The occurrence of a peripheral organ disease may have an impact on brain functioning, with higher probability that a neurological complication, mainly cognitive impairment, arises during the end stage of the vital organ disease, when the patient can be eligible for a solid organ transplant.
A stronger connection between neurology and other specialities is desirable, building a necessary interdisciplinary field when not already implemented in hospitals to standardise procedures and guidelines for clinicians dealing with neurological complications or comorbidities causing cognitive impairment in Solid Organ Transplant (SOT) recipients.
The aims of the proposed survey are to explore:
A stronger connection between neurology and other specialities is desirable, building a necessary interdisciplinary field when not already implemented in hospitals to standardise procedures and guidelines for clinicians dealing with neurological complications or comorbidities causing cognitive impairment in Solid Organ Transplant (SOT) recipients.
The aims of the proposed survey are to explore:
- If neurologists are involved, by the transplant teams, in the cognitive assessment of solid organ transplant candidates and recipients;
- If transplant teams involve neurologists, as cognitive impairment specialists, in multidisciplinary discussions on transplant eligibility after having evaluated a SOT candidate with cognitive impairment;
- Ongoing research projects in the field of cognitive impairment related to systemic diseases and/or brain-body cross-talk;
- Interest in implementing brain health programs in the transplant field
The survey will take you about 5-7 minutes to complete. Your time and input will be highly appreciated.