2016 American Transplant Congress
American and European Transplant Surgeons: Research, Teaching, and Burnout.
Purpose: Examine whether location or research/teaching demands impacts burnout (emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, personal accomplishment).Method: Cross-sectional survey of American (US) and European (EU) organ transplant surgeons.Results:…2016 American Transplant Congress
Racial Disparities in Cognitive and Social Requirements Prior to Listing for Liver Transplant.
Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI.
Guidelines for liver transplant candidates outline increased engagement of social supports in the context of patient cognitive impairments. However, there is little direction when limitations…2016 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Education Increases Wait-Listing Rates in Dialysis Centers with Supportive Administration and Knowledgeable Staff.
1UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; 2St. Louis Univ., St. Louis, MO.
While educating dialysis patients about transplant increases its pursuit and receipt, there is variation in educational practices that affects wait-listing rates. There are also dialysis…2016 American Transplant Congress
Does Social Support Predict Clinical Outcomes Post-Transplantation? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
1Occupational Therapy, Tufts University, Medford, MA; 2Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA.
Background: Although social support is used to determine eligibility, the relationship between social support and medication nonadherence remains unclear. We examined the predictive value of…2016 American Transplant Congress
Barriers to Comprehensive Transplant Education at U.S. For-Profit Dialysis Centers and Associations with Waitlist Access.
1UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; 2St. Louis Univ., St. Louis, MO.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requires that dialysis patients be informed of their transplant options. Compared to non-profit dialysis centers, for-profit centers…2016 American Transplant Congress
Implicit Bias in Dialysis Providers' Transplant Education Practices for Low-Income and Racial/Ethnic Minority Patients.
Low-income or racial/ethnic minority dialysis patients (low-income/minority) are less likely to receive transplant education and, ultimately, kidney transplant. We conducted a mixed-methods study with 4…2016 American Transplant Congress
Coping with Patient Death on Pediatric Liver Transplant Teams.
Purpose: Few studies have been conducted on how pediatric clinicians cope with patient loss, and there is sparse literature to guide resource allocation specifically among…2015 American Transplant Congress
Do Community-Solicited NDDs Experience More Coercion to Donate a Kidney Than Traditional NDD Donors?
New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell, New York, NY.
BACKGROUND:Studies of non-directed donors (NDDs) have shown comparable psychosocial functioning to traditional donors. Within NDDs there are some that come forward in response to community…2015 American Transplant Congress
Education and Employment After Renal Transplantation in Young Adults: An International Study
Purpose: Young adults who have received a kidney transplantation (KT) have significant obstacles in achieving educational goals and finding employment. The purpose of this study…2015 American Transplant Congress
Predicting Mental Health After Living Kidney Donation: The Importance of Donors' and Recipients' Medical Process
A minority of living kidney donors have poor psychological outcomes after donation. There is mixed evidence as to the influence of the medical process on…
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