scholarly journals Prevalence and Risk Factors of Immunosuppressant Nonadherence in Heart Transplant Recipients: A Single-Center Cross-Sectional Study

2019 ◽  
Vol Volume 13 ◽  
pp. 2185-2193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Zhang ◽  
Hong Zhou ◽  
Ryan S Nelson ◽  
Yong Han ◽  
Yirong Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Heart Transplant ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Transplant Recipients ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Single Center ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Heart Transplant Recipients

In the Era of the Universal Use of Statins Dyslipidemia's are Still Common in Heart Transplant Recipients: A Cross-Sectional Study

2011 ◽  
Vol 43 (8) ◽  
pp. 3071-3073 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Zakliczynski ◽  
J. Boguslawska ◽  
E. Wojniak ◽  
H. Zakliczynska ◽  
D. Ciesla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Transplant ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Transplant Recipients ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Heart Transplant Recipients

Family functioning in the families of paediatric heart transplant recipients prior to outpatient visits and procedures

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Hanna J. Tadros ◽  
Alana R. Rawlinson ◽  
Dipankar Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Family Functioning ◽  
Heart Transplant ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Transplant Recipients ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Outpatient Visits ◽  
Heart Transplant Recipients

Abstract In a cross-sectional study, we assessed family functioning prior to outpatient visits and routine heart catheterisations in the families of paediatric heart transplant recipients. Caregivers rated higher short-term family functioning prior to outpatient visits, but not prior to catheterisations. This finding may indicate that family functioning benefits from the support provided during outpatient visits.

scholarly journals Hepatitis E virus seroprevalence and associated risk factors in high-risk groups: A cross-sectional study from Turkey

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Yasemin Balaban ◽  
Abdullah Tarık Aslan ◽  
Fatma Nur Akdoğan Kittana ◽  
Alpaslan Alp ◽  
Osman Dağ ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Hepatitis E Virus ◽  
Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Hepatitis E ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Transplant Recipients ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Independent Risk Factors ◽  
Undercooked Meat

AbstractBackgroundThe renal transplant recipients (RT), allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients (allo-HSCT), patients with acute hepatitis (AH), and chronic hepatitis C patients (CHC) are at risk of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection. However, seroepidemiology, risk factors to HEV exposure, and the prevalence of HEV viremia has not yet been investigated among these patients in Turkey.Materials&MethodsIn this cross-sectional study, 292 consecutive serum samples were tested for HEV immunoglobulin IgG/IgM and HEV RNA using commercial ELISA and in-house nested PCR with Sanger sequencing, respectively. Sociodemographic, clinical, laboratory data, and risk factors were collected using a questionnaire and hospital database. Multiple logistic regression analysis was employed to identify independent predictors for anti-HEV seropositivity.ResultsAmong all patients (n=292) tested for HEV RNA reactivity, only 2 patients (one RT recipient and one patient with AH) were identified as having HEV3 viremia. HEV viremia rate was 0.6% in whole group. These patients had shown no signs of chronic HEV infection for 6 months and was found to spontaneously seroconverted 6 months after enrollment. Anti-HEV IgG was positive in 29 patients yielding an HEV seroprevalence of 9.9%. Older age (aOR:1.03, 95% CI, 1.00-1.06; p:0.022) and eating undercooked meat (aOR:3.11, 95% CI, 1.08-8.92; p:0.034) were independent risk factors to anti-HEV seropositivity in all patients. Similarly, multiple logistic regression analysis demonstrated that age (aOR:1.03, 95% CI, 0.99-1.07, p:0.058) and eating undercooked meat (aOR:5.77, 95% CI, 1.49-22.25, p:0.011) were independent risk factors for anti-HEV IgG positivity in the non-immunosuppressive subgroup consisting of AH and CHC patients.ConclusionThe HEV seroprevalence rate was high (9.9%), despite low viremia rate (0.6%) in high-risk patients. The emergence of HEV3 might indicate a serious problem for these patients. Future investigations are needed to elucidate foodborne transmission routes of HEV in Turkey.

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