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  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Patient Experience after Kidney Transplant: Factors That Lessen the Burden of Treatment after Kidney Transplant

    E. Lorenz,1 J. Egginton,1 M. Stegall,1 R. Heilman,2 S. Nair,2 M. Mai,3 D. Eton.1

    1Mayo Clinic, Rochester; 2Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale; 3Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville.

    Background: Patients face a daunting regimen of medications, health monitoring and medical appointments following kidney transplant. This workload of healthcare and its impact on patient…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Promoting Medication Adherence from the Perspectives of Teen and Young Adult Kidney Recipients, Parents and Health Care Professionals

    C. Nguyen,1 M. Dew,1 A. DeVito Dabbs,1 T. Irizarry,1 M. McNulty,1 B. Foster.2

    1University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; 2MUHC, McGill, Montreal, QC, Canada.

    Purpose: The Teen Adherence in KidnEy Transplant – Improving Tracking to Optimize Outcomes (TAKE-IT TOO) study was designed to adapt the efficacious Take-IT intervention for…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Early Life Stress Exposure and Cardio-Renal Outcomes in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation

    M. Seifert, P. Perry, R. Romp, R. Mannon, J. Pollock.

    UAB School of Medicine, Birmingham.

    Purpose: Early life stress (ELS) has emerged as an important cardiovascular risk factor in adulthood, and can be characterized by exposure to adverse childhood experiences…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Oral Health Related Quality of Life for Children with Kidney Disease

    P. Verghese,1 J. Sotillo,2 J. Diaz,1 E. Sarwas.2

    1Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; 2University of Minnesota Dental School, Minneapolis.

    Children with kidney disease experience general health deficiencies that may affect their oral health and consequently their quality of life (QOL). Recent studies show a…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Which Way to Go, Liver Resection or Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Child A Liver Cirrhosis

    K. Yoon, K. Lee, S. Hong, J-.H. Cho, J-.M. Lee, N-.J. Yi, K. Suh.

    Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

    Introduction: Liver transplantation(LT) has better outcomes even in patient with child A than LR because LT can overcome the tumor and background liver factors. We…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    28-Year Cumulative US Experience with Pediatric Living Donor Liver Transplant – How Far Have We Come?

    S. Sharma, K. Barrera, A. Gruessner, R. Gruessner.

    Surgery, State University of New York, Downstate, Brooklyn, NY.

    Introduction: The last 30 years have shown tremendous growth in pediatric liver transplant. Refinements of surgical technique and immunosuppression have improved graft survival. In the…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Comparative Cost Analysis of ABO-Incompatible Living Kidney Transplantation

    Y. Kakuta,1 M. Okumi,1 K. Unagami,2 M. Furusawa,1 H. Ishida,1 K. Tanabe.1

    1Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical School, Tokyo, Japan; 2Nephrology, Tokyo Women's Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.

    BackgroundABO-incompatible living kidney transplantation (ABO-I) has been accepted as a valid alternative therapy for patients with end-stage kidney disease. The number of ABO-I has been…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Sustained Improvement in Patient Reported Outcomes 10 Years after Liver Transplantation by Protocol Longitudinal Assessment of Health Related Quality of Life

    S. Elwir,1 A. Warren,1 G. Saracino,1 S. Asrani,1 T. Elliott,2 G. Klintmalm.1

    1Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX; 2Department of Educational Psychology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.

    Purpose: Data on patient (pt) reported outcomes, especially beyond the first year after liver transplantation (LT) are scarce. We examined changes in health related quality…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Patient-Centered Outcomes after Liver Transplantation: A Qualitative Study

    G. Lee, J. Obayemi, E. Rubin.

    Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.

    Introduction: Outcomes after liver transplantation are most commonly reported by medical professionals as rates of graft failure, episodes of acute rejection, length of hospital stay,…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Survival, Cancer and PTLD Diagnosis after Late EBV Infection in Adult Kidney Transplantation

    M. Morton,1 G. Scullin,2 K. Daga,2 P. Klapper,2 P. Vallely,2 M. Picton.1

    1Department of Renal Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, United Kingdom; 2Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.

    Introduction: While EBV seronegative recipients have a high risk of early PTLD knowledge is lacking regarding the implications of EBV DNAemia in stable patients in…
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