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Transfusion services typically issue blood to patients. Using new devices for normothermic perfusion of donor organs before transplantation presents opportunities for transfusion services to provide blood for organ perfusion rather than transfusion. These perfusion devices and techniques are poised to increase, as clinical trials have found them beneficial in increasing transplantations and reducing post-transplant complications. The process differs from routine hospital-based transfusions; the transfusion service from the transplant recipient’s hospital provides blood products to its organ procurement team, which utilizes them in organ procurement at the donor hospital and ex vivo perfusion before transplant. Accordingly, special procedures for blood product record-keeping, logistics, transportation, and billing are required. This session will review the provision of blood for organ perfusion from both transplant surgery and transfusion service perspectives.
Learning Objectives:
Describe the role of blood products in normothermic organ perfusion
List the solid organs for which normothermic perfusion prior to transplantation has been employed
Examine logistical and documentation requirements for transfusion services providing blood products for normothermic organ perfusion
Speaker(s):
Laura
Stephens,
MD,
Associate Professor; Associate Medical Director,
University of California San Diego
Heidi
Yeh,
MD,
Associate Professor of Surgery; Surgical Director of Pediatric Transplant,
Harvard Medical School; Massachusetts General Hospital
Moderator(s):
Elizabeth
Allen,
MD,
Associate Professor; Associate Medical Director,
University of California San Diego
Disclosures
Elizabeth Allen, MD:
No financial relationships to disclose
Laura Stephens, MD:
Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. (Dr. Fasano): Consultant/Advisory Board (Terminated, July 10, 2022)
Heidi Yeh, MD:
No financial relationships to disclose
All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.
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AM23-ST-11-O: Perfusion, Not Transfusion: Providing Blood Products for Organ Perfusion Before Transplantation (Enduring) Evaluation