Articles tagged "Quality of life"

2019 American Transplant Congress
TIPS Effectively Treats Refractory Hepatic Hydrothorax: A Multi-Center U.S. Retrospective Study of 1,260 Patients
M. German¹, A. Lee¹, A. Hristov¹, A. Said¹, J. Boike², J. Ge³, N. Jest⁴, G. Morelli⁴, K. Kolli³, J. Lai³, A. Desai⁵, S. Junna⁶, B. Pokhrel⁶, T. Couri⁷, S. Paul⁷, C. Frenette⁸, N. Christian-Miller⁸, E. Verna⁹, U. Rahim¹⁰, A. Goel¹⁰, A. Das², S. Pine², D. Gregory², L. VanWagner², E. Spengler¹
¹University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ²Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁴University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ⁵University of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN, ⁶University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, ⁷University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁸Scripps Clinic, San Diego, CA, ⁹Columbia University, New York, NY, ¹⁰Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
*Purpose: Hepatic hydrothorax (HHT) occurs in 5-10% of patients with cirrhosis. Current literature on the use of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) in the treatment…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Social Determinants of Quality of Life in Patients Evaluated for Kidney Transplant
H. Wesselman¹, S. Wang², C. J. Chang², J. R. Pleis³, K. Kendall², E. Croswell², M. Dew², M. L. Unruh⁴, R. Shapiro⁵, L. Myaskovsky⁴
¹University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, ²University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, MD, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, ⁵Icahn School of Medicine, New York, NY
*Purpose: Non-Hispanic African Americans (AA) have a higher incidence of ESRD but lower rates of kidney transplant (KT), and poorer quality of life (QOL) compared…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Exercise for Solid Organ Transplant Candidates and Recipients: A Joint Position Statement of the Canadian Society of Transplantation (CST) and Canadian Network for Rehabilitation and Exercise for Solid Organ Transplant Optimal Recovery (CAN-RESTORE)
T. Janaudis-Ferreira¹, S. Mathur², R. Deliva³, N. Howes⁴, C. Patterson⁵, A. Räkel⁶, S. So⁵, L. Wickerson⁷, M. White⁶, Y. Avitzur⁵, O. Johnston⁸, N. Heywood⁹, S. Singh⁷, S. Holdsworth¹⁰
¹School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada, ⁵The Hospital For Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶University of Montreal Hospital Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁷University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁹McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹⁰Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program, Edmonton, AB, Canada
*Purpose: Exercise training has been shown to be beneficial across several chronic disease groups that may lead to solid organ transplantation (SOT), and across organ…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Outcomes after Face Transplantation
B. Kollar, S. Tasigiorgos, M. Turk, E. Bueno, B. Perry, M. Alhefzi, H. Kiwanuka, M. Nizzi, N. Krezdorn, T. Win, M. I. Dorante, V. Haug, D. J. Annino, F. M. Marty, A. Chandraker, S. G. Tullius, L. V. Riella, B. Pomahac
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Face transplantation (FT) holds promise of restoring form and function to patients with severe facial disfigurement not amenable to traditional reconstructive procedures. However, quantitative…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Utility of the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System to Screen for Depression and Anxiety in Kidney Transplant Recipients
E. Tang, S. Dano, A. Ayub, V. Li, I. Escudero, N. Ullah, N. Edwards, M. Novak, I. Mucsi
University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Anxiety and depression are frequent concerns in kidney transplant recipients and are associated with non-adherence and worse clinical outcomes. However, they are often underrecognized…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Parental Anxiety and Depression Rates across Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Populations
A. M. Lofton¹, A. Wille¹, E. A. Steinberg², C. Buchanan²
¹Psychiatry, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, ²Psychiatry, University of Colorado SOM, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: This study’s purpose is to examine parental self-report of depression and anxiety symptoms during the pre-transplant evaluation process for solid organ transplant pediatric candidates…
2018 American Transplant Congress
ADL and IADL Limitations Resolve but New Cognitive Impairments Develop in Liver Transplant Recipients
J. Corriveau, R. Chandrasekhar, S. Geevarghese.
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville.
Introduction: Survivors of critical illness often have prolonged cognitive and functional impairments, and suffer from depression and PTSD. This constellation of symptoms is termed post-intensive…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Mayo Clinic's First Face Transplant: 17 Months On
H. Amer, S. Jowsey-Gregoire, C. Rosen, R. Razonable, K. Reid, M. Gandhi, L. Ewoldt, B. Edwards, S. Mardini.
The Essam and Dalal Obaid Reconstructive Transplant Center and the William J von Liebig Center for Transplantation and Clinical Regeneration, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Mayo Clinic established a reconstructive transplant program as an extension of clinical practice in 2010. A 31-year-old Caucasian male had significant functional limitations and disfigurement…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Pregnancies in Female Pancreas Transplant Alone Recipients
P. Patel,¹ D. Kliniewski,² L. Coscia,² D. Armenti,² S. Constantinescu,^2,3 M. Moritz.^1,2,4
¹Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA; ²Transplant Pregnancy Registry International, Gift of Life Institute, Philadelphia; ³Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; ⁴Surgery, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL.
This is the first series report of pregnancies after pancreas transplant alone (PTA). Data were collected by the Transplant Pregnancy Registry International (TPR) via questionnaires,…
2018 American Transplant Congress
The Ratio of CTLA4 to Perforin and Granzyme B as a Potential Biomarker of Tolerance in Chimeric Renal Transplant Patients
A. Khalil,¹ A. Chhabra,¹ A. Merchak,¹ L. Kahn,¹ J. Leventhal,² S. Ildstad.¹
¹Institute for Cellular Therapeutics, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY; ²Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
Background: Thirty-six subjects have been enrolled in a phase II clinical trial aimed to induce tolerance through chimerism. Each subject received FCRx (mPBMC enriched in…