Articles tagged "Quality of life"

2017 American Transplant Congress
Evolution of Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) in Kidney Donors.
H. Ibrahim,¹ D. Berglund,¹ S. Jackson,² A. Matas.¹
¹U of MN, Mpls; ²M Health, Mpls
Most living donors (LDs) enjoy excellent HRQOL after donation. However, most studies addressing HRQOL in this group have ascertained HRQOL related outcomes only at one…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Pregnancy After Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation: Maternal and Offspring Outcomes.
S. Rao,¹ L. Coscia,² D. Armenti,² S. Constantinescu,^1,2 M. Moritz.^2,3,4
¹Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; ²Gift of Life Institute, Transplant Pregnancy Registry International, Philadelphia, PA; ³Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA; ⁴Morsani College of Medicine, USF, Tampa
This study analyzed 109 pregnancies (116 outcomes) in 62 female kidney-pancreas (KP) recipients reported to the Transplant Pregnancy Registry International (TPR). Data were collected via…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Cross-sectional and Serial Evolution of Quality of Life in Elderly Kidney Donors.
S. Ake,¹ D. Berglund,² S. Jackson,³ A. Matas,² C. Gross,² H. Ibrahim.²
¹Saint Catherine University, St. Paul; ²U of MN, Mpls; ³M Health, Mpls
Little is known regarding long-term health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in elderly (those donating when ≥65 yrs) living kidney donors (LKDs). Using the SF-36, we…
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…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Prevalence of Cutaneous Disease in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: A 5-Year Study from a Medical -Surgical Transplant Dermatology Center.
R. Allawh, A. Weiffenbach, K. Nadhan, M. Abdelmalek, C. Cusack, C. Chung.
Dermatology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Background: Solid organ transplant recipients (OTR) on chronic immunosuppression exhibit heightened risk of developing a myriad of cutaneous manifestations compared to non-transplant patients, including cutaneous…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Pediatric Lung Transplant on Quality of Life Outcomes.
T. Lazor,¹ H. Grasemann,^2,3,4 M. Solomon,^2,3,4 S. Anthony.^1,4,5,6
¹Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; ²Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; ³Program in Physiology and Experimental Medicine, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; ⁴Transplant and Regenerative Medicine Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; ⁵Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; ⁶Canadian National Transplant Research Program, Toronto, Canada
Purpose: Considerable debate within the transplant community over the last decade has focused on survival benefits following lung transplant (LTx) in children. This discussion has…
2017 American Transplant Congress
A Pilot Test of the "Individualized Self-Management Training in Adolescent/Young Adult Recipients of Transplantation (iSTART)" Program.
E. Fredericks, S. Eder, D. Egleston, W. Newhouse, D. O'Reilly, G. Freed, J. Magee, K. Resnicow.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Objective: To pilot test the feasibility and impact of the iSTART program on medication adherence, quality of life, and medication barriers among adolescent/young adult (AYA)…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Raising Awareness of the Importance of Exercise Training in Solid Organ Transplant: A Description of a Canadian Knowledge Dissemination Project.
T. Janaudis-Ferreira,¹ S. Mathur,² T. Blydt-Hansen.³
¹School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; ²Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; ³BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada
IntroductionHealthcare professionals are challenged by lack of knowledge of the evidence on optimal ways to assess and train solid organ transplant (SOT) candidates and recipients.…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Pregnancy Outcomes in Female Kidney Transplant Recipients Using Assisted Fertility Methods.
L. Coscia,¹ D. Armenti,¹ S. Constantinescu,^1,2 M. Moritz.^1,3,4
¹Transplant Pregnancy Registry, Gift of Life Institute, Philadelphia, PA; ²Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; ³Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA; ⁴Morsani College of Medicine, USF, Tampa, FL
The purpose of this study was to analyze pregnancy and transplant outcomes in female kidney recipients who used fertility medications alone (FM), intrauterine insemination (IUI),…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Psychosocial Distress in Chronic Kidney Disease: Benefits of Kidney Transplantation.
C. Richardson,¹ D. Belenko,¹ E. Mucsi,¹ N. Edwards,¹ D. Wong,¹ M. Novak,² M. Li,³ I. Mucsi.¹
¹Multiorgan Transplant Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; ²Department of Psychiatry, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; ³Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
PurposeWe describe the frequency of psychosocial distress among Canadian patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD), and compare distress between pre-dialysis, dialysis patients and kidney…