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Articles tagged "Quality of life"

  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Patient-Reported Physical Function Correlates with Liver Frailty Index and 4-Meter Gait Speed in Patients with Cirrhosis

    A. J. Thuluvath, J. Peipert, K. Belfanti, S. Morrissey, O. Siddiqui, J. Levitsky, Z. Dietch, A. Flores, D. P. Ladner

    Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: Frailty is highly prevalent in patients with end-stage liver disease and strongly predicts waitlist and post-transplant mortality. The Liver Frailty Index (LFI) and 4-meter…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Donors’ Perceptions of Uterus Donation Motivations, Informed Consent and Value: A Qualitative Study of Dallas Uterus Transplant Study (duets) Participants

    A. Wall1, J. Hagen2, V. Reddy3, E. Gordon4, L. Johannesson1, G. Testa1

    1Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 2Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 3Baylor Transplant Research Institute, Dallas, TX, 4Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: Clinical trials have demonstrated the feasibility and reproducibility of uterus transplantation (UTx) to treat absolute uterine factor infertility. Successful live births have resulted from…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Pregnancy After Heart Transplant Does Not Negatively Impact Long Term Patient Survival

    M. J. Moritz1, D. Lee2, C. Madu2, S. Hossain3, L. A. Coscia4, S. Rao5, S. Constantinescu6

    1Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA, 2Cardiovascular Medicine, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, 3Data Analytics, University of South Florida, Muma College of Business, Tampa, FL, 4Transplant Pregnancy Registry International, Philadelphia, PA, 5Nephrology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, 6Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

    *Purpose: To evaluate the impact of pregnancy on patient survival in heart transplant recipients (HTRs), we linked the Transplant Pregnancy Registry International (TPRI) dataset with…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of a Transplant Pharmacy Collaborative Practice Agreement Implementation on an Institutional Medication Assistance Program Funding Utilization

    A. D. Kataria1, T. Sam1, N. Wilson1, A. Lee2, L. Cole2, D. Francis3, L. Zuniga3, B. Stein3, R. Goldstein3

    1Pharmacy, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 2Baylor Health Enterprise, Dallas, TX, 3Transplant, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX

    *Purpose: Post-transplant medication cost can pose a significant barrier for patient adherence and graft outcomes. Strategic selection of medication agent is often challenging and requires…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Assessment of the Prevalence of Burnout and Well-Being in Solid Organ Transplant Pharmacists

    M. Harris1, N. Pilch2, C. Doligalski3, E. Henricksen4, J. Melaragno5, A. Lichvar6

    1Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, 2Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 3University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 4Stanford Healthcare, Stanford, CA, 5University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 6UC San Diego Health, La Jolla, CA

    *Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of burnout and well-being among solid organ transplant pharmacists in the United States.*Methods: A…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Patient Reported Outcomes Following Renal Transplantation: The Future of Holistic Post-Transplant Care

    H. V. Spiers1, S. Frame2, R. Heape3, K. Clark2, A. Altinar2, L. Ross2, H. Wells2, A. Simpson3, J. Chilcot3, L. Hughes3, D. M. Summers1, J. Weinman3, M. Hotopf3, A. J. Cronin2

    1Roy Calne Transplant Unit, Department of Transplantation, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2Department of Nephrology and Transplantation, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospital, London, United Kingdom, 3King's College London, London, United Kingdom

    *Purpose: Patients with renal disease prioritise symptoms and functionality over the biochemistry and clinical guidelines, which clinicians traditionally rely on. Whilst kidney transplantation is expected…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Parathyroid Allo-Transplantation: A Case Series

    P. Di Cocco1, M. Spaggiari2, H. Kittle1, A. M. Fratti2, S. Akshelyan2, J. Almario Alvarez1, E. Benedetti2, I. Tzvetanov2

    1University of Illinios at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: Hypoparathyroidism (hypoPTH) is a clinical condition characterized by an abnormal mineral homeostasis determined by inadequate secretion of parathyroid hormone. It can be secondary to…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    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,…
  • 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…
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