Publications by authors named "Tom Seto"
Background: Existing methods of comparing organ procurement organization (OPO) performance use administrative data to indirectly measure donation after circulatory death (DCD). The purpose of this study was to categorize and quantify reasons that potential DCD donors do not progress to donation to facilitate the direct measurement of OPO donor potential.
Methods: Records of all 18 685 potential organ donors referred to the organ procurement agency OneLegacy in 2021 and 2022 were reviewed, and reasons that cases did not proceed to donation were categorized and quantified.
Unlabelled: A large number of procured kidneys continue not to be transplanted, while the waiting list remains high.
Methods: We analyzed donor characteristics for unutilized kidneys in our large organ procurement organization (OPO) service area in a single year to determine the reasonableness of their nonuse and to identify how we might increase the transplant rate of these kidneys. Five experienced local transplant physicians independently reviewed unutilized kidneys to identify which kidneys they would consider transplanting in the future.