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Articles tagged "Patient education"

  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Nutrition, Body Habitus, and Food Insecurity, in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients

    A. Wilkerson1, J. Figueroa1, C. Kang1, R. Garro2, M. Kamel1, R. P. George2

    1Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 2Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA

    *Purpose: Appropriate nutrition and physical activity are critical for optimal post-transplant recovery and long term outcomes, especially in pediatric populations. Both malnutrition and obesity are…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    I Would Do Whatever It Took”: Understanding the Motivation, Education and Experiences of Kidney Paired Donation Participants

    R. Pines1, Y. A. Iraheta2, L. Ambriz2, K. A. Dahmani2, E. H. Wood2, M. Cooper3, A. D. Waterman2

    1Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, CA, 2UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 3Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC

    *Purpose: To improve kidney paired donation (KPD) educational programs, we conducted semi-structured interviews to understand motivations of past recipients and donors to participate in KPD,…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Assessing Interventions to Improve Patient Care Conducted by Pharmacists at an Outpatient Renal Transplant Clinic within a Collaborative Pharmacy Practice Agreement

    K. Johnson, R. Chelewski, A. Langone, M. Peter, A. Zuckerman

    Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

    *Purpose: A collaborative pharmacy practice agreement (CPPA) permits pharmacists to perform clinical services under the guidance of a supervising physician without direct physician intervention. We…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Ready for Transplantation: Getting the Right Messages Across at the Right Time

    D. Goodall, K. Tansey, S. Clarke-Swaby, P. Webster, E. Salisbury, J. Tomlinson, R. Bright, W. Brown

    Imerial College Renal and Transplant Centre, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom

    *Purpose: Successful outcomes post-transplantation demands significant commitment from patients therefore it is crucial that they have a good understanding of what is involved. Our pharmacist…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Does Hope for a Better Future or Fear of Death Motivate Kidney Patients More? A Decisional Balance Exploration of Motivation to Pursue Living Donor Kidney Transplant

    H. Rafiqzad1, A. Wasim1, A. Rezaeishahreza1, J. Lam1, A. Li1, T. Mahiuddin1, A. D. Waterman2, M. Novak1, I. Mucsi1

    1University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

    *Purpose: We assessed whether the importance attributed to “living a longer life with transplant” versus “fear of death during transplant surgery” by kidney transplant (KT)…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    The Living Donor Collective Pilot Evaluations of Living Kidney Donor Candidates at 10 Programs

    B. Kasiske, M. Conboy, Y. Ahn, A. Israni, J. Snyder

    SRTR, Minneapolis, MN

    *Purpose: Much remains to learn regarding long-term effects of living organ donation on donors. Rare events are important, and long-term follow-up with appropriate contemporaneous controls…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Transplant Center Experiences with Social Media Campaigns for Living Donation

    S. E. Booker1, L. King2, J. Spiers3, H. Hunt4, R. L. Schaffer5

    1UNOS, Richmond, VA, 2Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 3Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA, 4OPTN Living Donor Committee, Richmond, VA, 5Scripps Green Hospital, La Jolla, CA

    *Purpose: The OPTN Living Donor Committee surveyed U.S. transplant (TX) programs to assess their experiences with social media campaigns intended to identify potential living donors…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Altruistic Liver Donors at Thomas E Starzl Transplant Institute: Impact of the Educational Campaign: Gift of Life

    S. Ganesh, M. Molinari, L. Tubb, A. Tevar, C. Hughes, J. Behari, A. Humar

    Transplant Surgery, UPMC Thomas E Starzl Transplant Institute, Pittsburgh, PA

    *Purpose: Background and aims: There is an urgent need to expand access to living donor liver transplants due to a wide gap in the availability…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    The Living Donor Collective Pilot Evaluations of Living Liver Donor Candidates at 6 Programs

    B. Kasiske, M. Conboy, Y. Ahn, A. Israni, J. Snyder

    SRTR, Minneapolis, MN

    *Purpose: Much remains to learn regarding the long-term effects of living organ donation on donors. Rare events are important, and long-term follow-up with appropriate contemporaneous…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Perioperative Opioid Avoidance in Liver Transplant Recipients: Significant Reduction in Opioid Use Through a Multidiscplinary, Multimodal Approach

    H. Kutzler, R. Gannon, W. Nolan, L. Meisterling, M. Cech, D. Gleason, J. Uzl, C. Rochon, B. Maneckshana, O. Serrano, J. Riley, D. O'Sullivan, E. Urtasun-Sotil, M. Einstein, P. Sheiner

    Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT

    *Purpose: Given the association between substance use disorder and risk of post-surgical opioid use disorder, we developed an opioid avoidance pathway (OAP) in adult liver…
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