2017 American Transplant Congress
Financial Burden and Time to Returning to Work Among Living Kidney Donors.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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…2017 American Transplant Congress
Spiritual and Religious Faith of Actual and Potential Non-Directed (Altruistic) Living Kidney Donors.
A. The recent rise in non-directed donors (NDDs) and their initiation of kidney chains offer innovative approaches to help address the overburdened kidney transplant waiting…2017 American Transplant Congress
Non-Directed Donors (NDD) Less Than 25 Years.
Many transplant centers will not accept NDDs less than 25 because of: a) concerns about maturity; and b) they potentially have decades during which they…2017 American Transplant Congress
Commonly Expressed Living Donation Fears and Concerns by Non-Directed (Altruistic) Living Kidney Donors in the United States.
A. In the United States, many factors, including lack of awareness and misconceptions about living kidney transplantation, create challenges that limit increasing the live kidney…2017 American Transplant Congress
Evaluating Patients' Experiences Towards Their Immunosuppressive Treatment: A Way to Improve Adherence.
In transplantation, low therapeutic adherence is associated with an increased risk of rejection, chronic allograft dysfunction and graft loss. Improving adherence necessitates identifying its barriers,…2017 American Transplant Congress
Optimizing Support for Living Kidney Donors: Insights from a Prospective Study.
1Yale U, New Haven; 2U Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; 3Northwestern U, Chicago
PurposeTo assess how potential living kidney donors (LKDs) perceived support from the transplant team and areas for improvement.MethodsWe conducted a prospective, longitudinal study of individuals…
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