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Articles tagged "Quality of life"

  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Kidney Transplant Patient Preferences and Trade-Offs for Outcomes After Transplantation.

    M. Howell,1,2 G. Wong,1,2,3 J. Rose,4 A. Tong,1,2 J. Craig,1,2 K. Howard.2

    1Centre for Kidney Research, The Childrens Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW, Australia; 2School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; 3Centre for Transplant and Renal Research, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia; 4Institute of Choice, University of South Australia, North Sydney, NSW, Australia.

    Aim: To evaluate preferences and trade-offs patients may accept to avoid adverse outcomes of long-term immunosuppression. Background: Patient preferences in clinical decisions are increasingly relevant,…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Living Related Small Bowel Transplantation in Children, a Single-Center Experience – Growth, Development and Quality of Life 10 Years After Transplant.

    S. Garcia Aroz,1 I. Tzvetanov,1 E. Hetterman,2 J. Hoonbae,1 M. Spaggiari,1 J. Oberholzer,1 G. Testa,3 E. John,4 E. Benedetti.1

    1Surgery, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL; 2Pharmacy, University of Illinois, Chivago, IL; 3Surgery, Baylor Medical Center, Dallas, TX; 4Pediatrics, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL.

    Summary Background: Pediatric patients with irreversible intestinal failure present multiple challenges due to their young ages and their associated growth needs. We have previously published…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: How Do Recipients Benefit Psychologically?

    H. Maple,1 J. Chilcot,2 J. Weinman,2 N. Mamode.1

    1Department of Transplantation, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; 2Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.

    Introduction: Living donor kidney transplantation remains the gold standard treatment for end-stage renal failure. There is an assumption amongst the transplant community that the physical…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    The Impact of Hypertension, Chronic Pain, and Fatigue on Long-Term Quality of Life After Living Kidney Donation

    T. Schachtner,1,2 P. Reinke.1,2

    1Nephrology and Internal Intensive Care, Charité Campus Virchow Clinic, Berlin, Germany; 2Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Berlin, Germany.

    The rising prevalence of end-stage renal disease and Germany's chronic organ shortage subsequently calls more people upon to consider living kidney donation. The benefits for…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Change in Frailty Status Over Time Among In-Center Hemodialysis ESRD Patients in the ACTIVE/ ADIPOSE Study

    B. Tao, J. Gander, N. Kutner, S. Pastan, R. Zhang, R. Patzer.

    Emory University, Atlanta, GA.

    Introduction: Frailty among End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) is associated with poor health outcomes, including delayed graft function and hospitalization following transplantation. Although frailty is…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Type of Caregiver and Outcome After Mechanical Circulatory Support Placement

    H. Henry, F. Arabia, M. Kittleson, L. Czer, E. Passano, J. Yabuno, S. Siddiqui, E. Antifantis, D. Chang, J. Kobashigawa.

    Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA.

    Purpose: Caregiver support following mechanical circulatory support (MCS) implantation is key to good outcomes. The caregiver support can come from a spouse, parent, other relative,…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Education and Employment After Renal Transplantation in Young Adults: An International Study

    J. Gralla,1 P. Murray,2 A. Wiseman,1 P. Harden.3

    1Transplant Center, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO; 2Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom; 3Oxford Kidney Unit and Transplant Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom.

    Purpose: Young adults who have received a kidney transplantation (KT) have significant obstacles in achieving educational goals and finding employment. The purpose of this study…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Changes in Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) in Pediatric Liver Transplant (LT) Recipients During Protocolized Immunosuppression Withdrawal (ISW): The iWITH Trial

    S. Mohammad,1 S. Sundaram,2 V. Venkat,3 M. Martinez,4 J. Lopez,5 J. Magee,5 E. Alonso,1 S. Feng.6

    1Northwestern U, Chicago; 2U of Colorado, Aurora; 3U of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh; 4Columbia U., New York; 5U of Michigan, Ann Arbor; 6UCSF, San francisco.

    ISW may limit medication-related comorbidities but intensive monitoring and unexpected rejection episodes may compromise HRQOL. We studied longitudinal HRQOL in pediatric LT recipients undergoing ISW…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Health Utilities in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients

    S. Mohammad, A. Bharij, K. Neighbors, E. Alonso.

    Pediatrics, Northwestern U, Chicago.

    Health Utilities (HU) are preference based measures of health states required for cost effectiveness studies. We measured HU and health related quality of life (HRQOL)…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Pregnancy Outcomes in Female Kidney Transplant Recipients: Does Ethnicity Have an Influence?

    S. Constantinescu,1,2 L. Coscia,2 D. Armenti,2 P. Axelrod,1 M. Ghanta,1 S. Rao,1 M. Moritz.2,3

    1Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia; 2National Transplantation Pregnancy Registry, Gift of Life Institute, Philadelphia; 3Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown.

    The purpose of this study was to analyze pregnancy outcomes in female kidney transplant recipients by ethnicity. Data were collected by the National Transplantation Pregnancy…
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