Effect of Foot Reflexology on Laboratory Tests after Kidney Transplantation Surgery: A Secondary Analysis of a Parallel Randomized Controlled Trial Study





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(ISSN 2577-5820)
OBM Transplantation (ISSN 2577-5820) is an international peer-reviewed Open Access journal published quarterly online by LIDSEN Publishing Inc., which covers all evidence-based scientific studies related to transplantation, including: transplantation procedures and the maintenance of transplanted tissues or organs; assimilation of grafted tissue and the reconstitution of removed organs or parts of organs; transplantation of heart, lung, kidney, liver, pancreatic islets and bone marrow, etc. Areas related to clinical and experimental transplantation are also of interest.
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Special Issue
Evaluations for Organ Transplantation: Liver, Kidney and Pancreas in the 21st Century
Submission Deadline: August 31, 2022 (Open) Submit Now
Guest Editor
Juan Pablo Rocca, MD, MHA, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Abdominal Organ Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY 10467-2401, USA
Research Interests: Clinical outcomes in abdominal organ transplantation and living donation; Listing strategies based on organ allocation policy
About This Topic
The evaluation of a patient as an organ transplant candidate is a complex process that takes on the difficult task of balancing stewardship of a limited organ resource with the intention to provide medical care for individuals with liver, kidney and pancreas end-organ failure. In our current context of largely available technological advances but also increasing costs and social complexities in healthcare, transplant programs should strategize on their choice of standardized testing and criteria for a multidisciplinary determination of transplant candidacy based not only on medical judgment but also on the psycho-social factors impacting their transplant outcomes, regional policies governing organ allocation and quality oversight. This Special Issue entitled "Evaluations for Organ Transplantation: Liver, Kidney and Pancreas in the 21st Century” aims at providing streamlined guidelines in testing and listing criteria for abdominal organ transplant candidates while keeping in mind the psychosocial and regulatory context where a transplant center may operate.
Keywords
Liver transplantation; Kidney transplantation; Pancreas transplantation; Transplant candidacy; Transplant workup; Transplant testing; Transplant waitlist; Deceased organ donor; Living organ donor; Organ compatibility; Transplant outcomes; Organ allocation; Social determinants of health; Inequalities in healthcare; Access to healthcare, access to transplant, transplant compliance, psycho-social transplant evaluation
Publication
Effect of Foot Reflexology on Laboratory Tests after Kidney Transplantation Surgery: A Secondary Analysis of a Parallel Randomized Controlled Trial Studyby
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Abstract Foot reflexology has improved numerous physical and psychological symptoms in patients. The researchers in this study aimed to investigate the effect of foot reflexology on laboratory parameters, intake/output/weight and medication regimen after kidney transplant surgery. The research was a secondary analysis of a parallel randomized controlle [...] |
Non-Renal Factors Associated with Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplant in Patients with End-Stage Liver Disease and Stage 3-5 Chronic Kidney Disease Not Requiring DialysisAbstract We aimed to identify the non-renal risk factors for simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation (SLKT) vs. liver transplantation alone (LTA) in end-stage liver disease (ESLD) patients with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) <60 ml/min, not on dialysis. Using organ procurement and transplantation network data, we studied adult ESLD [...] |
Shifting Pancreas Transplantation Rates and Demographics are the Culmination of Many Strategic Policy Changesby
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Abstract The 2014 Pancreas Allocation System established national qualifying criteria for simultaneous kidney pancreas (SPK) transplantation. The 2019 UNOS Pancreas Transplantation Committee Policy 11.3.B modified these guidelines to expand transplantation. Subsequent effects on recipient demographics have not been [...] |
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