Influence of Deceased Donor and Pretransplant Recipient Parameters on Early Overall Kidney Graft-Survival in Germany.

Background. Scarcity of grafts for kidney transplantation (KTX) caused an increased consideration of deceased donors with substantial risk factors. There is no agreement on which ones are detrimental for overall graft-survival.

In-house coordination for organ donation--single-center experience in a pilot project in Germany (2006 to 2013).

A challenge for solid organ transplantation in Germany is the shortage of organs. In an effort to increase donation rates, some federal states mandated hospitals to install transplantation officers to coordinate, evaluate, and enhance the donation and transplantation processes. In 2009 the German Foundation for Organ Transplantation (DSO) implemented the In-House Coordination Project, which includes retrospective, quarterly, information technology-based case analyses of all deceased patients with primary or secondary brain injury in regard to the organ donation process in maximum care hospitals.

Oil Red O-assessed macrosteatosis in liver transplant donor biopsies predicts ischemia-reperfusion injury and clinical outcome.

Steatosis in donor livers is an accepted adverse prognostic factor after liver transplantation. While its semiquantitative assessment shows varying reproducibility, it is questioned as a standard method. Additionally, the influence of hepatic steatosis on ischemia/reperfusion injury (I/R injury) has not been evaluated in biopsies after reperfusion.

[Process of organ donation at a maximum care hospital].

Background: A chronic shortage of organs for transplantation has developed due to the disparity between the demand for solid organs and the current supply. Improved processes for identifying potential donors could expand the pool of available organs.

Patients And Methods: All patients who died between January 1, 2006 and December 31, 2008 in the University hospital of Essen suffering from a primary or secondary cerebral injury were assessed retrospectively.