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Rochester, MN
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The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of a health coaching intervention on the stress and burden of caregivers of patients awaiting heart or lung transplant.
Hypotheses: Caregivers will have traits and behaviors pre-transplant that will predict caregiver readiness, quality of life, and transplant recipient outcomes. Specifically, thoracic pre-transplant caregivers report stress, symptoms of anxiety or depression, and perceive high caregiver burden. These factors may be amenable to pre-transplant intervention to improve overall patient and caregiver outcomes.
Aims, purpose, or objectives: We will conduct a pilot trial to test whether caregivers of heart and lung transplant candidates who receive wellness coaching will experience improvement in caregiver-related distress. We will also explore the relationship between caregiving and factors such as uncertainty, resilience, stress level, and affect.
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Rochester, MN, Jacksonville, FL
The purpose of this study is to determine whether off-pump bilateral orthotopic lung transplantation (BOLT) or venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA ECMO) lung transplantation results in higher PGD grade 3 at 48-72 hours, mortality at 90 days, and the combination of these two endpoints.
Secondly, to determine whether off-pump or VA ECMO lung transplantation has more red blood cell transfusion (intraoperative plus the first 24 hours in the ICU), chest tube output the first 24 hours, incidence of re-exploration for bleeding, air emboli, stroke, PGD grade 3 at T0 and T24, pneumonia, need for dialysis, rejection, bronchial dehiscence, tracheostomy, length of mechanical ventilation, and hospital length of stay.
Closed for enrollment
Jacksonville, FL
A normal lung ultrasound artifact pattern in an aymptomatic lung transplant recipient with normal chest radiograph and spirometry can safely exclude significant acute cellular rejection.
The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of a phone call ≤ 30 minute per session, 12-session, weekly individual health-coaching intervention, completed over 12-16 weeks in adults on the lung transplant waiting list versus usual transplant care.
The purpose of this study is to to mechanistically investigate the effect of specific inspiratory muscle training on respiratory function, exercise capacity, health-related quality-of-life, and short-term clinical outcomes in patients after lung transplant.
This study is being done to develop a serum and tissue bank for future research of patients with heart failure, mechanical circulatory support and/or cardiothoracic transplants. This blood/tissue will be used for three principle purposes: (1) laboratory tests which will be available in the future but that are not currently available and which may be of benefit to the patient, (2) review of previous patient laboratory results made necessary by development of a new disease process by the patient, and (3) future unspecified research purposes.
Currently transplant caregivers are viewed as healthy volunteers caring for patients following heart or lung transplant. However research has revealed that thoracic transplant caregivers have increased mood disorders, distress, and high caregiver burden, especially while caring for patients on the organ transplant waiting list. By monitoring caregiver traits and behaviors we will be better able to provide care and services for CG to improve both CG and patient outcomes.
The purpose of this study is to explore adherence, barriers, side effects, and preference for pharmacologic antifungal prophylaxis following lung transplant.
The purpose of this study is to to determine if Cardiopulmonary Bypass (CPB) is an independent risk factor for development of Primary Graft Dysfunction (PGD) as compared to Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) even when adjusted for all other recipient, donor, biologic and operative risk factors.
The purpose of this study is to investigate ghrelin, a peptide that mechanistically carries the promise of therapeutics benefit for diverse aspects of morbidity associated with lung transplantation.