Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Development and Implementation of a Program

Tobacco use adversely affects transplant outcomes such as graft survival, patient survival, and other conditions that alter transplant patient longevity. Especially concerning is tobacco's relationship to cardiovascular disease, the number 1 cause of death in kidney transplant recipients. Many...

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Published in:Progress in transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) Calif.), 2006-03, Vol.16 (1), p.33-37
Main Authors: Ehlers, Shawna L., Rodrigue, James R., Patton, Pamela R., Lloyd-Turner, Joni, Kaplan, Bruce, Howard, Richard J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algorithms
Attitude to Health
Benchmarking
Decision Trees
Graft Survival
Humans
Kidney Failure, Chronic - complications
Kidney Failure, Chronic - surgery
Kidney Transplantation
Mass Screening
Motivation
Needs Assessment
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Pancreas Transplantation
Patient Care Team - organization & administration
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Program Development
Smoking Cessation - methods
Smoking Cessation - psychology
Survival Rate
Tobacco Use Disorder - complications
Tobacco Use Disorder - prevention & control
Tobacco Use Disorder - psychology
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Summary:Tobacco use adversely affects transplant outcomes such as graft survival, patient survival, and other conditions that alter transplant patient longevity. Especially concerning is tobacco's relationship to cardiovascular disease, the number 1 cause of death in kidney transplant recipients. Many authors conclude that tobacco interventions ought to be provided to patients and sometimes lament that there are no tobacco dependence interventions designed for kidney transplant recipients. European Best Practice Guidelines for Renal Transplantation also support tobacco dependence interventions. The purpose of this article is to describe one institution's experience in implementing the clinical practice guideline for treating tobacco use and dependence within a kidney and pancreas transplant program.
ISSN:1526-9248
2164-6708
DOI:10.1177/152692480601600108