Articles tagged "Patient education"

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,…
2020 American Transplant Congress
American Muslims & Informed Organ Donation Decisions: Findings from a Randomized, Controlled Trial of Religiously-Tailored Education in Mosques
A. I. Padela¹, R. Duivenbode², M. Quinn¹, M. Craig³, M. Saunders¹
¹Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²Initiative on Islam and Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ³The National Kidney Foundation Illinois, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: American Muslims hold more negative attitudes towards organ donation than other American populations, and these attitudes are associated with gaps in biomedical and religious…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Medication Knowledge Retention and Adherence Following Transplant: Is There Room for Improvement?
M. H. Cooper¹, A. W. Rogers¹, T. L. Menser², J. C. Krisl¹
¹Department of Pharmacy, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, ²Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Transplant recipients’ complex medication regimens following transplant can lead to non-adherence, which has been linked to increased rates of acute rejection and graft loss.…
2020 American Transplant Congress
A Video Education Intervention to Improve Kidney Transplant Knowledge and Willingness to Complete Transplant Evaluation in Dialysis Patients
D. A. DuBay¹, T. A. Morinelli¹, Z. Sutton¹, M. Chastain¹, T. Thompkins Tindal¹, Z. Su², E. Weeda³, P. Mauldin⁴, M. Casey¹, J. Bian², D. Taber¹, P. K. Baliga¹
¹Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina`, Charleston, SC, ²General Internal Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina`, Charleston, SC, ³Clinical Pharmacy-Outcomes Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina`, Charleston, SC, ⁴General Internal Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has set a goal of 30% (currently 18.5%) of dialysis patients to be on a transplant (Tx)…
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…

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