Articles tagged "Psychosocial"

2017 American Transplant Congress
Multidisciplinary Psychosocial Liver Transplant Evaluation in Patients with Alcoholic Liver Disease – Moving Beyond the Six-Month Rule.
K. Wenzke,¹ S. Kelly,² J. Eickhoff,³ M. Lucey,¹ J. Rice.¹
¹Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI; ²Department of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; ³Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI
Background: For patients with alcoholic liver disease (ALD), many transplant programs and payers have a mandatory six-month sobriety interval prior to transplant eligibility. However, the…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Substance Abuse in Acute Liver Failure: Time to Talk About Opiates.
M. Jesse, N. Rebhan, A. Yoshida, D. Moonka, A. Eshelman, M. Abouljoud, M. Rizzari.
Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit
Purpose: Prescription opiate utilization is on the rise. Research on acute liver failure (ALF) has focused on acetaminophen (APAP) overdose or other medical etiologies but…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Professionals' Attitudes and Approaches to the Living Kidney Donor-Recipient Relationship: Interview Study.
A. Ralph,^1,2,3 P. Butow,^3,4,5 J. Craig,^1,2 J. Chapman,⁸ J. Gill,⁶ J. Kanellis,⁷ A. Tong.^1,2
¹Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; ²Centre for Kidney Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia; ³School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; ⁴Psycho-Oncology Co-Operative Research Group, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; ⁵Centre for Medical Psychology & Evidence-Based Decision-Making, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; ⁶Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; ⁷Department of Nephrology, Monash Health and Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Department of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; ⁸Centre for Transplant and Renal Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Background: Assessment of the donor-recipient relationship is recommended by international guidelines to prevent undue coercion and ensure realistic expectations. We aimed to describe attitudes and…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Post-Donation Experiences of Non-Directed (Altruistic) Living Kidney Donors in the United States.
A. Maghen,¹ G. Vargas,¹ S. Connor,¹ S. Nassiri,¹ E. Hicks,² L. Kwan,¹ S. Maliski,³ J. Veale.
¹Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; ²Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR; ³University of Kansas Medical Center School of Nursing, Kansas City, KS
A. Non-directed donors (NDDs) can potentially help alleviate the overburdened kidney transplant waiting list while also improve the quality of life for patients with end-stage…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Donor and Recipient Views on Their Relationship in Living Kidney Donation: Thematic Synthesis of Qualitative Studies.
A. Ralph,^1,2 P. Butow,¹ C. Hanson,^1,2 S. Chadban,^1,3 J. Chapman,¹ J. Craig,^1,2 J. Kanellis,⁴ G. Luxton,⁵ A. Tong.^1,2
¹University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; ²Centre for Kidney Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia; ³Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia; ⁴Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; ⁵University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Background: Many donors and recipients report an improved relationship after transplant, however tension, neglect, guilt and proprietorial concern over the recipient can impede donor and…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Financial Burden and Time to Returning to Work Among Living Kidney Donors.
D. Larson, D. Berglund, D. Vock, A. Roman, J. Wiseman, H. Ibrahim, A. Matas.
U of MN, Mpls
Surveying our living kidney donor (LKD) population we learned (and reported) that: a) more than a quarter of our LKDs experienced substantial financial burden due…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Pilot Study on Acupuncture in Living Liver and Kidney Donors.
M. Jesse, M. Kulas, J. Unitis, N. Beltran, M. Abouljoud.
Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit
Pain is an important concern in living donation. The purpose of this study was to test feasibility of integrating an acupuncture intervention pre/post-living donation and…
2017 American Transplant Congress
At-Home Transplant Education Increases Black and Low-Income Dialysis Patients' Transplant Knowledge, Attitudes, Informed Decision-Making, and Pursuit: An Explore Transplant @ Home Randomized Controlled Trial.
A. Waterman,¹ J. Peipert,¹ A.-M. McSorley,¹ C. Goalby,¹ L. Peace.²
¹UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; ²Missouri Kidney Program, Columbia, MO
Black and low-income dialysis patients, who face greater barriers to kidney transplant (KT), may need additional educational support. This randomized controlled trial (RCT) assessed the…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Caregiver on 30 Day Readmission After Lung Transplant.
T. Coco, C. Keller, F. Alvarez, D. Erasmus, J. Mallea.
Department of Transplantation, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL
The type of primary caregiver has been associated with long-term outcomes after lung transplantation. There is no data on the impact of caregiver associated with…
2017 American Transplant Congress
U.S. Outcomes in Early Liver Transplantation for Alcoholic Hepatitis: Results from the American Consortium of Early Liver Transplantation for Alcoholic Hepatitis (ACCELERATE-AH).
B. Lee,¹ N. Mehta,¹ L. Platt,² G. Im,³ G. Therapondos,⁴ H. Han,⁵ D. Victor,⁶ D. Dronamraju,⁷ I. Hanouneh,⁸ M. Voigt,⁹ M. Rinella,¹⁰ S. Eswaran,¹¹ J. Hause,¹¹ C. Hsu,¹² J. Dodge,¹ Z. Li,² N. Terrault.¹
¹UCSF, SF; ²Johns Hopkins, Baltimore; ³Mt Sinai, NYC; ⁴Ochsner, New Orleans; ⁵USC, LA; ⁶Houston Methodist, Houston; ⁷Maryland, Baltimore; ⁸Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland; ⁹Iowa, Iowa City; ¹⁰Northwestern, Chicago; ¹¹Rush, Chicago; ¹²UPenn, Philadelphia
INTRODUCTIONA Franco-Belgian protocol showed that early liver transplant (LT) in severe alcoholic hepatitis (AH) could improve survival with low incidence of alcohol relapse (AR). Application…