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| C KuglerSummaryAffiliation: Hannover Medical School Country: Germany Publications
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Nonadherence with diet and fluid restrictions among adults having hemodialysisChristiane Kugler
Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
J Nurs Scholarsh 37:25-9. 2005..To describe the prevalence of nonadherence with the prescribed diet and fluid restrictions among patients receiving hemodialysis...
A multi-modal intervention in management of left ventricular assist device outpatients: dietary counselling, controlled exercise and psychosocial supportChristiane Kugler
Division of Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation, and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 42:1026-32. 2012..The aim of this multi-modal intervention was to improve the body weight, exercise tolerance and psychosocial status in outpatients on long-term LVAD support...
Health-related quality of life and exercise tolerance in recipients of heart transplants and left ventricular assist devices: a prospective, comparative studyChristiane Kugler
Division of Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
J Heart Lung Transplant 30:204-10. 2011..The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and physical exercise tolerance in patients after heart transplantation (HTx) or implantation of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD)...
Non-adherence in patients on chronic hemodialysis: an international comparison studyChristiane Kugler
Division of Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover Germany
J Nephrol 24:366-75. 2011..This study compared non-adherence (NA) to diet and fluid restrictions between adult US and German hemodialysis patients, and assessed potential predictors for NA...
Health-related quality of life in long-term survivors after heart and lung transplantation: a prospective cohort studyChristiane Kugler
Division of Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Thoracic Transplant Program, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
Transplantation 90:451-7. 2010..This study evaluated HRQoL in heart (HTx) and lung (LTx) transplant survivors, and assessed potential outcome-related predictors from before to 5 years after transplantation...
Significance of patient self-monitoring for long-term outcomes after lung transplantationChristiane Kugler
Division of Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Thoracic Transplant Program, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
Clin Transplant 24:709-16. 2010..This study investigated patients' behavior based on electronic monitoring (EM) and compared these findings with self-reported data...
Effect of adherence to home spirometry on bronchiolitis obliterans and graft survival after lung transplantationChristiane Kugler
Division of Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Thoracic Transplant Program, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
Transplantation 88:129-34. 2009..Effects of nonadherence to HS on detection of the bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) and on graft survival are unknown...
Symptom experience after solid organ transplantationChristiane Kugler
Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplant and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
J Psychosom Res 66:101-10. 2009..Understanding patients' perceptions and responses to immunosuppression-related symptom experiences following solid organ transplantation increases the likelihood that interventions can be designed to support long-term graft survival...
Symptom experience after lung transplantation: impact on quality of life and adherenceChristiane Kugler
Hannover Thoracic Transplant Program, Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
Clin Transplant 21:590-6. 2007..Patients' perceptions of immunosuppression- related symptom experience may impact on quality of life (QoL) and medication adherence...
[Compliance after organ transplantation--influence of quality of life and of the physician-patient relationship]C Kugler
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Thorax,
Dtsch Med Wochenschr 132:40-4. 2007
Quality of life and bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome in patients after lung transplantationHans W Künsebeck
Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
Prog Transplant 17:136-41. 2007..Lung transplantation has become an established and effective treatment for patients with end-stage pulmonary disease...
[Quality of life and exercise capacity in lung transplant recipients]U Tegtbur
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Sportmedizinisches Zentrum, Hannover
Pneumologie 58:72-8. 2004..The purpose of this study was to investigate the gap between good self-reported quality of life and reduced exercise capacity in LTR, to describe possible correlations and to compare the results with those of a control group (CG)...
The current status of heart transplantation and the development of "artificial heart systems"Martin Struber
Klinik fur Herz, Thorax, Transplantations und Gefässchirurgie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Dtsch Arztebl Int 106:471-7. 2009....
Health-related quality of life in two hundred-eighty lung transplant recipientsChristiane Kugler
Hannover Thoracic Transplant Program, Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
J Heart Lung Transplant 24:2262-8. 2005..Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) has increasingly been accepted as a supplementary outcome measure for patients after lung transplantation (LTx)...
Quality of life 1 year after lung transplantationChristiane Kugler
Hanover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
Prog Transplant 14:331-6. 2004..The Saint George's Respiratory Questionnaire ratings showed similar significantly better scores for transplant recipients at 6 months, and stagnations for most dimensions afterward...
