2018 American Transplant Congress
Modifiable Causes of Racial Disparities in Living Donor Kidney Transplant
Racial disparities between White and non-White patients in receiving living donor kidney transplants (LDKT) are large and widespread. Yet, the causes of this disparity are…2018 American Transplant Congress
Hospitality Houses and Transplant Patients: Assessing the Impact of a Hospitality House Dedicated to Transplant Patients and Their Families
Hospitality houses exclusively for transplant patients and their families are a relatively new concept and their connection to medical outcomes is untested. One hospitality house…2018 American Transplant Congress
What Happened When the 'Soft Opt-Out' to Organ Donation Was Implemented in Wales? Family and Professional Views and Experiences, and Consent Rates for the First 18 Months
On 01.12.15 Wales introduced a 'soft opt-out' system of organ donation.Co-productive, mixed-methods study partnered with NHS Blood and Transplant and patient and public representatives. Data…2018 American Transplant Congress
Multi-Center Examination of the Reliability and Validity of the Live Donor Assessment Tool (LDAT) as an Enhancement to the Psychosocial Evaluation of Living Donors
Purpose: The LDAT is the first psychosocial assessment tool developed to standardize live donor (LD) psychosocial evaluations (PsychE). It assesses motivation, LD knowledge/expectations, support, closeness…2018 American Transplant Congress
Quality of Social Support Network and Access to Transplant: What Matters?
Recovery after kidney transplant (KT) requires adequate social support. Caregivers are asked to attend transplant evaluation and complete a caregiver contract. Little is known about…2018 American Transplant Congress
Objective Markers of Frailty Predict Successful Listing and Survival for Renal Transplant
Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
Background: Across all medical specialties, frailty has been shown to be a predictor of poor health outcomes. Previous studies have shown that gait speed and…2018 American Transplant Congress
Patient-Researcher Partnership Platform within the Canadian National Transplant Research Program: The First Year Experience
Background: Patients have unique expertise in the diseases they deal with. The Canadian National Transplant Research Program (CNTRP) is a research initiative that aims to…2018 American Transplant Congress
Depressive Symptoms, Medication Nonadherence, and Clinical Outcomes Following Lung Transplantation
Background:Elevated depressive symptoms have been associated with worse clinical outcomes following lung transplantation, including mortality. Few studies, however, have examined the mechanisms or clinical correlates…2018 American Transplant Congress
Efficacy of At-Home Transplant Education on Transplant Knowledge and Pursuit in Low-Income and Black Dialysis Patients with Varying Educational Characteristics
The Explore Transplant @ Home (ETH) randomized controlled trial assessed the efficacy of two supplementary education strategies for kidney transplant (KT) in dialysis centers: 1)…2018 American Transplant Congress
Experiences, Perceptions, and Concerns about Successful Aging among KT Candidates and Recipients
Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
Background: In the context of a growing number of older ESRD patients, we aimed to understand experiences, perceptions, and concerns about successful aging (SA) among…
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