Articles tagged "Patient education"

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…
2020 American Transplant Congress
A Comparison of Kidney Paired Donation Education Delivery Across 68 National Kidney Registry-Affiliated Centers
A. Waterman¹, E. H. Wood¹, O. N. Ranasinghe¹, 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: To understand the kidney paired donation (KPD) educational delivery process and variation across centers affiliated with the National Kidney Registry (NKR) we surveyed transplant…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Deficiencies in Family Planning Counseling and Practices in Kidney Transplant Patients
J. Ritchie¹, D. Seidman², Y. Srisengfa², E. Perito², D. Adey², M. Sarkar²
¹St Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA, ²UCSF, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Nearly 20% of female kidney transplant(KT) recipients are reproductive-aged. Fertility is often impaired pre-transplant, but rapidly restored after KT. Early and unplanned pregnancies after…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Challenges to National Kidney Paired Donation Education and Opportunities for Improvement
A. Waterman¹, E. H. Wood¹, O. N. Ranasinghe¹, 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: To increase kidney paired donation (KPD) rates nationally, we need to overcome systematic barriers to educating potential donors and recipients consistently about the option…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Hepatologist and Surgeon Experiences Counseling Liver Transplant Candidates for an Organ Offer Decision
C. Schaffhausen¹, M. Bruin², S. Chu³, S. Chinnakotla⁴, J. R. Lake⁵, A. K. Israni⁶
¹Hennepin Heathcare Research Institute (HHRI), Minneapolis, MN, ²College of Design, University of Minnesota (UMN), Minneapolis, MN, ³College of Design, UMN, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴Department of Surgery, UMN, Minneapolis, MN, ⁵Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, UMN, Minneapolis, MN, ⁶Department of Medicine, Hennepin Healthcare, UMN, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Liver transplant candidates receive counseling during evaluations to understand donor risk factors. After long periods on the waitlist, candidates who receive an offer for…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Development of a Transplant Financial Aid Tool Kit
C. Rogers¹, K. Minghella¹, K. Sullivan¹, J. Ryan¹, E. Keegan-Pits¹, M. Cote¹, S. Shao¹, K. Joyal¹, R. Youn², N. Elias¹
¹Massachusetts General Hospital Transplant Center, Boston, MA, ²Community, A Walgreens Pharmacy, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Medication access is an essential element to post transplant medication adherence. Access to medications can often be hindered by high copays, insurance premiums, changes…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Liver Live Donor Champion: Advocacy Training to Facilitate Identification of Live Liver Donors
A. D. Love¹, L. R. Herbst¹, D. R. Helfer¹, L. Kurman², M. G. Bowring¹, S. R. Weeks¹, E. King¹, D. L. Segev¹, J. Garonzik Wang¹
¹Surgery, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Although live donor liver transplantation (LDLT) may help address organ shortage, patients lack knowledge about living donation and are reluctant to speak to potential…
2020 American Transplant Congress
A Video Education Intervention to Improve Kidney Transplant Knowledge and Self-Efficacy in Dialysis Center End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Patients
D. A. DuBay¹, T. Morinelli¹, Z. Sutton¹, M. Chastain¹, T. Thompkins Tindal¹, Z. Su¹, E. Weeda¹, P. Mauldin¹, M. Casey¹, J. Bian¹, J. Rodrigue², P. Baliga¹, D. Taber³
¹Medical University of South Carolina`, Charleston, SC, ²Departments of Surgery and Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconiess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ³Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina`, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: Only 34% of incident ESRD patients are referred for transplant (Tx) evaluation within 12 months of initiating dialysis. There is great need for effective…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Patient-Informed Design of an Educational Website on Living Kidney Donation
M. Keller¹, R. Seibert¹, T. Feeley², L. Kayler¹
¹Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, NY, ²University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY
*Purpose: Web-based education may be a powerful tool to support kidney patients’ learning about living kidney donation (LKD); however, websites that are not user-friendly can…

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