Maria Alina Lupu, Rodica Lighezan, Ana Alexandra Paduraru, Angela Dragomir, Radu Pavel, Sebastian Grada, Alin Gabriel Mihu, Sorin Ursoniu, Tudor Rares Olariu
Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Blood Donors from Western Romania
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structured transition adolescents young adults chronic kidney disease ckd pediatric adult care important data time resources required necessary components transition process associated costs lacking prospective singlecenter cohort study 52 patients pretransplant ckd ckd stage 1 n 10 stage 2 n 6 stage 3 n 5 stage 4 5 1 patient kidney transplant recipients ktr resource use costs evaluated key elements structured transition pathway including assessment patients diseaserelated knowledge needs ii required education counseling sessions iii compiling epicrisis transfer appointment patient current pediatric future adult nephrologist fortyfour 52 enrolled patients 846 completed transition pathway transferred adult care mean time decision start transition process final transfer consultation 514 204 days process significantly longer ktr 624 150 range 307819 days patients pretransplant ckd 365 172 range 1693 days p 00001 cumulative costs counseling education sessions performed including transfer appointment 763 473 euro significantly higher ktr 966 457 euro patients pretransplant ckd 470 320 euro p 00001 structured transition pathway patients ckd resource timeconsuming due complexity disease sufficiently funded higherresolution version graphical abstract available supplementary information