Articles tagged "Quality of life"

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…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Exercise Rehabilitation's Effect on Employment and School Rates in Kidney Transplant Patients
A. Kastelz,^1,2 C. Di Bella,¹ I. Tzvetanov,¹ B. Fernhall,² 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.
Unemployment after kidney transplant is common and creates a heavy reliance on public aid. While the exact reason for low employment rates is unknown, patients…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Oral Health Related Quality of Life for Children with Kidney Disease
P. Verghese,¹ J. Sotillo,² J. Diaz,¹ E. Sarwas.²
¹Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; ²University of Minnesota Dental School, Minneapolis.
Children with kidney disease experience general health deficiencies that may affect their oral health and consequently their quality of life (QOL). Recent studies show a…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Pregnancies in Female Liver Transplant Recipients
L. Coscia,¹ D. Armenti,¹ P. Patel,² S. Constantinescu,^1,3 M. Moritz.^1,2,4
¹Transplant Pregnancy Registry International, Gift of Life Institute, Philadelphia, PA; ²Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA; ³Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; ⁴Surgery, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL.
The purpose of this study is to describe 544 pregnancies in 278 liver transplant recipients reporting to the Transplant Pregnancy Registry International (TPR) from 1991…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of Anxiety, Fatigue and Depression in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients Using PROMIS Measures: A Pilot Study
S. Mohammad, M. Riordan, K. Neighbors, E. Alonso.
Siragusa Transplant Center, Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
We screened for behavioral health symptoms in pediatric liver transplantation (LT) recipients to determine associations with lab measures of graft injury using the Patient-Reported Outcomes…
2018 American Transplant Congress
First Birth after Uterus Transplant in the US
L. Johannesson, R. Gunby, Jr., T. Anthony, G. McKenna, E. Koon, A. Warren, G. dePrisco, J. Mitchell, J. Putman, K. Wallis, G. Klintmalm, G. Testa.
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
Introduction - Uterus Transplantation (UTx) is the first available treatment for women with Absolute Uterine Infertility (AUI). It allows the affected female to carry her…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Sustained Improvement in Patient Reported Outcomes 10 Years after Liver Transplantation by Protocol Longitudinal Assessment of Health Related Quality of Life
S. Elwir,¹ A. Warren,¹ G. Saracino,¹ S. Asrani,¹ T. Elliott,² G. Klintmalm.¹
¹Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX; ²Department of Educational Psychology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
Purpose: Data on patient (pt) reported outcomes, especially beyond the first year after liver transplantation (LT) are scarce. We examined changes in health related quality…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Medical, Financial, Psychosocial, and Overall Health-Related Quality of Life after Living Donation in Liver Transplantation
J. Emamaullee,¹ L. Sher,¹ T-.L. Fong,² K. Dhanireddy,¹ S. Zielsdorf,¹ C. Romero,¹ N. Wade,¹ Y. Genyk.¹
¹Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; ²Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
Background: The long-term impact of living donation (LD) in liver transplantation on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) has not been well characterized. This study was…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Patient-Centered Outcomes after Liver Transplantation: A Qualitative Study
G. Lee, J. Obayemi, E. Rubin.
Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Introduction: Outcomes after liver transplantation are most commonly reported by medical professionals as rates of graft failure, episodes of acute rejection, length of hospital stay,…
2017 American Transplant Congress
High-Risk Human Papillomavirus Associated with Genital Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Nonwhite Organ Transplant Recipients.
K. Nadhan,¹ M. Larijani,¹ L. Ogrich,¹ C. Shaver,¹ A. Doyle,² C. Chung.¹
¹Dermatology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA; ²Internal Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Purpose: Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) confers significantly increased mortality in both solid organ transplant recipients (OTR) and the immunocompetent nonwhite population. In the latter, a…