Articles tagged "Metabolic disease"

2018 American Transplant Congress
Objective Measures of Nutrition in Pre-Pancreas Transplant Patients with Type I Diabetes
S. Nagaraju, R. Mangus, T. Salisbury, W. Bush, J. Davis, J. Powelson, J. Fridell.
Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN.
Diabetes mellitus is associated with a chronic loss of skeletal muscle and bone mass, accompanied by an increase in adipose tissue - sarcopenic obesity. Sarcopenia…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Wait Times for Pediatric Liver Transplantation and the Impact of PELD/MELD Exception
K. Khan,¹ C. Desai,² F. Thomas,¹ K. Alexander.¹
¹Transplant Institute, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC; ²Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
Background:In order to even the playing field for patients without liver disease that nevertheless are in urgent need for a liver graft the United Network…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Metabolic Acidosis after Kidney Transplantation: Prevalence, Risk Factors and Graft Outcome in a French Cohort
F. Garo, I. Szwarc, G. Mourad, M. Le Quintrec, J-.E. Serre.
Nephrology, University Hospital of Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
Background: Metabolic acidosis (MA) lead to several complications in more advanced stages of chronic kidney diseases (CKD) and promotes CKD progression. Acidosis is a common…
2018 American Transplant Congress
How Evaluation for Living Kidney Donation Saved My Life
M. Guthoff,¹ T. Mühlbacher,¹ S. Nadalin,² N. Heyne.¹
¹Dept. of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Angiology, Nephrology and Clinical Chemistry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; ²Dept. of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Purpose:In order to ensure eligibility for living kidney donation, donor candidates undergo a thorough medical evaluation. This evaluation process might reveal previously unknown medical conditions,…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) and Insulin Resistance in Living Kidney Donors
I. Agboli, L. Moore, D. Nguyen, E. Graviss, H. Ibrahim, A. Gaber, A. Sadhu.
Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX.
Living kidney donors (LD) are routinely evaluated for components of MetS such as diabetes (T2D), hypertension (HTN), and hyperlipidemia (HLD). MetS is associated with T2D,…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Primary Hyperoxaluria Type-1 in Chinese Population: A Case Series and Review of Literature.
D. Du,^1,2 Q. Li,^1,2 H. Shi,^1,2 S. Chen,^1,2 B. Liu,^1,2 Z. Lin,^1,2 G. Chen,^1,2 F. Zeng,^1,2 W. Zhang,^1,2 Z. Chen.^1,2
¹Institute of Organ Transplantation, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China; ²Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Health/Education, Wuhan, Hubei, China
Background: Primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1) is rare but devastating autosomal recessive inherited disease and cause to graft failure after kidney transplant (KT). We report…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Prospective Monitoring of 25-Hydroxyvitamin Vitamin D Levels After Kidney Transplantation and Its Associations with Clinical Outcomes.
P. Bedi, N. Hayde, L. Kamal, M. Ajaimy, M. Lubetzky, G. de Boccardo, E. Akalin.
Montefiore Transplant Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Background: Kidney transplant recipients usually have low vitamin D levels. Vitamin D deficiency is recognized as a risk factor for progression of kidney disease in…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Outcome of Liver Transplantation in Patients with Prior Bariatric Surgery.
M. Safwan,¹ M. Abouljoud,¹ R. Salgia.²
¹Divison of Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI; ²Gastroenterology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
Aim: To study outcomes of liver transplantation (LT) patients with prior bariatric surgery (BS).Methods: Retrospective analysis performed on patients with LT between Jan 2006 and…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Statins in Liver Transplant Recipients: Rates of Use, Mortality and Rejection.
R. Selim,¹ A. Abdulhamid,¹ A. Shyamraj,² A. Watson,² J. Tang,² S.-M. Jafri.²
¹Internal Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI; ²Gastroenterology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
Introduction:Liver transplant recipients are prone to developing metabolic syndrome following transplant, likely secondary to immunosuppressant use. Among those with metabolic syndrome, the rate of cardiovascular…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation for Type 2 Diabetes.
K. Wong, W. Bry, H. Mahanty, P. Patel.
Transplantation, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA.
Introduction: Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) is characterized initially by insulin resistance and later by beta cell failure. Historically, T2DM has been a relative contraindication for…