Articles tagged "Screening"

2018 American Transplant Congress
Evaluating PROMIS-57 Domains to Screen for Anxiety and Depression Using Legacy Instruments among Kidney Transplant Recipients
A. Bansal,¹ O. Ekundayo,¹ E. Tang,¹ F. Khalafi,¹ H. Ford,¹ M. Li,³ M. Novak,² I. Mucsi.¹
¹Multi-Organ Transplant Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; ²Centre for Mental Health, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; ³Department of Supportive Care, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
BACKGROUNDDepression and anxiety are frequent among kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). We evaluate the accuracy of the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement System (PROMIS 57 item) depression…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Measles and Varicella Vaccination Status and Evidence of Immunity during Solid Organ Pre-Transplantation Evaluation
H. Daniels, C. Saracusa, S. Worley, B. Gonzalez.
Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
Background: Ensuring complete vaccination is important during a pre-transplant evaluation (PTE), especially for live viral vaccines which are generally contraindicated after transplant. After one dose…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Frailty and Kidney Transplantation: AST-KPCOP Survey of Center Practices
M. McAdams DeMarco, S. Rasmussen, R. Parsons, T. Alhamad, K. Johansen, S. Tullius, R. Lynch, M. Harhay, M. Rao, J. Berger, J. Lappin, J. Tan, X. Cheng, K. Woodside, S. Parajuli, K. Lentine, B. Kaplan, D. Segev, J. Kobashigawa, D. Dadhania.
Kidney Pancreas COP, AST, Mt. Laurel.
Background: Frailty is a clinical phenotype of decreased physiologic reserve and resistance to stressors. Given the potential utility of frailty evaluation as prognosticator of kidney…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Psychosocial Assessment of Candidates for Transplantation (PACT) Identifies Non-Adherence in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation
K. Freischlag,¹ V. Chen,² S. Nagaraj,² A. Chua,² E. Chambers.²
¹School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC; ²Pediatrics, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Background: We have demonstrated that overall pre-transplant Psychosocial Assessment of Candidates for Transplantation (PACT) scores can identify high risk pediatric kidney recipients. In this pilot…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Prediction of BK Viremia by Urine BK Viral Load in Renal Transplant Patients: BK Viral Load Results in Paired Urine and Plasma Samples
K. Madden,¹ C. Janitell,² S. Yang.²
¹Pathology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM; ²Microbiology, Tricore Reference Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM.
BK virus (BKV) associated nephropathy (BKVAN) affects up to 10% of renal transplant recipients, causing graft failure without intervention; a presumptive BKVAN diagnosis is made…
2018 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of a Tobacco Prohibition Policy Compared to a Restrictive Policy on Liver Transplant Candidate Outcomes
A. Likhitsup,¹ A. Hassan,¹ J. Mellinger,¹ F. Askari,¹ G. Winder,² P. Sharma,¹ N. Saeed,³ C. Sonnenday,⁴ R. Fontana.¹
¹Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; ²Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; ³Department of Internal Medicine, Beaumont Hospital, Dearborn, MI; ⁴Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Introduction: Substance use disorders (SUD) are common in liver transplant (LT) candidates. Poorer postLT outcomes in tobacco users have led programs to prohibit tobacco use…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Hepatitis B Vaccination in Transplant Candidates
M. Bosaeed, Y. AlJishi, S. Husain, C. Rotstein, A. Humar, D. Kumar.
UHN, Toronto, Canada.
Background:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine series is recommended for all organ transplant candidates; high doses of vaccine are generally given to those with renal disease;…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Strongyloides Pre-Transplant Screening in Solid Organ Transplantation (SOT): Single Center Analysis
M. Al-Obaidi,¹ K. Vigil,¹ R. Hasbun,¹ A. De Golovine,² V. Machicao,³ L. Ostrosky,¹ S. Bynon,⁴ M. Nigo.¹
¹Division of Infectious Diseases, UT McGovern Medical School, Houston; ²Division of Renal Disease and Hypertension, UT McGovern Medical School, Houston; ³Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, UT McGovern Medical School, Houston; ⁴Division of Immunology and Organ Transplantation, UT McGovern Medical School, Houston.
Background: Strongyloides stercoralis infects about 100 million persons worldwide. In SOT, the optimal pre-transplant (Tsp) screening method (universal versus targeted) is yet to be determined.…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Spiritual and Religious Faith of Actual and Potential Non-Directed (Altruistic) Living Kidney Donors.
A. Maghen,¹ G. Vargas,¹ S. Connor,¹ S. Nassiri,¹ E. Hicks,² L. Kwan,¹ S. Maliski,³ J. Veale.¹
¹Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; ²Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR; ³University of Kansas Medical Center School of Nursing, Kansas City, KS
A. The recent rise in non-directed donors (NDDs) and their initiation of kidney chains offer innovative approaches to help address the overburdened kidney transplant waiting…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Significance of Atypical Cytology in the Evaluation of Patients with End Stage Renal Disease for Transplantation.
J. Law, O. Ali, H. Brar, P. Luke, A. Sener.
Urology, Western University, London, ON, Canada
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Renal transplantation is the most optimal method of treating patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). As part of their routine malignancy screening,…