Articles tagged "Patient education"

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…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Information-Seeking Behavior During Covid-19: Opportunities for Communication and Care Transition Improvements
S. H. Advani¹, S. M. Advani², Y. A. Iraheta³, A. Murillo⁴, H. A. Gritsch³, A. D. Waterman³
¹Terasaki Institute, Bethesda, MD, ²National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, ³UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Terasaki Institute, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: To learn more about how at-risk dialysis and transplant patients sought health information during COVID-19 and what was most helpful, we conducted a mixed-methods…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Implementation of a Pharmacist in an Adult Transplant Outpatient Clinic (Kidney, Liver, Pancreas): A Pilot Study – Implant
P. Leveille-Dugas¹, C. Bernard¹, L. Loiselle¹, Y. Zhang¹, C. Coursol¹, K. Mousseau¹, N. Sheehan¹, M. Cantarovich²
¹Pharmacy, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada, ²Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada
*Purpose: Solid organ transplant (SOT) patients require a complex medication regimen which increases the risk of many drug-related problems. The purpose of this study was…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Association between Education and Waitlist Mortality, Access to Transplant, and Post-Transplant Survival among Patients with Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease
A. T. Strauss, J. Motter, D. Segev, A. Massie, T. Purnell, J. Hamilton, A. Gurakar, A. Cameron, J. Garonzik-Wang
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) is the leading indication for liver transplant (LT) and these patients have been shown to have worse outcomes compared to…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Compatible Pairs- Providingan Option to Upgrade
V. Chipman¹, M. Cooper², S. Flechner³, G. Hil⁴, D. Leeser⁵, D. Mandelbrot⁶, M. Ronin⁴, D. Segev⁷, S. Syed⁸, A. Thomas⁹, A. Waterman¹⁰, G. R. Roll¹¹
¹Kidney Transplant, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ²Georgertown, Washington, DC, ³Cleavland Clinic, Cleavland, OH, ⁴NKR, Babylon, NY, ⁵East Carolina Univ, Greenville, NC, ⁶University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ⁷Johns Hopkins, Boltimore, MD, ⁸UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁹Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁰UCLA and Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, ¹¹Surgery, Division of Transplant, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Compatible pairs (CPs) can enter an exchange program instead of donating directly. These pairs increase transplants (txp) by providing additional donors within an exchange…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Using Personal Contact with Donors and Recipients to Bridge Disparities in Native American Organ Donation and Transplantation
Y. Kelly¹, J. Trompeta¹, J. Rawlings², T. Bongiovanni¹
¹UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ²Yale, New Haven, CT
*Purpose: Native Americans (NAs) are 3.5 times more likely to suffer from end-stage renal disease than White Americans, yet are 34% less likely to receive…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Who Says Yes to Vascularized Composite Allografts (VCA) Donation?
M. S. Gharibdousti¹, C. Martucciello², M. T. Khasawneh¹, A. L. Friedman³
¹Systems Science and Industrial Engineering, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, ²Quality Assurance and Process Improvement, Live On NY, New York, NY, ³Preservation, Live On NY, New York, NY
*Purpose: To analyze psychosocial factors associated with affirmative authorization for VCA donation.*Methods: In an IRB approved protocol, individuals (authorized parties, AP) who previously authorized both…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Variability in Educational Content about Kidney Paired Donation at 68 National Kidney Registry-Affiliated Centers
A. D. Waterman¹, O. N. Ranasinghe¹, E. H. Wood¹, J. L. Beaumont², S. McGuire³, K. Miller⁴, V. Chipman⁵, J. Sinacore⁶, M. Cooper⁷
¹Division of Nephrology, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, ³UCLA Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Programs, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴UW Health, Madison, WI, ⁵UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, ⁶National Kidney Registry, Babylon, NY, ⁷Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC
*Purpose: Equipping patients and donors with in-depth information about kidney paired donation (KPD) processes, risks, benefits, and protections is necessary for informed decision-making and comfort.…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Empowering Patients to Self-Care Dialysis Previous to Kidney Transplantation Does Not Warrant Adherence to Immunosuppression
F. Ortiz¹, I. Helanterä²
¹Nephrology, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, ²Kidney and Liver Transplantation, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
*Purpose: Nonadherence to immunosuppression increases the risk of kidney graft loss. We hypothesized that patient education to self-care dialysis has a positive impact on adherence…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Informed Consent and Decision Making for Upper Extremity VCA
B. Kuramitsu¹, C. Berumen¹, A. Ferzola², H. Sung², C. Kim³, D. Scarton³, T. McHugh³, A. Schultheis³, T. Riggleman³, J. Taylor³, M. Henderson², G. Brandacher², S. Tintle³, E. Gordon¹
¹Northwestern U Feinberg Sch of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
*Purpose: The field of upper rxtremity (UE) Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA) continues to advance with more patients undergoing the informed consent process each year. However,…

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