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Articles tagged "Quality of life"

  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Hospitality Houses and Transplant Patients: Assessing the Impact of a Hospitality House Dedicated to Transplant Patients and Their Families

    T. Giordano,1 J. Campbell,2 J. Weinstock,3 H. Nathan.3

    1Social Work, Gift of Life Family House, Philadelphia, PA; 2Campbell-Collaboratives, LLC, Ardmore, PA; 3Executive Leadership, Gift of Life Donor Program, Philadelphia, PA.

    Hospitality houses exclusively for transplant patients and their families are a relatively new concept and their connection to medical outcomes is untested. One hospitality house…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Pilot Study of Health IT Feasibility and Impact on Quality of Life for Young Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients

    C. Blosser, R. Katz, J. Himmelfarb, N. Bansal.

    Nephrology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

    Background: Young adult kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) are an at-risk population and long-term survival rates are significantly lower than expected. A large majority of young…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Outcomes of Subsequent Pregnancies in Female Heart Transplant Recipients

    S. Rao,1,2 D. Armenti,1 L. Coscia,1 S. Constantinescu,1,2 M. Moritz.1,3,4

    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.

    The purpose of this study is to analyze the maternal and newborn outcomes in successive pregnancies in female heart transplant recipients (HT) reported to the…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Kidney Transplantation in Older Recipients: Preemptive High KDPI Kidney vs. Lower KDPI Kidney after Varying Dialysis Vintage

    B. Chopra, S. Hussain, K. Sureshkumar.

    Nephrology and Hypertension, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA.

    Dialysis vintage is an independent predictor of adverse long-term kidney transplant outcomes. Transplantation of "marginal" kidneys also results in inferior outcomes. We sought to analyze…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Is It Better Choice to Perform Kidney Transplantation for Elderly CKD Patients?

    R. Imamura,1 K. Tsutahara,2 K. Yamanaka,3 M. Kawamura,1 S. Nakazawa,1 T. Kato,1 T. Abe,1 H. Kishikawa,3 N. Ichimaru,4 K. Nishimura,3 S. Yamaguchi,2 N. Nonomura.1

    1Urology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan; 2Urology, Osaka General Medical Center, Osaka, Japan; 3Urology, Hyogo Prefectural Nishinomiya Hospital, Nishinomiya, Japan; 4Advanced Technology for Transplantation, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.

    [Objectives] Japan is forecasted to become an aged society with 30.3% and 39.9% in 2025 and 2060, respectively. Along with that, the number of elderly…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Validation of the PROMIS-57 and PROMIS-29 Questionnaires in Kidney Transplant Recipients

    E. Tang, A. Bansal, S. Cao, M. Li, M. Novak, I. Mucsi.

    University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.

    Background: The Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) provides generalizable and universal measures of various domains of patient reported outcomes. The PROMIS-57 and PROMIS-29…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Evaluating PROMIS-57 Domains to Screen for Anxiety and Depression Using Legacy Instruments among Kidney Transplant Recipients

    A. Bansal,1 O. Ekundayo,1 E. Tang,1 F. Khalafi,1 H. Ford,1 M. Li,3 M. Novak,2 I. Mucsi.1

    1Multi-Organ Transplant Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; 2Centre for Mental Health, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; 3Department of Supportive Care, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.

    BACKGROUNDDepression and anxiety are frequent among kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). We evaluate the accuracy of the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement System (PROMIS 57 item) depression…
  • 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…
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