2015 American Transplant Congress
Identification of Strategies to Facilitate Organ Donation Among African Americans
Background: African Americans (AA) are disproportionately affected by renal disease, yet few receive a kidney transplant. Surveys assessing attitude toward donation have demonstrated that AAs…2015 American Transplant Congress
Characteristics and Consequences of Renal Allograft Rejections Due to Nonadherence
Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston.
Non-adherence (NA) with immunosuppressive medications is associated with increased healthcare costs, rejection risk, and graft loss. NA is difficult to measure, however, and is often…2015 American Transplant Congress
Financial Burden of Laparoscopic Living Kidney Donation
Living kidney donation rates are declining; one cause may be the extent of the unreimbursed expenses associated with donation. We studied financial burden in a…2015 American Transplant Congress
Psychiatric Recommendations for Patients Pursing Kidney Transplantation
Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI.
Introduction: End-stage renal disease patients have high rates of psychiatric and cognitive pathologies. Despite this, renal transplant candidates do not routinely undergo comprehensive psychiatric evaluation.…2015 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplant Patients' Attitudes Towards Self-Management Support: A Q-Methodological Study
Introduction: The objective of this study was to identify profiles of kidney transplant recipients with varying preferences and needs for self-management support (SMS). Insight in…2015 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Impact of Live Liver Donation: A Self Report of the Donation Experience
Introduction: Recipient outcomes of LDLT are well reported, however outcomes for adult to adult living liver donors (LD) are based on short term data. Much…2015 American Transplant Congress
Short-Term QOL After Live Liver Donation: A New York Center for Liver Transplantation (NYCLT) Report
Introduction: LDLT is an option for selective patients, especially in regions with less opportunity for deceased donors. New York State (NYS) has the most LDLT…2015 American Transplant Congress
Why Patients Are Unwilling to Ask for a Living Donor: A Mixed Methods Study
Multiple studies find that kidney patients are uncomfortable asking potential living donors to donate, but less is known about the specific reasons why not. This…2015 American Transplant Congress
Quantifying Altruism in Kidney Donors: How Good Are the Current Scales?
The decision to become a living kidney donor is complicated and altruism is certainly what drives the majority of organ donors. Unfortunately, there are no…2015 American Transplant Congress
Psychological Benefit After Living Kidney Donation: Is It a Myth?
Renal Transplantation, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Introduction: The moral and ethical justification for living donation is provided by an assumed psychological benefit to the donor after donation. However, there are no…
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