Articles tagged "Quality of life"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation Of Workplace Environment In Transplant Medicine: Harassment Should Not Be The “Reality Of Life”
M. Reilly¹, T. Branstool¹, S. Gregory¹, T. R. Pearson², T. S. Purnell³, G. Gunasekaran⁴, B. Kelly⁵, P. N. Martins⁶, C. M. Mobley⁷, S. M. Black⁸, E. C. Maynard⁹, D. C. Simpson¹⁰, M. B. Shah¹¹, O. Ekwenna¹, J. Locke¹², J. Ortiz¹
¹Surgical Transplant, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, OH, ²Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ³Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁵DCI Donor Services, Nashville, TN, ⁶University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, ⁷Houston Methodist, Houston, TX, ⁸The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ⁹Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, ¹⁰Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, ¹¹University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, ¹²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: The recent increase in publications detailing discrimination and harassment in the medical setting has brought to light potential impairments of medical professional health and…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Patient-Reported Outcomes in a Prospective Multicenter Trial of Belatacept-Based CNI- and Corticosteroid-Free Immunosuppression Regimens in Kidney Transplantation
J. M. Rohan¹, J. P. Leone², E. S. Woodle³, D. Kaufman⁴, A. R. Shields³, A. Wiseman⁵, A. J. Matas⁶, P. West-Thielke⁷, E. King³, R. R. Alloway³
¹Children's Hospital of Richmond at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ²Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ³University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI, ⁵University of Colorado - Denver, Denver, CO, ⁶University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, ⁷University of Illinois – Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Previous trials have not examined differences in patient-reported outcomes (PRO) between belatacept (BELA)- and tacrolimus (TAC)-based therapies in adult kidney transplant (KTx) patients (pts).…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Post-Donation Hypertension is Highly Associated with Estimated Nephron Number, Post-Donation Weight Gain, and Family History: A Prospective 5-Year Follow-Up after Living Kidney Donation
T. Schachtner¹, N. M. Otto², P. Reinke²
¹University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Charite University Medicine Berlin, Zurich, Germany
*Purpose: The rising prevalence of end-stage renal disease and chronic organ shortage subsequently calls more people upon to consider living kidney donation. Recent data, however,…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Beyond Medication Education: Opportunities for Improvement in Health Education of Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
Y. J. Bababekov, Y. Hsu, C. G. Rickert, Y. Hung, J. A. Fishman, J. F. Markmann, L. Dageforde, D. C. Chang, H. Yeh
Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: As immunosuppressive medications are crucial to graft and patient survival, transplant centers dedicate significant resources to medication education. However, patient outcomes also depend on…
2019 American Transplant Congress
“Getting Life Back” – Kidney Transplantation in the Elderly Patient
V. Tsarpali¹, K. Lønning², K. Midtvedt², T. Bernklev³, N. von der Lippe⁴, M. H. Andersen², K. Heldal¹
¹Clinic of Internal Medicine, Telemark Hospital Trust, Skien, Norway, ²Department of Transplantation Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg, Norway, ⁴Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
*Purpose: The number of elderly patients developing end stage renal disease (ESRD) who are eligible for kidney transplantation (KTx) is increasing, but their transplant rate…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Gender Disparity: Do Female Donors Suffer from Living Kidney Donation?
N. Ebeling¹, B. Suwelack¹, M. Burgmer², a. the SoLKiD Study Group¹
¹MED D, Universitaetsklinikum Muenster, Muenster, Germany, ²Psychosomatic medicine, Universitaetsklinikum Muenster, Muenster, Germany
*Purpose: Transplantation and optional living donation is the therapy of choice in end-stage renal disease. Due to the increase of living kidney donoration (LD), the…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Association of Health Literacy with Physical and Mental Health-Related Quality of Life in Organ Transplant Candidates
K. Chapin¹, S. Rega¹, L. Dageforde², D. Moore¹, M. Via¹, I. D. Feurer¹
¹Vanderbilt Transplant Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²Transplant Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: This study aimed to determine the association of health literacy with pre-transplant health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in adults evaluated for potential listing for…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Is Kidney Transplantation Actually a Cost-Effective Alternative Also for Older Patients?
K. Heldal¹, K. Lønning², V. Tsarpali¹, K. Midtvedt²
¹Clinic of Internal Medicine, Telemark Hospital Trust, Skien, Norway, ²Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
*Purpose: We aimed to study the health economic effects of kidney transplantation in a population of kidney transplant candidates > 65 years of age.*Methods: We…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Quality of Life in Tolerant Living Donor Kidney Transplants vs. Standard of Care
D. Tollerud¹, J. Leventhal², J. Galvin², J. Mathew², L. Gallon², D. Stare², J. Miller², M. Abecassis², S. Ildstad³
¹Regenerex, Inc., Louisville, KY, ²Northwestern U, Chicago, IL, ³U of Louisville, Louisville, KY
*Purpose: 37 subjects have been transplanted since 2009 in a phase 2 protocol to induce tolerance in recipients of living donor renal allografts. The protocol…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Changing Paradigm of Ethics in Uterus Transplantation: A Systematic Review
L. M. Ngaage¹, S. Ike², A. Elegbede³, S. Gebran⁴, C. J. Vercler⁵, F. Liang⁴, E. M. Rada¹, C. Cooney³, R. J. Redett³, Y. M. Rasko¹
¹Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, ²London North West University Healthcare Trust, London, United Kingdom, ³Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital / University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Plastic Surgery Section, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: The first uterus transplantation (UTx) was performed in 2000 and sparked ethical debate. As key milestones are reached (successful human UTx in 2011, and…