediatric LT recipients from 12 LT centers in the United States over 2 years. Pre- and postoperative variables were examined to determine POI risk factors during the PICU admission. Antimicrobial prophylaxis utilization was assessed. Comparative statistics were performed using chi-squared and Mann–Whitney U tests. Multivariable logistic regression modeling evaluated POI risk factors.

Source: Journal of Surgical Research
Chronic kidney disease and kidney failure disproportionately affect racial and ethnic minorities in the United States, yet these populations remain underrepresented in clinical trials, especially in kidney transplantation research. The objective of this study was to analyze the representation of racial, ethnic, and sex groups in US-based kidney transplant clinical trials and assess whether participant demographics reflect the population receiving transplants, using national registry data.