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Articles tagged "Patient education"

  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Consent to Organ Offers from Public Health Service Increased Risk Donors Decreases Time to Transplant and Waitlist Mortality

    Y. Kelly, A. Zarinsefat, M. Tavakol, A. Shui, C. Huang, J. P. Roberts

    University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

    *Purpose: The Public Health Service Increased Risk designation identified organ donors at increased risk of transmitting hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and human immunodeficiency virus. Despite…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Comparing Disparities in Access to First and Re-Kidney Transplantation Among Hispanic and Black Adults in the United States

    S. Sandal1, J. Ahn2, V. Thompson3, T. Purnell4, M. Cantarovich5, D. Segev3, M. McAdams DeMarco3

    1McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2SOM, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 3Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 4Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 5McGill University Health Ctr, Montreal, QC, Canada

    *Purpose: There are significant racial/ethnic disparities in access to solid organ transplantation; lack of education and familiarity with the transplant process are postulated contributors. Among…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Evaluation of a Change in Pharmacy Discharge Medication Education for Kidney Transplant Recipients

    M. Borsh1, M. Leick1, A. Donovan2, C. McAdam-Marx2, M. Keck1

    1Pharmacy, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, NE, 2College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

    *Purpose: To evaluate if modification of pharmacy discharge education for kidney transplant recipients contributed to a decreased length of hospital stay (LOS) post-transplant.*Methods: This was…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Improving Access and Equity for Transplant: A Single-Center Experience

    S. Kodali1, A. Lopez2, C. Egwim2, J. Alegria2, S. Yi2, H. Adrogue2, M. Moaddab2, H. Huang2, I. Hussain2, M. Kassi2, J. Ontiveros2, R. Guardiola2, J. Alexander2, D. Harvey2, K. Maresh2, S. Zylicz2, L. Loza2, J. Corkrean2, A. O. Gaber2, R. M. Ghobrial1

    1Sherrie and Alan Conover Center for Liver Disease & Transplantation, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, 2Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX

    *Purpose: Many Hispanic Americans have misconceptions about transplantation due to language and cultural differences, which can make them less likely to undergo liver transplant (LT)…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Patient Definitions of Transplant Success of Upper Extremity VCA

    M. Downey1, B. Kuramitsu2, J. Gacki-Smith2, K. Vanterpool1, M. Luken3, M. Nordstrom3, T. Riggleman3, C. Cooney1, M. Levan1, S. Tintle3, G. Brandacher1, S. Jensen2, G. Dumanian2, E. Gordon2

    1Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 3Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD

    *Purpose: Little is known about how to measure "success" of upper extremity (UE) vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) given its relative novelty and low frequency. While…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Association of Kidney Transplant Recipients’ Knowledge of Cardiovascular Disease with Adoption of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction Activities

    M. Fallahzadeh1, E. Ku2, D. Adey2, D. Tuot2

    1UCSF, Nashville, TN, 2UCSF, San Francisco, CA

    *Purpose: Patient understanding of disease is one key component to engagement in health and participation in risk reduction activities. We examined the association between kidney…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    International Practices on COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates for Transplant Candidates

    Y. Caliskan1, B. E. Hippen2, D. Axelrod3, M. Schnitzler1, K. Maher1, T. Alhamad4, S. Anwar5, V. Kute6, K. Lentine1

    1Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, 2Transplant Medicine, Fresenius Medical Care, Charlotte, NC, 3University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 4Washington University School of Medicine at St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO, 5Sheikh Shakhbout Medical Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 6Dr. H L Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences, Ahmedabad, India

    *Purpose: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has created unprecedented challenges and there are practice differences for solid organ transplant programs worldwide. We sought to…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Programmatic Fidelity is Central to the Development of Virtual Living Donor Kidney Transplantation Educational Programs

    A. Carter, H. Qu, R. Reed, A. C. Killian, V. Kumar, M. J. Hanaway, J. Locke

    University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

    *Purpose: The Living Donor Navigator program is designed to mitigate disparities in living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT), though geographic disparities in program participation were observed…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Effectiveness of a Targeted Media Campaign on Engagement and Interest in Living Donation

    L. A. Davis1, A. Livingston2, A. Waterman3

    1Houston Methodist Hospital, J.C. Walter Jr Transplant Center, Houston, TX, 2Multiview, Irving, TX, 3Transplant Research and Education Center, Houston, TX

    *Purpose: Living donation rates have continued to decline. Research has suggested that disseminating living donation education and information more broadly to larger audiences outside of…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Do Videos Work Better Than Digital Ads at Reaching Audiences? Examining Which Message Types Engage and Encourage Further Exploration of Living Donation

    L. A. Davis1, A. Livingston2, A. Waterman3

    1HMH, Houston, TX, 2Multiview, Irving, TX, 3Transplant Research and Education Center, Houston, TX

    *Purpose: Testing and examination of media campaigns focused on deceased donor transplant abound. Fewer studies examine the effectiveness of different media strategies at increasing not…
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