Transplant- final Flashcards
what can be donated
- specific organs or tissue type (skin, hair, heart valve, bone)
- whole body
- living or cadaver
rule about living donors
-cannot sacrifice their life for donation
highest demand organs
- kidneys
- heart
- liver
how to become a living donor
- extensive workup
- meets with coordinator for patient and family education of long term issues
- if anonymous: phsych eval
what does insurance pay for in terms of donors
- donor evaluation, testing, surgery, and some follow up care
HIV or Hep C
- they can donate and receive but they are considered high risk transplantations
what if i donate a kidney and end up needing one later?
-you are bumped up the list
how can I get on the list
- referral from transplant center
- verification of need: organ specific criteria like for the kidneys < 20 % function
- blood and tissue typing to determine a perfect match
what does tissue typing encompass?
- blood compatibility
- HLA typing- three different groups of antigens (A,B,DR)
- panel of reactive antibodies
- crossmatching
what is panel of reactive antibodies (PRA)
- determines recipients sensitivity to HLAS
- sensitivity to HLAS recipient serum mixed with randomly selected panel of donor lymphocytes to determine reactivity
high percentage on PRA
- person has a large number of cytotoxic antibodies and is highly sensitized
- you need to give plasmaphorisis or IVIG to lower the number of performed HLA antibodies
positive PRA
-transplantation is contraindicated d/t hyper acute rejection
what is crossmatch
serum from the recipient is mixed with donor lymphocytes to test for anti-HLA antibodies to a potential organ
what is needed for compatibility
-ABO compatibility is needed between the donor and recipient but they do not need to share the same Rhfactor
why do kidneys need a close HLA matching
-due to the high vasculature nature and the high risk of graft rejection
high panel of reactive antibodies means
indicates that a person has a large number of cytotoxic antibodies and highly sensitive which means there is a poor chance of finding a crossmatch or a negative donor.
Crossmatch that is negative
negative indicates a person has no preformed antibodies present and it is safe to proceed with transplantation.
waiting for a transplant
- monthly verification of labs
- criteria is constantly reevaluated (if get better move down, if get sicker move up)
- some people may need dialysis as a bridge awaiting a kidney
Kidney allocation system (KAS)
- waiting time starts at the listing or start of dialysis (whichever is first)
- donors are scored with a kidney profile index (KDPI)
- recipients are scored with estimated post transplant survival (EPTS)
- what the healthcare team will use to determine the score if someone is eligible to donate a kidney/ receive a kidney without having issues of rejection.
Kidney profile index
- age
- ht/wt
- ethnicity
- cause of death
- BP
- DM
- Hep C
- creatinine
- all looked at to summarize the likelihood of graft failure after deceased donor kidney transplant
Estimated post transplant survival is dependent on
- age
- time on dialysis
- previous solid organ transplant
- current diabetes status
why was the kidney allocation system made
in response to higher than necessary discard rates of kidneys, variability in access to transplants for candidates who are harder to match due to biologic reasons, inequities resulting from the way waiting time was calculated, and a matching system that results in unrealized life years and high re-transplant rates.
maximum organ transplant time for Heart and lungs
4-6 hours
maximum organ transplant time for liver
8-12 hours