2021 American Transplant Congress
Systematic Implementation of Alcohol Screening Program Using Urine Ethyl Glucuronide Can Identify Post-transplant Alcohol Use and Aid Return to Sobriety in Liver Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: Rates of liver transplantation (LT) for alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) are increasing, particularly in patients with acute alcoholic hepatitis. Post-LT alcohol (ETOH) use has…2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Rejection in Pediatric and Young Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients on the Use of Mental Health Resources
1Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, 2University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Allograft rejection often results in increased hospital and medical resource utilization. Pediatric kidney transplant recipients (KTR) are at risk for psychosocial stressors, nonadherence to…2021 American Transplant Congress
Information-Seeking Behavior During Covid-19: Opportunities for Communication and Care Transition Improvements
*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
Early Experience Transplanting Undocumented Immigrants with ESRD at a Single Institution: Outcomes and Challenges
*Purpose: In July of 2016, Minnesota became the second state in the nation to provide coverage for kidney transplantation to patients, regardless of immigration status,…2020 American Transplant Congress
Association between Area-Level Measures of Deprivation and Readiness to Pursue Living Donor Kidney Transplant
University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: This study aims to assess if material deprivation is associated with readiness to pursue living donor kidney transplant (LDKT)*Methods: A cross-sectional sample of adults…2020 American Transplant Congress
Health Mindsets Can Influence Psychosocial Ratings in Pediatric Renal Transplant Patients
Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
*Purpose: There is a large body of research which shows psychological states can influence health and behavioral outcomes, yet in clinical practice, psychosocial states are…2020 American Transplant Congress
Photo Elicitation Interviewing Exposes Educational Discordance Amidst a Web of Resources among Kidney Transplant Recipients
General Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: Comprehensive patient education is the bedrock of success for kidney transplant (KT) recipients. Despite the importance, we have a poor understanding of how patients…2020 American Transplant Congress
Racial Disparities in Liver Transplant Outcomes Are Consistent Regardless of Transplant Center Characteristics in the United States
Emory University, Emory Transplant Center, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: Black liver transplant recipients experience poor post-transplant outcomes; little is known about potential mechanisms of this disparity. We investigated whether racial disparities in liver…2020 American Transplant Congress
Non-Self-Advocacy is Associated with Improved Access to Living Donor Kidney Transplantation
University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: Our Living Donor Navigator (LDN) program aims to help potential transplant recipients (PTRs) identify live donors with the help of an advocate. These advocates…2020 American Transplant Congress
A Quality Improvement Project to Reduce the Risk of Alcohol Relapse after Liver Transplantation by Implementing a High-Risk Alcoholism Relapse Scale
*Purpose: Alcoholism is the leading cause of liver-related mortality worldwide. Liver transplantation is considered the only curative treatment for end-stage liver disease. Transplantation will reverse…
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- …
- 35
- Next Page »