Articles tagged "Quality of life"

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…
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)…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Changes in Fatigue After Kidney Transplantation.
H. Ying, I. Olorundare, N. Dagher, B. Lonze, R. Montgomery, M. McAdams-Demarco, D. Segev.
Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Previous research suggests that 60 to 97% of patients on dialysis experience fatigue, or a feeling of persistent tiredness or exhaustion. ESRD patients with fatigue…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Incidence of Anxiety Following Live Kidney Donation.
J. Leanza, A. Massie, D. Segev.
JHU, Baltimore.
Few studies have explored post-donation anxiety (PA) for live kidney donors. Donors who are younger, who develop post-op kidney-related morbidities, who are divorced, and who…