Articles tagged "Quality of life"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Contacts Between Organ Donor Families and Their Recipients is Therapeutic for Both Sides in Most Cases
R. Green
Nicholas Green Foundation, La Canada Flintridge, CA
*Purpose: The study's purpose is to discover if making it possible for organ donor families to contact their recipients -- when both sides express the…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Patient-Reported Physical Function Correlates with Liver Frailty Index and 4-Meter Gait Speed in Patients with Cirrhosis
A. J. Thuluvath, J. Peipert, K. Belfanti, S. Morrissey, O. Siddiqui, J. Levitsky, Z. Dietch, A. Flores, D. P. Ladner
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Frailty is highly prevalent in patients with end-stage liver disease and strongly predicts waitlist and post-transplant mortality. The Liver Frailty Index (LFI) and 4-meter…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Donors’ Perceptions of Uterus Donation Motivations, Informed Consent and Value: A Qualitative Study of Dallas Uterus Transplant Study (duets) Participants
A. Wall¹, J. Hagen², V. Reddy³, E. Gordon⁴, L. Johannesson¹, G. Testa¹
¹Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ³Baylor Transplant Research Institute, Dallas, TX, ⁴Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Clinical trials have demonstrated the feasibility and reproducibility of uterus transplantation (UTx) to treat absolute uterine factor infertility. Successful live births have resulted from…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Pregnancy After Heart Transplant Does Not Negatively Impact Long Term Patient Survival
M. J. Moritz¹, D. Lee², C. Madu², S. Hossain³, L. A. Coscia⁴, S. Rao⁵, S. Constantinescu⁶
¹Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA, ²Cardiovascular Medicine, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, ³Data Analytics, University of South Florida, Muma College of Business, Tampa, FL, ⁴Transplant Pregnancy Registry International, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Nephrology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, ⁶Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: To evaluate the impact of pregnancy on patient survival in heart transplant recipients (HTRs), we linked the Transplant Pregnancy Registry International (TPRI) dataset with…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Impact of a Transplant Pharmacy Collaborative Practice Agreement Implementation on an Institutional Medication Assistance Program Funding Utilization
A. D. Kataria¹, T. Sam¹, N. Wilson¹, A. Lee², L. Cole², D. Francis³, L. Zuniga³, B. Stein³, R. Goldstein³
¹Pharmacy, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²Baylor Health Enterprise, Dallas, TX, ³Transplant, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Post-transplant medication cost can pose a significant barrier for patient adherence and graft outcomes. Strategic selection of medication agent is often challenging and requires…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of the Prevalence of Burnout and Well-Being in Solid Organ Transplant Pharmacists
M. Harris¹, N. Pilch², C. Doligalski³, E. Henricksen⁴, J. Melaragno⁵, A. Lichvar⁶
¹Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, ²Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ³University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁴Stanford Healthcare, Stanford, CA, ⁵University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ⁶UC San Diego Health, La Jolla, CA
*Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of burnout and well-being among solid organ transplant pharmacists in the United States.*Methods: A…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Patient Reported Outcomes Following Renal Transplantation: The Future of Holistic Post-Transplant Care
H. V. Spiers¹, S. Frame², R. Heape³, K. Clark², A. Altinar², L. Ross², H. Wells², A. Simpson³, J. Chilcot³, L. Hughes³, D. M. Summers¹, J. Weinman³, M. Hotopf³, A. J. Cronin²
¹Roy Calne Transplant Unit, Department of Transplantation, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ²Department of Nephrology and Transplantation, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ³King's College London, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Patients with renal disease prioritise symptoms and functionality over the biochemistry and clinical guidelines, which clinicians traditionally rely on. Whilst kidney transplantation is expected…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Parathyroid Allo-Transplantation: A Case Series
P. Di Cocco¹, M. Spaggiari², H. Kittle¹, A. M. Fratti², S. Akshelyan², J. Almario Alvarez¹, E. Benedetti², I. Tzvetanov²
¹University of Illinios at Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Hypoparathyroidism (hypoPTH) is a clinical condition characterized by an abnormal mineral homeostasis determined by inadequate secretion of parathyroid hormone. It can be secondary to…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Adherence, Outcomes and Adverse Effects in Pediatric Renal Transplant Patients After Early Steroid-Withdrawal and Low-Dose Calcineurin Inhibitor Maintenance Immunosuppression
A. Garcia¹, R. Plews¹, M. Moran¹, F. Trujillo¹, A. Martinez¹, N. Koizumi², D. Conti¹, J. Ortiz¹
¹Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, ²George Mason University, Arlington, VA
*Purpose: To explore adherence and long-term impacts of a sirolimus-based, low-dose calcineurin inhibitor regimen with early steroid withdrawal in pediatric renal transplant recipients.*Methods: A single-center,…
2022 American Transplant Congress
A Conceptual Framework for Supporting Living Kidney Donors Throughout the Donation Process
C. Killian, H. Qu, R. Reed, C. Woods, G. Owens, A. Carter, V. Kumar, M. J. Hanaway, I. Herbey, N. Ivankova, R. Shewchuk, J. Locke
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: The majority of programs aimed to increase living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) address transplant candidates’ needs, not those of potential donors. The Living Donor…