Articles tagged "Patient education"

2019 American Transplant Congress
A Pilot Study of Organ Donor Registration among Persons Living with HIV (PLWH)
D. Bhamidipati¹, P. Veldkamp², L. Despines¹, C. Sullivan³, S. Stuart³, D. McMahon², G. Haidar²
¹UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Division of Infectious Diseases, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Center for Organ Recovery and Education, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Under the HIV Organ Policy Equity Act (HOPE Act), persons living with HIV (PLWH) may receive organ transplants from HIV-infected donors. However, awareness of…
2019 American Transplant Congress
ilearnKAS: An Animated Video to Educate African Americans about Key Concepts of Kidney Allocation
J. Narvaez, B. Dolph, T. Feeley, L. Kayler
University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
*Purpose: ilearnKAS is a iteratively-designed patient-engaged mobile educational animated video developed with guidance from patients, providers, Self-efficacy and Multimedia Learning Theories designed for African American…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Transplant Surgery Advanced Practice Providers in the Management of Pancreas Transplant Recipients
E. A. Herriman, J. M. Sharp, K. J. Brown, J. R. Montgomery, J. C. Magee, J. D. Punch, R. S. Sung, K. J. Woodside
Section of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: Transplant surgery advanced practice providers (APPs) roles and responsibilities vary widely between different transplant centers. In an effort to standardize care for the pancreas…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplant Centers Select Different Characteristics for Recipients and Deceased Donors: Implications for Patients When Choosing a Center
C. R. Schaffhausen¹, M. J. Bruin², S. Chu², D. Schladt¹, S. Chinnakotla³, J. R. Lake⁴, W. Kim⁵, S. W. Biggins⁶, J. J. Snyder⁷, B. L. Kasiske⁷, A. K. Israni¹
¹Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN, ²College of Design, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ³Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁵Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁶Division of Gastroenterology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁷Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: When patients can choose the liver transplant center at which to establish care, a prior knowledge of center acceptance practices (of candidates and donors)…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Pictogram Tool to Improve Medication Adherence in Heart Transplant Families with Limited English Proficiency and Low Health Literacy
A. C. Rothkopf¹, J. Chen², N. Jasiak-Panek³, K. Le³, A. Joong⁴, L. J. Addonizio¹
¹Pediatric Cardiology, Columbia University, New York, NY, ²Department of Pharmacy, Columbia University, New York, NY, ³Department of Pharmacy, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁴Pediatric Cardiology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Rejection in heart transplant recipients significantly limits long-term survival, impairs quality of life, and increases both direct and indirect costs of care. Preventing rejection…
2019 American Transplant Congress
A Randomized Pilot Trial of Home-Based Physical Activity Plus Dietary Intervention to Improve Physical Function in Patients with Advanced Liver Disease
H. Chen¹, A. A. Ferrando², M. G. White², M. Pauly², T. Bartter², M. A. Dunn¹, W. R. Kim³, A. Duarte-Rojo¹
¹T.E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ²University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, ³Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
*Purpose: Deconditioning and frailty are prevalent among liver transplant (LTx) candidates and prehabilitation programs have been proposed in order to improve clinical outcomes. However, few…
2019 American Transplant Congress
“What I Wish I Would Have Known….” Patient Impressions of Transplant Education
K. Collins¹, A. Yaldo¹, E. Rubinstein¹, K. Kippen², H. Olden², S. Nagai¹, M. Abouljoud¹
¹Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI, ²Henry Ford, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Personal health management remains a key component to adherence after transplantation. The purpose of this study was to identify potential gaps in transplant education.…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Real-Life Food Safety Behavior and Incidence of Food-Borne Infections in Solid-Organ Transplant Recipients
M. Lindup, D. Golshayan, M. Pascual, O. Manuel, M. Mombelli
CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
*Purpose: Specific food safety measures are highly recommended in solid-organ transplant (SOT) recipients. However, the actual adherence of patients in real life and the impact…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Pilot Testing Of A Novel Transition Program
J. Uze, N. Yazigi
Transplantation, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washigton, DC
*Purpose: Pediatric patients coming of age face many compliance hurdles, the roots of most lying in poor coping with heir state as a transplant recipient,…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Facilitators and Barriers to Implementing the Live Donor Champion Program
A. D. Love¹, D. R. Helfer¹, S. Rasmussen¹, M. Johnson¹, J. M. Konel¹, J. R. Wellen², S. M. Nazarian³, E. King¹, D. L. Segev¹, T. Hwee¹, A. M. Cameron¹, M. L. Henderson¹, E. J. Gordon⁴, J. M. Garonzik Wang¹
¹Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, ³Surgery, Penn Transplant Institute, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Surgery, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: The Live Donor Champion (LDC) Program is an intervention designed to increase kidney transplant candidate knowledge about living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) and ability…

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