Articles tagged "Quality of life"

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…
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…
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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…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Commonly Expressed Living Donation Fears and Concerns by Non-Directed (Altruistic) Living Kidney Donors in the United States.
A. Maghen,¹ G. Vargas,¹ S. Connor,¹ S. Nassiri,¹ E. Hicks,² L. Kwan,¹ S. Maliski,³ J. Veale.¹
¹Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; ²Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR; ³University of Kansas Medical Center School of Nursing, Kansas City, KS
A. In the United States, many factors, including lack of awareness and misconceptions about living kidney transplantation, create challenges that limit increasing the live kidney…