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Articles tagged "Quality of life"

  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Short-Term QOL After Live Liver Donation: A New York Center for Liver Transplantation (NYCLT) Report

    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; 2New York Center for Liver Transplantation, Albany, NY; 3New York Presbyterian Hosptial, 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: LDLT is an option for selective patients, especially in regions with less opportunity for deceased donors. New York State (NYS) has the most LDLT…
  • 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…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    The Explore Transplant Program in GA: Is Historical Access to Transplantation Associated With Kidney Transplant Knowledge and Preparedness to Educate ERSD Patients?

    J. Gander,1 C. Isenhour,1 L. McPherson,1 M. Basu,1 B. Tao,1 K. Smtih,1 S. Pastan,1 A. Waterman,2 R. Patzer.1

    1Emory University, Atlanta; 2University of California, Los Angeles.

    IntroductionDialysis facilities play a key role in educating end stage renal disease patients on kidney transplantation (KTx). We aimed to investigate the association between historical…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Pregnancy Outcomes in Kidney Recipients With Longer Transplant to Conception Intervals

    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 Heath Network, Allentown.

    The purpose of this study was to analyze pregnancy outcomes in female kidney transplant recipients with transplant to conception intervals (TCI) after the recommended 2…
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