Articles tagged "Quality of life"

2021 American Transplant Congress
The Rate of Hospitalization Among Patients with Cirrhosis is More Than Twice as High as Patients Over 85 Years
N. R. Mazumder¹, K. Guo², L. Zhao³, A. Kho¹, K. Walters⁴, T. S. Carey⁴, C. Loftus¹, D. P. Ladner¹
¹Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, ²Biostatistics, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, ³Biostatistcs, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, ⁴University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
*Purpose: Cirrhosis is a common disease however it is understudied because population data on patients with cirrhosis is lacking. While the risk of hospitalization in…
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Graft Loss in Adolescent and Young Adult Generation After Pediatric Kidney Transplantation: A Single Center Experience in Japan
Y. Aoki, Y. Hamasaki, M. Muramatsu, J. Hashimoto, M. Kubota, S. Shishido, K. Sakai
Nephrology, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
*Purpose: Kidney transplant recipients of all ages may have difficulty adhering to a strict treatment plan, adolescents and young adults are at particularly high risk…
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Pregnancy Outcomes in 108 Heart Transplant Recipients
L. A. Coscia¹, A. Yusuf¹, S. Rao², S. Constantinescu³, M. J. Moritz⁴
¹Transplant Pregnancy Registry International, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Virginia Heath System, Charlottesville, VA, ³Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA
*Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe 185 pregnancies in 108 heart transplant recipients.*Methods: Data regarding conceptions occurring between June 1987 and Dec…
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The Impact of the Kidney Transplant Journey on Patient’s and Parent’s Identities and Self-Management
J. C. Dunbar¹, E. E. Bascom², W. Pratt², J. Snyder², J. M. Smith³, A. H. Pollack³
¹University of Washington Information School, Seattle, WA, ²University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ³Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA
*Purpose: Describe the experiences of pediatric patients and their families after kidney transplant. Our qualitative study aimed to understand (1) how these individuals describe and…
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Pregnancy Outcomes in 39 Lung Transplant Recipients
S. Constantinescu¹, L. A. Coscia², A. Yusuf², S. Rao³, M. J. Moritz⁴
¹Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, ²Transplant Pregnancy Registry International, Philadelphia, PA, ³University of Virginia Heath System, Charlottesville, VA, ⁴Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to describe 52 pregnancies in 39 lung transplant recipients reporting to the Transplant Pregnancy Registry International (TPRI) from…
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Subjective Cognition Among Liver Transplant Recipients
D. Ko¹, M. S. Dietrich², K. A. Gifford³, S. H. Ridner²
¹School of Nursing, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, ²School of Nursing, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, ³Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: Regular assessment of cognition is highly suggested to facilitate the early detection and treatment of cognitive impairment in the liver transplant (LT) population. While…
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Cost Effectiveness Analysis Comparing Treatments of Biliary Strictures in Pediatric Liver Transplant Patients
B. Whitehead¹, C. Lemoine², R. Superina², J. Green³, S. Mohammad¹
¹Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²Division of Transplant Surgery, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ³Division of Interventional Radiology, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Biliary strictures are associated with significant morbidity after pediatric liver transplantation. There are two main treatment options which are percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTC) and…
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Longitudinal Quality of Life Assessment in Liver Transplant – Feasibility Study and Early Results
O. M. Siddiqui, P. Polineni, A. J. Thuluvath, C. Loftus
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: In addition to survival, quality of life (QoL) is critical to optimizing care in liver transplantation (LT). Although QoL is associated with clinical outcomes…
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Centre Variation in Emergency Hospital Readmissions Following Renal Transplantation in England
J. Peracha¹, D. Pitcher¹, R. Steenkamp¹, J. Medcalf², G. Lipkin³, D. Nitsch⁴, W. McKane⁵
¹UK Renal Registry, Bristol, United Kingdom, ²John Walls Renal Unit, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom, ³University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁴London School of Hygiene and Trpoical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Sheffield Kidney Institute, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Emergency hospital readmissions (EHR) following surgery are associated with significant patient distress, morbidity and costs to healthcare providers. In this study we aim to…
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Loneliness in Adults Awaiting Liver Transplantation at 7 U.S. Transplant Centers During the Covid-19 Pandemic
K. Berry¹, D. Kent¹, S. Seetharaman¹, R. Wong¹, Y. Mohamad¹, F. Yao¹, M. Duarte², B. Boyarsky³, R. Rahimi⁴, A. Duarte-Rojo⁵, M. Kappus⁶, M. Volk⁷, D. Ladner⁸, D. Segev³, M. McAdams-DeMarco³, E. Verna⁹, D. Ganger⁸, J. C. Lai¹
¹UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ²Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, CA, ³Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Baylor, Dallas, TX, ⁵Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁶Duke, Durham, NC, ⁷Loma Linda, Loma Linda, CA, ⁸Northwestern, Chicago, IL, ⁹Columbia, New York, NY
*Purpose: Loneliness, defined by the National Academy of Medicine as “a subjective feeling of being isolated”, has recently emerged as a strong predictor of adverse…