Articles tagged "Quality of life"

2016 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Body Mass Index > 35 on Kidney Transplant Outcomes: A Systematic Review.
D. Walczak, E. Benedetti.
Organ Transplant, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, Chicago, IL.
Background: The increased prevalence of obesity (BMI > 30) among adults in the United States over the last two decades is reflected in the number…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Improved Health Related Quality of Life Also in Older Recipients Following Kidney Transplantation.
K. Lønning,¹ K. Heldal,^2,3 T. Bernklev,^2,3 M. Andersen,^1,4 A. Hartmann,^1,3 N. Von der Lippe,³ A. Reisæter,¹ K. Midtvedt.¹
¹Department of Organ Transplantation, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; ²Clinic of Internal Medicine, Telemark Hospital, Skien, Norway; ³Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; ⁴Department of Health Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Background: There is a lack of knowledge regarding elderly patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) and health related quality of life (HRQOL) after KTX.…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Short Term Changes in HRQOL Following Kidney Transplantation.
I. Olorundare, H. Ying, M. McAdams-DeMarco, D. Segev.
JHU, Baltimore.
Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) is a patient-centered outcome that measures the impact of a disease and its treatment. This is particularly relevant to those…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Adverse Events of Maintenance Immunosuppression Following Kidney Transplantation Reported in Randomized Controlled Trials: A Systematic Review
M. Howell,^1,2 R. Yeo,² A. Tong,^1,2 J. Craig,^1,2 K. Howard,² G. Wong.^2,3
¹Centre for Kidney Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmeand, NSW, Australia; ²School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; ³Centre for Transplant and Renal Research, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia.
Aim: To evaluate the completeness of reporting of adverse events in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of maintenance immunosuppression in kidney transplantation.Background: Side effects of maintenance…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Adherence Time-Profiles of Renal Transplant Patients During the Three First Years Post-Transplantation
C. Villeneuve,^1,2,3 C. Monchaud,^1,2,3 M. Essig,^2,4 M.-L. Laroche,^1,3 A. Coubret,¹ I. Lacroix,⁵ S. Bouchet,^6,7,8 D. Fruit,^1,2,3 P. Merville,⁹ N. Kamar,^10,11,12 P. Marquet,^1,2,3 A. Rousseau.^2,13
¹Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmacovigilance, CHU Limoges, Limoges, France; ²UMR-850, INSERM, Limoges, France; ³Laboratory of Pharmacology, Univ Limoges, Limoges, France; ⁴Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, CHU Limoges, Limoges, France; ⁵Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology, CHU Toulouse, Toulouse, France; ⁶UMR-876, INSERM, Bordeaux, France; ⁷Clinical Pharmacology, Toxicology, CHU Bordeaux, CHU Bordeaux, France; ⁸University Victor Ségalen Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, France; ⁹Department of Nephrology, CHU Bordeaux, CHU Bordeaux, France; ¹⁰Department of Nephrology and Organ Transplantation, CHU Toulouse, Toulouse, France; ¹¹Univ Toulouse, Toulouse, France; ¹²UMR-1043, IFR-BMT, INSERM, Toulouse, France; ¹³Biophysics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Limoges, France.
Non-adherence to immunosuppressants (IS) has been reported to increase morbidity and mortality of transplant patients.Our objective was to investigate adherence to IS in renal transplant…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplant Patients' Attitudes Towards Self-Management Support: A Q-Methodological Study
E. Massey,¹ J. Grijpma,¹ M. Tielen,¹ A. Van Staa,² L. Maasdam,¹ T. Van Gelder,¹ S. Berger,¹ J. Van Busschbach,¹ M. Betjes,¹ W. Weimar.¹
¹Internal Medicine - Nephrology and Transplantation, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands; ²Research Center Innovations in Care, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Introduction: The objective of this study was to identify profiles of kidney transplant recipients with varying preferences and needs for self-management support (SMS). Insight in…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Change in Health-Related Quality of Life Between Evaluation for Kidney Transplantation and Transplantation
M. McAdams-DeMarco, E. King, N. Desai, N. Dagher, B. Lonze, R. Montgomery, D. Segev.
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore.
BACKGROUND: Kidney transplantation (KT) recipients have been found to have higher Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) than patients undergoing other forms of renal replacement therapy.…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Quality of Life in Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients over 70 Years of Age
B. Rouphael, S. Reule, A. Matas, H. Ibrahim.
Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
Objectives:Kidney transplantation in the elderly provides a survival advantage in comparison with those who remain on dialysis. However, the impact of transplantation on the quality…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Social Support After Heart Transplant
E. Stimpson, T. Kao, L. Kim, S. Morrison, J. Patel, M. Kittleson, F. Liou, S. Siddiqui, J. Yabuno, L. Czer, J. Kobashigawa.
Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA.
Purpose: Social support of patients awaiting heart transplant is mandatory to secure acceptable outcomes after heart transplantation. The types of social support that we have…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Impact of Live Liver Donation: A Self Report of the Donation Experience
D. LaPointe Rudow,¹ S. DeLair,² S. Florman,¹ J. Guarrera,³ M. Kinkhabwala,⁴ M. Orloff,⁵ Y. Wu,⁶ L. Teperman.⁷
¹Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY; ²NYCLT, Albany, NY; ³New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY; ⁴Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY; ⁵University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY; ⁶Westchester Medical Center, Valhala, NY; ⁷New York University Hospitals Center, New York, NY.
Introduction: Recipient outcomes of LDLT are well reported, however outcomes for adult to adult living liver donors (LD) are based on short term data. Much…