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2018 American Transplant Congress
Bariatric Surgery before and after Kidney Transplantation: Long-Term Weight-Loss and Allograft Outcomes
J. Cohen, M. Lim, C. Tewksbury, S. Torres Landa, J. Trofe-Clark, P. Abt, N. Williams, K. Dumon, S. Goral.
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Obesity, a critical public health issue affecting >25% of kidney transplant (KTX) candidates, is often a barrier to transplantation. Bariatric surgery is an important tool…
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Metabolic Complications 10-Years after Kidney Transplant
E. Lorenz, F. Cosio, M. Stegall.
Mayo Clinic, Rochester.
Background: Improving long-term outcomes is an important but unmet need after kidney transplant. Protocol renal allograft biopsies taken 10-years after transplant frequently show diabetic nephropathy…
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Effect of Everolimus on Body Composition; 1-Year after Kidney Transplantation
M. Yoshikawa,¹ T. Ishimura,² S. Nishi.¹
¹Division of Nephrology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan; ²Division of Urology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.
【Background】Weight gain, and especially visceral fat gain early after kidney transplantation has a worse outcome for metabolic disorder, graft function, and cardiovascular disease. The mammalian…
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Diabetic Nephropathy after Kidney Transplantation in Patients with Pre-Transplantation Type II Diabetes May Occur Later and Be Less Common Than Previously Thought
A. Cimeno, J. Munley, S. Sultan, M. Weir, S. Bartlett, C. Drachenberg, A. Hararian, J. Bromberg, J. Scalea.
Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD.
Background: Classical medical teaching suggests that diabetic nephropathy occurs more quickly in transplanted kidneys than in the native kidneys. The largest report of post-transplantation diabetic…
2018 American Transplant Congress
The Implications of Impaired Glucose Tolerance after Kidney Transplantation
F. Tinney, Jr.,¹ S. Norman,² A. Naik,² D. Cibrik,² R. Sung,² D. Frietze,³ M. Stegall,⁴ M. Samaniego,² C. Jay.³
¹Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI; ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; ³UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX; ⁴Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Background: Post-transplantation diabetes mellitus (PTDM) is highly prevalent after kidney transplantation and associated with significant morbidity. Routine utilization of screening oral glucose tolerance tests (OGTT)…
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Outcomes of Transplant Patients with Encapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis(EPS) Treated with Tamoxifen and Steroids
R. Parthasarathy,¹ T. Fairhead,^1,2 B. McCormick,^1,2 G. Knoll,^1,2 S. Hoar.^1,2
¹Division of Nephrology, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada; ²Kidney Research Centre, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
EPS, a severe complication of PD and may present after kidney txp upon discontinuation of PD, a condition known as post-transplantation EPS. TDespite the possible…
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Impact of Postoperative Serum Chloride Changes on Graft Function and Acute Rejection in Recipients of Living Kidney Transplants
V. Vakil, D. Keys, M. Junghare, S. Jackson, D. Berglund, A. Matas, S. Riad.
U of MN, Minneapolis.
Background: In the non-transplant setting, hyperchloremia has been associated with kidney injury. We sought to study the impact of serum chloride (SCl) on transplant outcomes.Methods:…
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The Impact of Immunosuppression on Mineral Metabolism One Year after Kidney Transplantation: Differences between a Mycophenolate-Based Regimen versus an mTOR-Inhibitor-Based One
D. Cucchiari,¹ S. Karam,² P. Ventura-Aguiar,¹ F. Diekmann,¹ J. Torregrosa.¹
¹Renal Transplant Unit, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain; ²Department of Medicine, Saint George Hospital University Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
INTRODUCTION: after kidney transplantation, a substantial amount of patients still suffer from Mineral Bone Disorder. The role of different immunosuppressive therapies on mineral metabolism in…
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Evaluation of Salt Intake by 24-h Urinary Sodium Excretion in Kidney Transplant Patients
T. Abe,¹ M. Kawamura,¹ S. Nakazawa,¹ T. Kato,¹ R. Imamura,¹ N. Ichimaru,² S. Takahara,² N. Nonomura.¹
¹Departments of Urology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan; ²Departments of Advanced Technology for Transplantation, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Background: Dietary recommendations for chronic kidney disease advise 3 to 6 g/day of dietary salt intake. We evaluated current adherence to dietary recommendations for CKD…
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Functional Assessment of Kidney Transplant Candidates with the 6 Minute Walk Test and Hand Grip Strength
S. Anand,¹ S. Gilligan,² D. Morris,¹ T. Srinivas.
¹Transplant Nephrology, Intermountain Healthcare, Murray; ²University of Utah, Murray, UT.
Background: The 6 minute walk test distance (6MWT) and Isometric hand grand grip strength (HGS) have been studied in various settings as objective measures of…