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Articles tagged "Quality of life"

  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    A Conceptual Framework for Supporting Living Kidney Donors Throughout the Donation Process

    C. Killian, H. Qu, R. Reed, C. Woods, G. Owens, A. Carter, V. Kumar, M. J. Hanaway, I. Herbey, N. Ivankova, R. Shewchuk, J. Locke

    University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

    *Purpose: The majority of programs aimed to increase living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) address transplant candidates’ needs, not those of potential donors. The Living Donor…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Developing A Tool To Assess Psychosocial Determinants Of Health And Quality Of Life In Pediatric Liver Transplant Patients

    C. R. Christmann1, S. Rath2, S. Sakhuja3, N. Galvan2

    1Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 3Baylor College of Medicine, Sugar Land, TX

    *Purpose: Psychosocial assessment prior to liver transplantation is essential to ensure that caregivers and pediatric patients are adequately prepared for this complex process. There are…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Safety of Stimulant Use in Heart Transplant Recipients

    K. Callaghan1, M. Norris1, C. Sammons1, T. Fallah1, H. Eldabbas1, X. Liu1, T. Wang2

    1Pharmacy, Hospital of the Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2Cardiovascular Medicine, Hospital of the Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

    *Purpose: FDA-approved prescribed stimulants are purported to increase risk of cardiovascular (CV) adverse events, particularly arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. Debate exists regarding the safety…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Association of Physical Function and Depression Among Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Recipients Using PROMIS CATs

    A. Yantsis1, W. Ghazi1, A. Norgate1, M. Sanchez1, Y. Sun1, R. Gupta1, R. Ahuja1, I. Mucsi2

    1University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

    *Purpose: The number of kidney-pancreas (KP) transplants is increasing accounting for approximately 6% of all kidney transplants in Canada. In addition to kidney failure and…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Evidence for Improved Quality of Life Among Chronic Pancreatitis Patients Undergoing Total Pancreatectomy with Islet Autotransplantation Using EORTC QLQ-C30 and QLQ-PAN 26

    M. Coluzzi, B. Naziruddin, G. Saracino, G. Testa, E. Beecherl, N. Onaca

    Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX

    *Purpose: Total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation (TPIAT) is the treatment of choice to preserve endocrine function, alleviate pain, reduce or eliminate chronic narcotic use and…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    A Comparison of Self-Reported Physical Function to In-Person Frailty Assessments for the Prediction of Rehospitalizations After Kidney Transplantation

    E. Lorenz1, C. Kennedy1, C. Schinstock1, A. Kukla1, D. Eton1, H. Wadei2, G. Mour3, P. Dean4, A. Rule1, N. LeBrasseur1, A. Cheville1

    1Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 2Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, 3Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, 4Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN

    *Purpose: Rehospitalizations are common after kidney transplantation (KT) and associated with increased cost, allograft failure, and death. Physical frailty as defined by Fried criteria has…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Quality of Life of Brazilian Kidney Transplant Patients: A Sub-Project of ADHERE Brazil Multicenter Study

    A. R. Almeida1, F. R. Grincenkov2, F. A. Colugnati1, J. O. Medina3, S. De Geest4, H. Sanders-Pinheiro1, S. ADHERE BRAZIL1

    1Nephrology, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil, 2Psychology, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil, 3Nephrology, Hospital do Rim. Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 4Department of Public Health, Institute of Nursing Science, Basel, Switzerland

    *Purpose: While the quality of life (QoL) is known to improve after kidney transplant (KT), epidemiologic data are limited in Brazil. We aimed to describe…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Development of a Patient-Reported Outcome Measure of Neurological Side Effects from Immunosuppression in Kidney Transplant Recipients

    C. Hurt1, G. J. Greene1, J. Friedewald2, D. P. Ladner2, A. Waterman3, D. Cella1, D. Peipert1

    1Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 2Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 3Department of Surgery and J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX

    *Purpose: Though kidney transplant is the optimal treatment for most individuals with end stage kidney disease, recipients experience significant side effects associated with their required…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    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,…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    PFIC- Outcome and Time to Transplant After Biliary Diversion According to Genetic Subtypes

    M. Schulze1, A. Sahloul2, E. Lainka3

    1Organ Transplant Centre of Excellence, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany, 3Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany

    *Purpose: Progressive familial intrahepatic Cholestasis (PFIC) is a heterogeneous autosomal recessive disease characterized by progressive cholestasis, pruritus leading to liver injury. Surgical therapy aims in…
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