Articles tagged "Obesity"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes Of Dosing Weight Selection On Rabbit Anti-thymocyte Globulin Induction Immunosuppression In High-risk, Obese Renal Transplant Recipients
A. C. Cordry¹, K. Trobaugh¹, L. Ramsey², A. L. Castellanos³, H. Fattah³, T. Rendulic¹
¹Pharmacy, University of Kentucky HealthCare, Lexington, KY, ²University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, Lexington, KY, ³Nephrology, University of Kentucky HealthCare, Lexington, KY
*Purpose: There are limited data regarding the optimal weight-based dosing strategy for rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin (rATG) induction in renal transplantation. At our center, rATG is…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Etiology of Liver Disease Affects Weight Gain after Liver Transplant
A. Chandrakumaran¹, M. B. Siddiqui², S. Patel², F. Lin³, J. Laurenzano², J. Clinton², T. Reichman⁴, C. Bhati⁴, M. S. Siddiqui²
¹Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ²Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ³Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ⁴Transplant Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Weight gain after liver transplant (LT) is a key driver of cardiometabolic disease and associated mortality. There is little known about trends in post-LT…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Robotic Assisted Kidney Transplant Outcomes in Obese Candidates
I. G. Tzvetanov, K. A. Tulla, O. T. Okoye, C. Di Bella, P. Di Cocco, J. A. Almario Alvarez, M. Spaggiari, E. Benedetti
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: The dialysis dependent patient population is growing more obese and finding innovative ways to make them transplant candidates is important. Here in we demonstrate…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Frailty and Causes of Morbidity and Mortality in Kidney Transplant Recipients
L. Greco, S. Kaur, K. Lau, A. Fagenson, A. Di Carlo, S. Karhadkar
Surgery, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Frailty has been shown to be predictive of patient outcomes following renal transplantation. The purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Simultaneous Robotic Kidney Transplantation and Bariatric Surgery for Morbidly Obese Patients with End-Stage Renal Failure
P. West-Thielke, K. A. Tulla, O. T. Okoye, J. A. Almario Alvarez, M. Spaggiari, I. G. Tzvetanov, E. Benedetti
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of simultaneous robotic assisted kidney transplant and robotic assisted sleeve in obese…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Role of Recipient Weight in Renal Transplantation Revisited; Not Quite the Obesity Paradox
A. Asderakis, R. Tahawar, T. Sabah, U. Khalid, M. Stephens
Cardiff Transplant Unit, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Studies conflict whether obesity is associated with higher risk of failure and death among kidney transplant recipients. ESRF patients show the obesity paradox where…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Evolution of Body Mass Index after Kidney Transplantation in Recipients with a Previous Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
G. Chan, F. Briere
Universite de Montreal, Hopital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montreal, QC, Canada
*Purpose: Bariatric surgery is one of the most common operations. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) has been reported to prepare candidates for listing. However, weight gain…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Early Post-transplant Weight Gain In Inner-city Kidney Transplant Recipients (ktrs) Does Not Remit And Is Associated With Poor Food Quality, Stress And Anxiety.
A. Myrie, J. Leong, J. Fazli, Y. Akivis, C. Wilson, M. Markell
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: Weight gain is a significant issue in the post-transplant period and can contribute to morbidity and development or worsening of diabetes and hypertension. Some…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes for Robotic Pancreas Transplants in Obese Candidates
M. Spaggiari, K. A. Tulla, O. T. Okoye, C. Di Bella, P. Di Cocco, J. A. Almario Alvarez, I. G. Tzvetanov, E. Benedetti
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Pancreas transplantation has evolved to include select overweight and obese diabetes mellitus (DM) patients. A robotic approach can be utilized to treat obese transplant…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Body Mass Index Alone Should Not Be Used to Exclude Potential Kidney Transplant Recipients
D. Harriman, V. Gurram, A. Farney, G. Orlando, A. Reeves-Daniel, A. Mena-Gutierrez, C. Jay, R. Stratta, J. Rogers
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC
*Purpose: Patients with extreme obesity (EO, BMI ≥40 kg/m2) are frequently excluded as renal transplant candidates. The study purpose was to analyze outcomes of deceased…