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Articles tagged "Quality of life"

  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    In Vitro Fertilization Use Among Female Kidney Transplant Recipients

    L. A. Coscia1, J. M. Konel2, M. Bowring3, S. Constantinescu4, M. J. Moritz5

    1Transplant Pregnancy Registry International, Philadelphia, PA, 2Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, 3Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 4Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 5Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA

    *Purpose: Infertility is common among female kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). In vitro fertilization (IVF) is a potential option. The purpose of this study was to…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Equivalence of Pediatric Paper and Electronic-Based Patient-Reported Outcome Measures: Findings from a Systematic Review

    S. Kortbeek1, A. Pawaria2, V. L. Ng1

    1Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2Pediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Liver Transplant, Global Hospitals, Mumbai, India

    *Purpose: Integration of patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) in routine clinical care reduces utilisation of health care services and improves patient outcomes. Electronic versions of…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Development and Validation of a Kidney Transplant-Specific Measure of Treatment Burden

    E. Lorenz1, T. Petterson1, I. Zaniletti1, K. Lackore1, B. Johnson1, M. Mai2, S. Nair3, A. Bentall1, K. Yost1, D. Eton1

    1Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 2Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, 3Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ

    *Purpose: Treatment burden refers to the work involved in managing one’s health and its impact on well-being. Treatment burden has been associated with nonadherence and…
  • 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…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Identifying the Needs of Kidney Transplant Recipients That Can be Addressed by a Web-based Self-management Program

    D. Massierer1, R. Sapir-Pichhadze2, V. Bouchard3, K. Dasgupta2, N. Fernandez4, D. da Costa2, S. Ahmed1, M. Fortin5, R. Langevin6, N. Mayo1, T. Janaudis-Ferreira1

    1Faculty of Medicine- School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE), Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC), Montreal, QC, Canada, 3CIUSSS du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Chicoutimi, QC, Canada, 4Department of Family Medicine/Emergency Medicine, Université de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, 5Department of Medicine, Université de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, 6Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program (CDTRP), Edmonton, AB, Canada

    *Purpose: Kidney transplantation improves the quality of life (QoL) of patients with end-stage renal disease, however, post-transplant recovery of physical health and other aspects of…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Patients’ Perceptions of Kidney Transplant Failure and Transitioning to Dialysis

    E. Ramos1, C. Gu2, C. Hanson2, K. Abdel-Kader3, K. Bonnet2, D. Schlundt2, E. Gordon4, B. P. Concepcion3

    1Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, 2Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 3Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 4Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: Approximately 5,000 US kidney transplant recipients return to dialysis each year due to allograft failure. Understanding how kidney allograft failure and transitioning to chronic…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Renal Transplant is Safe in Septuagenarians

    P. Serrano Rodriguez, J. Vonderau, K. Szempruch, C. S. Desai

    Abdominal Transplant Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

    *Purpose: With increasing life expectancy, there has been increase in transplant rates amongst elderly recipients who often have more comorbidities than younger recipient. The aim…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Pill Burden in Belatacept versus Tacrolimus-Based Immunosuppression

    S. Gattis, L. Lakhani, A. Basu

    Emory Healthcare, Atlanta, GA

    *Purpose: Medication non-adherence is a major barrier amongst renal transplant recipients, and improvement can be seen after reduction in pill burden. Belatacept versus tacrolimus-based immunosuppression…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    The Impact of 4-weeks of Supervised Exercise on Frailty and Lower Extremity (LE) Function in Patients with Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)

    E. Lorenz, L. Hickson, R. Weatherly, K. Thompson, M. Hogan, C. Kennedy

    Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

    *Purpose: Although frailty is a modifiable risk factor for morbidity and mortality among kidney transplant (KT) candidates, the optimal duration of effective prehabilitation interventions is…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Awareness of Teratogenic Potential of Mycophenolic Acid Products and Pregnancy Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients

    S. Rao1, L. Coscia2, A. Yusuf2, S. Constantinescu3, M. J. Moritz4

    1Nephrology, University of Virginia Heath System, Charlottesville, VA, 2Transplant Pregnancy Registry International, Philadelphia, PA, 3Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 4Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA

    *Purpose: In 2006, Transplant Pregnancy Registry International (TPRI) reported teratogenic effects of mycophenolic acid products (MPA) in pregnancies in transplant recipients. This resulted in black…
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