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Articles tagged "Quality of life"

  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Muscle Strength and Physical Functioning in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients

    K. Sgambat, K. Amatya, A. Moudgil

    Nephrology, Children's National, Washington, DC

    *Purpose: Children with end stage renal disease on dialysis are known to be at high risk for protein energy wasting and low muscle mass, however…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Changes in Health-Related Quality of Life During the First Year in Lung Transplantation Recipients

    H. Zhou, J. Chen

    Lung Transplant Center, Wuxi People’s Hospital, Wuxi, China

    *Purpose: This longitudinal study was conducted to recognize the tracks of HRQOL during the first year after transplantation and the main factors associated with HRQOL…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Validation of Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Computer Adaptive Testing Depression Item Bank in Kidney Transplant Recipients

    V. Shah1, A. Rezaeishahreza1, E. Lui1, R. Aser1, S. Bartlett2, M. Li1, D. Howell1, J. Peipert3, M. Novak1, I. Mucsi1

    1University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, 3Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: To evaluate the reliability and validity of the PROMIS Depression computerized adaptive test (PROMIS-D CAT) in relation to a legacy measure in adult Kidney…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Uremic Symptoms: A Patient-Reported Outcome That is Associated with Access to Kidney Transplantation and Waitlist Mortality among Kidney Transplant Candidates

    K. Taylor1, N. Chu2, Z. Shi2, E. Rosello3, S. Kunwar2, P. Butz3, S. Norman4, D. Crews5, K. Greenberg5, D. Segev3, T. Shafi6, M. McAdams-DeMarco3

    1Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD, 2Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 3Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 4Division of Nephrology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 5Division of Nephrology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 6Division of Nephrology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS

    *Purpose: Patient-reported symptoms of uremia - pruritis, anorexia and fatigue - reflect incomplete removal of uremic toxins by dialysis and are likely one of the…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    The Next Era of Living Kidney Donation for Renal Transplantation: Virtual Postoperative Follow-Up

    S. Allen, D. Taber, C. Perez, S. N. Nadig, V. Rohan

    Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

    *Purpose: Living kidney donation (LKD) offers the best long-term outcomes for patients undergoing kidney transplantation. However, LKD has been declining in the U.S. in recent…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Protocolized Exercise Improves Frailty Parameters and Lower Extremity Impairment: A Promising Prehabilitation Strategy for Kidney Transplant Candidates

    E. C. Lorenz, L. J. Hickson, R. Weatherly, K. Thompson, H. Walker, J. Rasmussen, T. Stewart, J. Garrett, C. C. Kennedy

    Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

    *Purpose: Frailty and lower extremity (LE) impairment are risk factors for numerous adverse outcomes in kidney transplant (KT) candidates, including decreased rates of transplantation, increased…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Outcome of Trans-Umbilical Single Port Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy

    D. Lia, Y. Alsalmay, L. Teperman, E. Grodstein, L. Lau, E. Molmenti, A. Fahmy

    Surgery, Northshore-LIJ, Manhasset, NY

    *Purpose: To evaluate the safety, efficacy, and outcomes of trans-umbilical single port laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (SPLDN).*Methods: We performed a retrospective review of 100 SPLDNs between…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Health-Related Quality of Life after Anonymous Nondirected Living Liver Donation: A Multi-Center, North American Collaboration

    M. H. Raza1, W. E. Jackson2, A. Dell3, L. Ding4, J. Shapiro3, E. A. Pomfret5, Y. Genyk6, L. Sher6, J. Emamaullee6

    1Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, 2Gastroenterology, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, 3Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, 4Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 5Surgery, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, 6Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

    *Purpose: Literature on anonymous or ‘altruistic’ nondirected living liver donors (ND-LLDs) remains sparse as living donor liver transplant (LDLT) programs continue to explore the utilization…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Waitlisting for Kidney Transplant and Social Determinants of Health Predict Health-Related Quality of Life (hrqol) in End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Patients

    S. L. Swift1, S. Wang2, C. H. Chang3, J. Pleis4, M. Dew3, R. Shapiro5, M. Unruh1, K. Kendall6, E. Croswell7, J. D. Peipert8, L. Myaskovsky1

    1University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 2University of Florida, Gainsville, FL, 3University of Pittsburg, Pittsburgh, PA, 4Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA, 5Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 6Highmark Health, Pittsburgh, PA, 7University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 8Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: Getting waitlisted for a KT has important health implications for patients with ESRD. Less is known about the relationship between waitlisting and subsequent HRQoL…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Survival after Pregnancy

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

    1Medicine, 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: This study compared transplant survival after pregnancy in type 1 diabetic recipients (n=103) who received either kidney-pancreas (KP, n=61) or kidney alone (KA, n=42).*Methods:…
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