2020 American Transplant Congress
Significant Costs Associated with Poorly Controlled Post-Transplant Blood Glucose
*Purpose: Dysglycemia is highly prevalent post-transplant. Poor glycemic control is associated with infectious and cardiovascular complications, as well as decreased patient and allograft survival. We…2020 American Transplant Congress
Early Worsening of Diabetic Retinopathy after Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation: Myth or Reality?
*Purpose: Type-1 diabetic pancreas and kidney transplant candidates frequently suffer from advanced diabetic retinopathy. Early worsening of diabetic retinopathy (EWDR) attributed to sudden glucose normalization…2020 American Transplant Congress
HLA Cw12 in Kidney Transplant Recipients is a Novel Risk Factor for the Development of Post-Transplantation Diabetes: A Single-Centre Retrospective Study
*Purpose: Counselling kidney transplant candidates for their personalised risk of developing post-transplantation diabetes mellitus (PTDM) requires an understanding of risk factors. While some risk factors…2020 American Transplant Congress
Functional Changes in Metabolic and Malignancy Associated Bacterial Genes in the Post Transplant Intestinal Microbiome
*Purpose: Long-term survival of liver transplant (LT) recipients is affected by metabolic and malignant complications. The aim of our study was to examine changes in…2019 American Transplant Congress
FK506 Influence Glucose Metabolism by Short Chain Fatty Acid
*Purpose: FK506 is one of the most common immunosuppressant drugs in organ transplantation, which have been demonstrated to cause glucose metabolism disorder and alterd the…2019 American Transplant Congress
Belatacept Based Simultaneous Calcineurin Inhibitor Avoidance/Early Corticosteroid Withdrawal is Associated with Low New Onset Diabetes Risk
*Purpose: Calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) and/or corticosteroid (CCS) therapy are associated with significant risk of new onset diabetes after transplantation (NODAT). An important consideration for simultaneous…2019 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Sleeve Gastrectomy Following Liver Transplant in Patients with Non-Alcoholic Steatosis: A Five-Year Experience
*Purpose: Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) cirrhosis is an increasingly common indication for liver transplantation (LT) in the United States and obese patients continue to be at…2019 American Transplant Congress
Blood Group Incompatible Living Donor Kidney Transplantation in Patients with End-Stage Kidney Disease Due to Diabetes Kidney Disease
*Purpose: Diabetes is a growing public health problem, and diabetes kidney disease (DKD) is the most prevalent chronic kidney disease and the major cause of…2019 American Transplant Congress
HbA1c as a Noninvasive Predictor of Chronic Histopathologic Changes in Living Donors for Kidney Transplantation
*Purpose: The degree of chronic histopathologic changes in renal allografts, including interstitial fibrosis, tubular atrophy, and arteriolar hyalinosis, can have clinical implications in long-term allograft…2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Hepatitis C Viremia on Post-Transplant Diabetes Mellitus Development in Liver Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: Compare incidence of post-transplant diabetes mellitus (PTDM) in hepatitis C virus (HCV) patients with and without viremia at the time of orthotopic liver transplantation…