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Articles tagged "Obesity"

  • 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…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    The Impact of Sleeve Gastrectomy Following Liver Transplant in Patients with Non-Alcoholic Steatosis: A Five-Year Experience

    M. C. Morris1, A. D. Jung1, Y. Kim1, V. K. Dhar1, S. Shah1, D. Schauer2, E. Smith2, T. Diwan1

    1Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

    *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

    BMI Changes and Its Impact on Long Term Follow-Up in Kidney Transplant Recipients

    P. A. Miarka, D. Cieniawski, E. Ignacak, A. Prokop, A. Hodun, K. Krzanowska, M. Kuzniewski

    Dept. of Nephrology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland

    *Purpose: BMI has an effect on patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and after kidney transplantation (ktx). Higher body weight and use of immunosuppressive treatment…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Defatting Steatotic Rat Livers during Ex Situ Normothermic Perfusion Improves Lactate Clearance and Bile Quality

    S. Raigani1, C. Carroll2, S. Cronin2, C. Pendexter2, I. Rosales3, M. Yarmush1, K. Uygun1, H. Yeh1

    1Transplant Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 2Center for Engineering in Medicine, Shriners Childrens Hospital, Boston, MA, 3Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

    *Purpose: Donor livers with moderate-to-severe steatosis are not generally used for transplantation because of poor post-transplant function. Ex situ normothermic machine perfusion (ENMP) provides an…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    BMI Influence on the Outcomes of Renal Transplant

    V. Bianchi, I. D. Kostakis, T. Kasimatis, C. Flach, P. Paraskeva, C. Callaghan, B. Phillips, N. Karydis, N. Kessaris, F. Calder, I. Loukopoulos

    Department of Transplantation, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom

    *Purpose: Our aim was to assess the effect of body mass index (BMI) on the outcomes of renal transplant and the management of obese patients…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    National Trends in Bariatric Surgical Practice for Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease

    K. H. Sheetz1, K. J. Woodside1, V. B. Shahinian2, J. B. Dimick1, S. A. Waits1

    1Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Hospitals and Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, 2Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Hospitals and Health System, Ann Arbor, MI

    *Purpose: Despite growing enthusiasm for the use of bariatric surgery in obese patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), national practice patterns in this patient population…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in Children after Kidney Transplantation. Risk Factors and Outcomes

    M. L. Monteverde1, J. M. Velasco1, M. E. Izzo2, M. Mannarino2, J. P. Ibanez1, A. B. Chaparro1, C. E. Vezzani1

    1Nephrology, Hospital de Pediatria JP Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2Food and Nutrition, Hospital de Pediatria JP Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    *Purpose: 1) To describe prevalence of overweight and obesity and changes in body mass index (BMI) and height Z-score at transplant time (T0) and 12…
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