期刊
CLINICAL TRANSPLANTATION
卷 21, 期 4, 页码 567-570出版社
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2007.00691.x
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travel; organ transplantation
A cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted among Dutch kidney transplant recipients to investigate travel health knowledge, attitudes practices while staying abroad. A total of 290 individuals visiting the and nephrology outpatient clinic completed the questionnaires. Thirty four percent of the responders had traveled outside Western Europe (WE) and Northern America (NA); 22% of these travelers did not seek pre-travel health advice. Transplant physicians were most frequently consulted for pre-travel advice (53%). Of the responders traveling Outside WE and NA 29% were ill during their most recent journey. Diabetic transplant recipients were at the highest risk. Four of seventeen ill recipients (24%) were hospitalized, reflecting the high morbidity of travel-related disease in this patient group. Our data;how that there is need for improvement of pre-travel healthcare, and suggest an important role for transplant physicians in providing adequate counseling.
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