Articles tagged "Psychosocial"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Preferred Language And Disease Severity Predict Evaluation For Liver Transplantation Among Patients Admitted With Alcoholic Hepatitis
D. J. Cloonan¹, J. Broekhuis², T. Coe¹, S. Criss³, S. Li³, E. Bethea¹, H. Yeh¹, L. Dageforde¹
¹Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Liver transplantation (LT) for alcoholic hepatitis (AH) without a sobriety period is a relatively new practice. While AH patients are no longer categorically excluded…
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Palliative Care for the Patients with Failing Kidney Allograft: Kraft Survey
N. Murakami¹, S. Gelfand¹, A. J. Reich¹, R. Leiter², J. Lakin², J. T. Adler³, E. Lu⁴, S. Ong⁵, B. P. Concepcion⁶, N. Singh⁷, H. Murad⁸, P. Anand⁹, S. Ramer¹⁰, D. Dadhania¹¹, K. Lentine¹², T. Alhamad¹³
¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, ³University of Texas Austin, Austin, TX, ⁴Icahn School of Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ⁵Universiy of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁶Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ⁷John C. McDonald Regional Transplant Center, Shreveport, LA, ⁸Washington University in St Louis, Chesterfield, MO, ⁹Medical University of South Carolina, Lancaster, SC, ¹⁰Weil Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ¹¹Weill Cornell Medicine - NYPH, New York, NY, ¹²Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, ¹³Washington University School of Medicine at St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO
*Purpose: Care of patients with failing kidney allograft can be challenging with discordant expectations between clinicians and patients. These patients often suffer from multiple morbidities,…
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Impact of COVID on Transplant Professionalism
A. Luxon¹, D. Brennan², F. Latif³, M. Flattery⁴, S. Aryal⁵
¹CareDx, South San Francisco, CA, ²Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, Baltimore, MD, ³Columbia University, New York, NY, ⁴Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ⁵Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, VA
*Purpose: Although, much has been written about COVID risk and immunization efficacy in transplant recipients, there is little data on the impact of COVID on…
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Exploring the Differential Access Hypothesis: Do Black Kidney Transplant Candidates Have Less Social Network Access to Potential Living Donors Than White Candidates?
J. Daw¹, M. Roberts¹, T. Purnell²
¹Sociology & Criminology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, ²Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: This study assesses the ‘differential access’ hypothesis that non-Hispanic Black kidney transplant candidates in the United States have access to fewer healthy, willing potential…
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The Ties That Transplant: The Social Network Determinants of the Living Kidney Donor Relationship Distribution
J. Daw
Sociology & Criminology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
*Purpose: To describe and explain the distribution of social relationships of living kidney donors to kidney transplant recipients.*Methods: Using an original dataset of transplant candidates…
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Adherence, Outcomes and Adverse Effects in Pediatric Renal Transplant Patients After Early Steroid-Withdrawal and Low-Dose Calcineurin Inhibitor Maintenance Immunosuppression
A. Garcia¹, R. Plews¹, M. Moran¹, F. Trujillo¹, A. Martinez¹, N. Koizumi², D. Conti¹, J. Ortiz¹
¹Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, ²George Mason University, Arlington, VA
*Purpose: To explore adherence and long-term impacts of a sirolimus-based, low-dose calcineurin inhibitor regimen with early steroid withdrawal in pediatric renal transplant recipients.*Methods: A single-center,…
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Socioeconomic Deprivation of “Closed for No Contact” Kidney Transplant Referrals
S. Cooley¹, D. Cassidy², N. Kunnath³, R. Sung⁴, V. S. Valbuena⁴
¹Kansas City University of Medicine, Kansas City, MO, ²University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Center for Healthcare Outcomes and Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: The kidney transplant process has a high attrition rate. Socioeconomic factors have been associated with low evaluation completion. After a referral is placed for…
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Collaboration for Successful Transition to Adult Care in Liver Transplant: Early Outcomes of a Structured Program with Youth Engagement
B. Kosmach-Park¹, J. Kilpatrick², A. Algeo¹, K. Jones¹, L. Remaley¹, N. Elazzazy², N. Jonassaint³, G. Mazariegos¹
¹Transplant Surgery, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: To effectively transition youth to adult hepatology through a structured program and developed partnerships while promoting and maintaining optimal outcomes.*Methods: The pediatric and adult…
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Understanding the Impact of Financial Obstacles and Reimbursement for Lost Wages on the Decision-Making Process for Living Organ Donation
R. J. Mandell¹, A. R. Smith¹, K. A. Gifford², B. A. Hong³, N. P. Goodrich¹, A. K. Mathur⁴, M. A. Fava¹, A. O. Ojo⁵, R. M. Merion¹
¹Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor, MI, ²American Society of Transplant Surgeons, Arlington, VA, ³Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, ⁴Mayo Clinic in Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, ⁵University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
*Purpose: This study examined the impact of financial obstacles (e.g., lost wages, travel, and dependent care expenses) on the decision to initiate an evaluation for…
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Development and Validation of a Kidney Transplant-Specific Measure of Treatment Burden
E. Lorenz¹, T. Petterson¹, I. Zaniletti¹, K. Lackore¹, B. Johnson¹, M. Mai², S. Nair³, A. Bentall¹, K. Yost¹, D. Eton¹
¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, ³Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ
*Purpose: Treatment burden refers to the work involved in managing one’s health and its impact on well-being. Treatment burden has been associated with nonadherence and…