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2020 American Transplant Congress
Anatomy of a Conversation: Assessing ESRD Patients’ Transplant-Related Communication
H. M. Gardiner
Social and Behavioral Sciences, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Live Donor and Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation (LDKT and DDKT) confer meaningful survival, and quality of life benefits to patients with End Stage Renal…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Validation of PROMIS Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT) Sleep Disturbance Item Bank in Kidney Transplant Recipients
J. Hussain¹, G. Chawla¹, N. Ullah¹, H. Rafiqzad¹, S. J. Bartlett², M. Li³, D. Howell⁴, J. D. Peipert⁵, M. Novak⁶, I. Mucsi¹
¹Multi-Organ Transplant Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Centre for Health Outcomes Research, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Department of Supportive Care, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁶Centre for Mental Health, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: To assess the reliability and validity of the PROMIS Sleep Disturbance Item Bank using the Insomnia Severity Index as the primary legacy instrument in…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Tele Health Utilization in Kidney Transplantation Clinic
S. Wattanatorn, S. Udomkarnjananun, N. Townamchai, T. Thammathiwat, N. Mahatanan, Y. Avihingsanon, K. Praditpornsilpa
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
*Purpose: Most of the kidney transplanted (KT) patients are well educated and have been receiving nearly the same medications every visit. In usual OPD care,…
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Waitlisting for Kidney Transplant and Social Determinants of Health Predict Health-Related Quality of Life (hrqol) in End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Patients
S. L. Swift¹, S. Wang², C. H. Chang³, J. Pleis⁴, M. Dew³, R. Shapiro⁵, M. Unruh¹, K. Kendall⁶, E. Croswell⁷, J. D. Peipert⁸, L. Myaskovsky¹
¹University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, ²University of Florida, Gainsville, FL, ³University of Pittsburg, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA, ⁵Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ⁶Highmark Health, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁷University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁸Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Getting waitlisted for a KT has important health implications for patients with ESRD. Less is known about the relationship between waitlisting and subsequent HRQoL…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Lims1 Gene and Risk of T-Cell Mediated Rejection in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Y. Caliskan¹, G. Karahan², S. Mirioglu³, Y. Ozluk⁴, R. Ouseph¹, H. Yazici³, H. Randall⁵, F. Savran Oguz⁶, A. Turkmen³, M. S. Sever³, K. Lentine¹
¹Division of Nephrology, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, ²Immunohematology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Division of Nephrology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Department of Pathology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁵Center for Abdominal Transplantation, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, ⁶Department of Medical Biology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
*Purpose: Recent advances have provided new insights into the pathogenesis of kidney allograft rejection caused by additional antigens associated with genetic risk variant of LIM…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Understanding the Relationship between Health Literacy, Education Level, and Transplant Actions among Low-Income and Black Patients
A. Waterman¹, S. L. Skelton², O. N. Ranasinghe¹, J. L. Beaumont³, L. Alvarez³
¹Transplant Research and Education Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL, ³Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Limited health literacy in end stage kidney disease patients is associated with low transplant referral rates. We estimated the prevalence of low health literacy…
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Single Port Robot Assisted Kidney Transplantation
E. Miller, C. Wilson, G. Sawczyg, S. Kim, A. Aminsharifi, J. Garisto, J. Kaouk, A. Wee, M. Eltemamy
Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute CCF, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Innovative methods are needed to further optimize safe outcomes in kidney transplantation (KT), therefore as an alternative surgical approach we present a single case…
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Simultaneous Laparoscopic Bilateral Native Nephrectomy and Open Kidney Transplantation in Patients with ESRD Due to ADPKD: A Single Center Experience
N. Abrol, A. Bentall, V. Torres, M. Prieto
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: Patients with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney (ADPKD) progressing to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) often are symptomatic due to cystic kidneys and require surgical intervention.…
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Frailty at Time of Kidney Transplant Evaluation is Associated with Higher Rate of Waitlist Denial
J. Klein¹, A. Jurgensen², M. Gupta¹, N. Herrera¹, A. Gupta¹, D. Cibrik¹
¹Nephrology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, ²University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
*Purpose: To determine the association of patient frailty, as assessed by the Fried frailty score at the time of kidney transplant evaluation (KTE), with kidney…
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Ureteral Complications Post Kidney Transplantation – Incidence and Preferred Treatment Modality
R. Patten¹, H. Mustafa², S. Desai³, J. Buggs⁴, E. Rogers⁴, A. Kumar¹, V. Bowers⁴
¹Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ²Honors College, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ³University of Tampa, Tampa, FL, ⁴Transplant Surgery, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the incidence of ureteral complications at a single transplant center. A secondary objective was to…