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2020 American Transplant Congress
Health Mindsets Can Influence Psychosocial Ratings in Pediatric Renal Transplant Patients
R. Wright, A. Gallo, L. Maestretti, C. Mueller
Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
*Purpose: There is a large body of research which shows psychological states can influence health and behavioral outcomes, yet in clinical practice, psychosocial states are…
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Vaccine Safety Concerns and Relationship to Comfort with Provider Communication in a Population of Inner-City Kidney Transplant Recipients
T. Morancy, I. Nadeem, G. Cordero, D. Lee, M. Markell
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: Misperceptions and incorrect beliefs among patients may contribute to patient refusal of vaccines. We examined beliefs and sources of information in a population of…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Alcohol Relapse after Liver Transplant for Alcohol-Related Cirrhosis: A Longitudinal Assessment of Risk Factors for Relapse and Long-Term Survival
B. Rice, N. Mehta, J. L. Dodge, J. D. Grab, C. Sherman
University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Relapse to alcohol after liver transplant (LT) is common but likely underreported in patients with alcohol-related cirrhosis (AC). The aim of this study was…
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Medication Knowledge Retention and Adherence Following Transplant: Is There Room for Improvement?
M. H. Cooper¹, A. W. Rogers¹, T. L. Menser², J. C. Krisl¹
¹Department of Pharmacy, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, ²Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Transplant recipients’ complex medication regimens following transplant can lead to non-adherence, which has been linked to increased rates of acute rejection and graft loss.…
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Impact of Immunosuppression on Quality of Life among HLA-Identical Living Kidney Recipients at UCLA – A Qualitative Study
E. L. Wood¹, S. George², N. Kogut¹, E. Lum, MD³, J. L. Veale¹
¹Urology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²Fielding School of Public Health, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ³Medicine, Nephrology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Tolerant kidney transplant recipients (off immunosuppression) report higher self-rated quality of life and a lower symptom burden compared to standard living recipients when using…
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Low Food Security in Inner-City Kidney Transplant Recipients is Associated with Worse Graft Function, Lower Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Increased Psychosocial Stress
E. Kasparov, K. Cruickshank, A. Saleh, S. Pak, M. Markell
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: Long-term kidney graft survival may be affected by factors other than biologic, including social determinants of health. We examined the association of the use…
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Social Needs, Transplant Readiness, and Wait List Awareness
A. Huml, J. Sedor, S. Jolly, J. Schold, H. Rincon-Choles, C. Modlin, E. Poggio, D. Reissner, D. Camino, K. Spates-Harden, D. Ranch, J. O'Toole
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Social support, transportation, finances, and adherence are often cited as barriers to kidney transplant. We sought to understand how self-reported social needs (SN) impacts…
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Bariatric Surgery to Achieve Sufficient Weight Loss for Heart Transplant Candidacy: Results of a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
B. Orandi¹, J. Purvis¹, S. Mehta¹, M. Gray¹, S. Pamboukian¹, J. Tallaj¹, C. Hoopes¹, C. Lewis¹, N. Terrault², J. Locke¹
¹UAB, Birmingham, AL, ²USC, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: As the obesity epidemic grows, it can be expected that an increasing number of heart failure patients will be precluded from heart transplant based…
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Comparison of Six-Month Outcomes in Patients Bridged to Heart Transplantation with Percutaneous Temporary Circulatory Support Before and after the UNOS Allocation System Change
J. Nattiv¹, G. S. Liu¹, P. Banankhah¹, J. Sussex¹, P. Genyk¹, J. Li¹, D. Vucicevic², R. S. Chand³, K. Pandya¹, J. Rahman¹, A. M. Wolfson⁴, A. S. Vaidya¹, E. DePasquale¹
¹Keck Hospital of USC, Los Angeles, CA, ²Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ, ³Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, AZ
*Purpose: We report the trends in utilization and outcomes of percutaneous temporary circulatory support (TCS) in the forms of Impella or TandemHeart as a bridge…
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UNOS Registry Myocarditis Heart Transplantation Outcome
J. P. Li¹, P. Kingsford¹, S. Nuno¹, D. Miklin¹, G. Liu², J. Rahman², K. Pandya², C. Lum³, P. Banankhah², P. Genyk¹, D. Vucicevic⁴, A. Wolfson⁵, R. Chand⁶, K. Yang¹, S. Shah¹, A. Kiankhooy⁷, J. Nattiv², S. Hashmi¹, J. Pizula¹, A. Lee¹, M. Fong², L. Grazette², E. C. DePasquale², A. S. Vaidya²
¹Internal Medicine, Keck Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, ²Cardiology, Keck Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, ³Internal Medicine, The Queen's Medical Center, Honolulu, HI, ⁴Cardiology, Newark Beth-Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ, ⁵Cardiology, University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, Tuscon, AZ, ⁶Cardiology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁷Cardiothoracic Surgery, Keck Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Hospitalized myocarditis patients have a variable course that can require heart transplantation at a rate of about 3-4%. We sought to evaluate the post-transplant…