Articles tagged "Quality of life"

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:…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Validation of PROMIS Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT) Sleep Disturbance Item Bank in Kidney Transplant Recipients
J. Hussain¹, G. Chawla¹, N. Ullah¹, H. Rafiqzad¹, S. J. Bartlett², M. Li³, D. Howell⁴, J. D. Peipert⁵, M. Novak⁶, I. Mucsi¹
¹Multi-Organ Transplant Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Centre for Health Outcomes Research, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Department of Supportive Care, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁶Centre for Mental Health, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: To assess the reliability and validity of the PROMIS Sleep Disturbance Item Bank using the Insomnia Severity Index as the primary legacy instrument in…
2019 American Transplant Congress
“Getting Life Back” – Kidney Transplantation in the Elderly Patient
V. Tsarpali¹, K. Lønning², K. Midtvedt², T. Bernklev³, N. von der Lippe⁴, M. H. Andersen², K. Heldal¹
¹Clinic of Internal Medicine, Telemark Hospital Trust, Skien, Norway, ²Department of Transplantation Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg, Norway, ⁴Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
*Purpose: The number of elderly patients developing end stage renal disease (ESRD) who are eligible for kidney transplantation (KTx) is increasing, but their transplant rate…

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