2018 American Transplant Congress
Legal Status, Criminal History, and Substance Use in Listing Decisions
Background: Psychosocial criteria constitute absolute and relative contraindications to listing, which can bar patients from access to organ transplantation at a program. Refusing to list…2018 American Transplant Congress
Validation of Edmonton Symptom Assessment Survey in Kidney Transplant Recipients (KTR)
Multi-Organ Transplant Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Background: Patient-reported outcomes provide important information about symptom and illness experience of patients with chronic medical conditions. The Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) is a…2018 American Transplant Congress
Analyzing Transplant Medication Myths
Division of Transplant, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA.
Patients may misconstrue the amount of medications required for transplantation, expecting to take “handfuls” of medications for life. This study aims to determine the change…2018 American Transplant Congress
Few Gender Differences in Attitudes and Experiences after Live Kidney Donation, with Minor Changes over Time
Background: We sought to study gender differences and differences over time with respect to demographics, relation to recipient, donor motives, and experiences of live kidney…2018 American Transplant Congress
Potential Barriers to Renal Patient Care: Perspectives of Dialysis and Transplant Social Workers
Background: Little is studied about social workers' (SW) perceptions and experiences in dialysis and transplant care. We aimed to assess patient care experiences and perspectives…2018 American Transplant Congress
Trends of Racial and Education Disparity in Post-Kidney-Transplant Graft Survival and Patient Survival: Do Different Metrics Lead to Different Conclusions?
Background: Monitoring trends in racial and socioeconomic disparity in disease outcomes is a Healthy People 2020 priority. For some chronic disease outcomes, such as cancer…2018 American Transplant Congress
Medical Crowdfunding for Organ Transplant Patients
BACKGROUND: An increasing number of patients and families are utilizing online crowdfunding to support their medical expenses related to organ transplantation. The factors that influence…2018 American Transplant Congress
Cognitive Function and Health Literacy Assessment Outcomes in the First Months after Renal Transplant in a Diverse Single Center Population
A renal transplant recipient's (RTR's) abilities to understand and implement medication education are very dependent on cognitive function and health literacy. The purpose of this…2018 American Transplant Congress
Factors Impacting Return to Employment after Liver Transplantation
Henry Ford Health System, Detroit.
Liver transplantation (LT) prolongs the lives of patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD). Post-LT, 22-55% of patients return to some form of active employment. Age…2017 American Transplant Congress
Medical Mistrust, Perceived Racism, and Experiences of Medical Discrimination Among Transplant Patients.
Background: Racial disparities in access to transplantation are well documented, but little is known about how transplant patients' distrust of the healthcare system, perceived medical…
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