Articles tagged "Patient education"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Collaboration for Successful Transition to Adult Care in Liver Transplant: Early Outcomes of a Structured Program with Youth Engagement
B. Kosmach-Park¹, J. Kilpatrick², A. Algeo¹, K. Jones¹, L. Remaley¹, N. Elazzazy², N. Jonassaint³, G. Mazariegos¹
¹Transplant Surgery, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: To effectively transition youth to adult hepatology through a structured program and developed partnerships while promoting and maintaining optimal outcomes.*Methods: The pediatric and adult…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Differences in Medication Adherence Between Preemptive and Post-Dialysis Young Kidney Transplant Recipients
Y. Vaisbourd¹, E. Samson², A. De Simone², M. Dahhou², B. Foster³
¹Pediatrics, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada, ²McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada, ³Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
*Purpose: The mechanisms underlying the superior graft survival associated with pre-emptive kidney transplantation, compared with transplantation following a period of dialysis, are unknown. Selection for…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Early Transplant Education Increases CKD 3-5 Patients’ Knowledge and Informed Decision-Making About Chronic Kidney Disease and Living Donor Kidney Transplant
A. D. Waterman¹, S. H. Kawakita², B. Dub³, Y. A. Iraheta¹, A. L. Murillo², T. Menser⁴, B. Mittman³
¹UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²Terasaki Institute, Los Angeles, CA, ³Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente, Pasadena, CA, ⁴The Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, CA
*Purpose: Early education about chronic kidney disease (CKD) and living donor kidney transplant (LDKT) outside of transplant centers is inconsistent, with patients in CKD 3…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of the Transplant Clinical Pharmacist in an Outpatient Transplant Clinic
O. Roe¹, S. Gattis¹, R. Parsons², D. Lo², S. Todd¹
¹Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA, ²Emory Transplant Center, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: Pharmacist involvement in the outpatient transplant clinic setting has been correlated with improved patient outcomes in single organ cohort studies. Direct clinical pharmacist involvement…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Development of a Question Prompt Sheet for Upper Extremity Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation
J. Gacki-Smith¹, B. Kuramitsu¹, A. Ferzola², K. Vanterpool², C. Kunkle³, M. Hewitt³, A. Schultheis³, T. Riggleman³, J. Taylor³, C. Cooney², M. Levan², S. Tintle³, G. Brandacher², E. Gordon¹
¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
*Purpose: Upper extremity (UE) vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) is an innovative option for people with UE amputations. Individuals with limb loss commonly receive little information…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Patient and Physician Perspectives on Kdpi>85 Consent and Kidney Acceptance Decision Making
K. J. Schantz¹, E. Gordon¹, U. Lee¹, M. Rocha¹, J. Friedewald¹, D. Ladner¹, Y. Becker², D. Kaufman³, R. Formica⁴, P. Reese⁵, M. Barah¹, M. Walker¹, D. Viveros⁶, O. Mehrotra⁶, S. Mehrotra¹
¹Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, ²University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ³University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ⁴Yale University, New Haven, CT, ⁵University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: This study explores patient and physician perspectives on patients' understandings of kidney quality and patients' decision making with regards to consenting for and accepting…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Experiential Expertise: What Can Patients and Donors Teach Us About Living Donation?
L. A. Davis¹, E. H. Wood², E. Ho³, R. Pines⁴, S. M. Advani⁵, A. D. Waterman²
¹DeSales University, Center Valley, PA, ²UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ³Terasaki Institute, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, CA, ⁵National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD
*Purpose: While educational materials and discussions with medical professionals are factually sound, insight from actual living donors (LDs) and recipients (Rs) may offer unique, experiential…
2021 American Transplant Congress
True Living Donation Experiences: A Thematic Analysis of Storytelling from Kidney Living Donors
E. Ho¹, E. H. Wood², R. Pines³, L. A. Davis⁴, S. M. Advani⁵, A. D. Waterman²
¹Terasaki Institute, Los Angeles, CA, ²UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ³Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, CA, ⁴DeSales University, Center Valley, PA, ⁵National Human Genome Research Institute (NIH), Bethesda, MD
*Purpose: Personal experiences of living donors (LDs) or recipients (Rs) can motivate more individuals to pursue living donor kidney transplant. After building a library of…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Identifying the Needs of Kidney Transplant Recipients That Can be Addressed by a Web-based Self-management Program
D. Massierer¹, R. Sapir-Pichhadze², V. Bouchard³, K. Dasgupta², N. Fernandez⁴, D. da Costa², S. Ahmed¹, M. Fortin⁵, R. Langevin⁶, N. Mayo¹, T. Janaudis-Ferreira¹
¹Faculty of Medicine- School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE), Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC), Montreal, QC, Canada, ³CIUSSS du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Chicoutimi, QC, Canada, ⁴Department of Family Medicine/Emergency Medicine, Université de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵Department of Medicine, Université de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁶Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program (CDTRP), Edmonton, AB, Canada
*Purpose: Kidney transplantation improves the quality of life (QoL) of patients with end-stage renal disease, however, post-transplant recovery of physical health and other aspects of…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Understanding Early Transplant Preparation: CKD 3-5 Patients’ Transplant Knowledge and Actions at Kaiser Permanente Southern California
R. Pines¹, S. H. Kawakita², G. H. Kim³, O. Ranasinghe⁴, B. Mittman⁵, B. Dub⁵, H. Wilhalme³, A. D. Waterman³
¹Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, CA, ²Terasaki Institute, Los Angeles, CA, ³UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Outbreak Management Branch, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente, Pasadena, CA
*Purpose: While consensus exists on the need to educate patients earlier about transplant, delays in education persist, leaving patients insufficient time to make optimal renal…