Articles tagged "Quality of life"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Belatacept Treated Patients Experience Improved Health-Related Quality of Life and Lower Symptom Distress Compared to Cyclosporine Treated Patients: An Analysis of the Benefit and Benefit-EXT Cohorts
M. J. Everly¹, I. Purnajo¹, J. L. Beaumont¹, M. Polinsky², E. Alemao²
¹Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, ²Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ
*Purpose: New immunosuppressive agents in transplant should not only be efficacious but also help patients feel better (i.e. lower patient reported symptoms and improve health…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Predicting Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant Outcomes: Comparing KDRI/KDPI with Machine Learning
E. Pahl
HealthTech Solutions, Inc., Coralville, IA
*Purpose: To better predict outcomes of graft survival in kidney donation and ultimately save more lives for those waiting on the list.*Methods: Machine learning methods…
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…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Quality of Life after Kidney Transplant in Andalucia (Spain)
J. de Teresa Alguacil, C. de Gracia Guindo, C. Ruiz Fuentes, R. Castellano Carrasco, M. Torres Sánchez, P. Galindo Sacristán, A. Osuna Ortega.
Nephrology, Virgen de las Nieves University Hospital, Granada, Spain.
IntroductionKidney transplant remains the best option for patients with end-stage renal disease, offering patients a longer and more satisfying life. Quality of life, as defined…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Associations among Physical Fitness/function, Pain and Depression in Kidney Transplant Patients
A. Kastelz,^1,2 I. Tzvetanov,¹ B. Fernhall,² A. Shetty,³ L. Gallon,³ G. Hachaj,⁴ E. Benedetti.¹
¹Surgery, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL; ²Integrative Physiology Lab, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL; ³Internal Medicine Nephrology, Northwestern Medical Group, Chicago, IL; ⁴GH FitLab, Chicago, IL.
Kidney transplantation is the most successful treatment for end stage renal disease; however not all comorbidities of the disease are addressed by surgery. Depression and…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Pregnancy Outcomes in Kidney Recipients with Lupus Nephritis
S. Rao,^1,2 L. Coscia,¹ D. Armenti,¹ M. Moritz,^1,3,4 S. Constantinescu.^1,2
¹Transplant Pregnancy Registry International, Gift of Life Institute, Philadelphia, PA; ²Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; ³Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA; ⁴Surgery, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL.
Lupus nephritis (LN) predominately affects females of childbearing age. This study aims to characterize pregnancy outcomes in kidney transplant recipients (KT) with LN compared to…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Social Outcome after Pediatric Kidney Transplantation
Y. Hamasaki,¹ T. Matsuda,¹ M. Kubota,¹ J. Hashimoto,¹ Y. Takahashi,¹ M. Muramatsu,² T. Kawamura,³ K. Sakai,² S. Shishido.^1,2
¹Pediatric Nephrology, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; ²Nephrology, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; ³Nephrology, Sakura Medical Center, Toho University, Sakura, Japan.
BackgroundPatients' and graft survival rates after pediatric kidney transplantation (KTx) were recently improved because of progress in immunosuppressants, perioperative care, and operative procedures. Therefore the…