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Articles tagged "Quality of life"

  • 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…
  • 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…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    A Dedicated Young Adult Service with a Youth Worker Increases Engagement of Teenagers and Young Adults with Kidney Transplantation and Impacts Favourably on Clinical Outcomes.

    D. Cross, P. Harden.

    Oxford Transplant Centre, Oxford University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom

    Transition from pediatric to adult care is associated with a high risk of transplant loss, increased morbidity and mortality. Frequently there is poor engagement by…
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