Articles tagged "Obesity"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Panniculectomy at the Time of Living Donor Renal Transplantation: An Eight Year Experience
L. M. Ngaage¹, A. Elegbede², K. K. Tasidina¹, S. Gebran³, E. Rada¹, A. J. Nam³, J. R. Scalea⁴, S. Niederhaus⁴, D. Singh¹, J. S. Bromberg⁴, S. T. Bartlett⁴, Y. M. Rasko¹
¹Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, ²Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital / University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, ³Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Department of Transplant Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Removal of the pannus, or panniculectomy, can be performed as a prophylactic procedure preceding renal transplantation to enable obese patients to meet criteria for…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Living Kidney Donors Who Lose Weight in Order to Be Able to Donate, Gain More Weight after Donation
S. R. Punjala, L. Silas, R. Gokmen, N. Karydis
Department of Nephrology, Renal Transplant and Urology, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Living donor kidney transplantation is widely accepted to be the treatment of choice for end-stage kidney disease, and great efforts are undertaken to expand…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplantation after Sleeve Gastrectomy in the Morbidly Obese Candidate: Results of a Five-Year Experience
Y. Kim, A. J. Bailey, M. C. Morris, J. Hlavaty, M. C. Cuffy, E. S. Woodle, S. A. Shah, T. S. Diwan
Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: Morbid obesity serves as a barrier to kidney transplantation (KT) due to potential suboptimal post-transplant outcomes. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) has previously been shown…
2019 American Transplant Congress
A Randomized, Controlled, Trial of Interventions to Promote Walking after Abdominal Organ Transplantation: The LIFT Study
M. Serper¹, I. Barankay², S. Chadha¹, J. Shults³, P. Reese¹
¹University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ²Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Substantial weight gain and sedentary behavior are common after transplantation. Behavioral economic strategies with financial incentives and reminders may promote healthy behaviors in the…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Operative C-Peptide Predicts Weight Gain after Pancreas Transplantation
J. Torabi, J. P. Rocca, E. Kestenbaum, M. Ajaimy, M. Kinkhabwala, J. A. Graham
Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
*Purpose: Transplant recipients are susceptible to metabolic syndrome as typified by hyperglycemia, central obesity and increased insulin resistance after transplant, which may precede the onset…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Frailty and BMI in Liver Transplant Candidates: 9-Center Functional Assessment in Liver Transplantation Study
C. Haugen¹, M. McAdams-DeMarco¹, D. Segev¹, E. Verna², R. Rahimi³, M. Kappus⁴, M. Volk⁵, M. Dunn⁶, A. Duarte Rojo⁶, D. Granger⁷, J. O'Leary⁸, D. Ladner⁷, J. Lai⁹
¹JHU, Baltimore, MD, ²Columbia, NYC, NY, ³Baylor, Dallas, TX, ⁴Duke, Durham, NC, ⁵Loma Linda, Loma Linda, CA, ⁶Pitt, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁷Northwestern, Chicago, IL, ⁸DVA, Dallas, TX, ⁹UCSF, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Obesity and frailty are associated with an increased risk of waitlist mortality (WLM) in liver transplant (LT) candidates. However, body mass index (BMI) may…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Time within Therapeutic Range: A Comparison of Three Tacrolimus Formulations within Ninety Days of Renal Transplant
S. Patel, K. Khalil, A. Lichvar, E. Benedetti, P. West-Thielke
University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Optimizing tacrolimus (TAC) time within therapeutic range (TTR) has been shown to improve outcomes post-transplant. To date, there are no studies assessing differences in…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Feasibility of a Rapid Magnetic Resonance Protocol to Assess Body Composition Profiles in Adult Liver Transplant Candidates
S. Pine¹, L. Adamski¹, D. Gregory¹, C. Padilla¹, J. Gottstein², A. Lemmer¹, M. Forsgren³, M. Rinella¹, L. B. VanWagner⁴
¹Medicine-GI & Hepatology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³Center for Medical Image Science, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, ⁴Medicine-GI & Hepatology and Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Body mass index (BMI) is a poor marker of obesity and outcomes in liver transplant (LT) candidates. Data suggest that body composition profiling (BCP),…
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…