Articles tagged "Obesity"

2017 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Risk of Organ Rejection Among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients.
M. Soghikian, D. Gregory, J. Wilcox, A. Shetty, D. Ladner, L. VanWagner.
Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Background: Obesity is a common condition that contributes to organ failure. Bariatric surgery is an effective surgical therapy for obesity and has been performed both…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Muscle Mass Is Predictive of Mortality in Obese Renal Transplant Patients.
J. Souweine,^1,3 M. Le Quintrec,¹ I. Szwarc,¹ V. Pernin,¹ G. Mourad,¹ J. Cristol,^2,3 J. Serre.¹
¹Nephrology, University Hospital of Montpellier, Montpellier, France; ²Biochemistry, University Hospital of Montpellier, Montpellier, France; ³PhyMedExp, UMR CNRS 9214, INSERM U1046, University Hospital of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
Introduction: The impact of obesity (body mass index [BMI] > 30 kg/m[sup2]) on kidney allograft outcomes is controversial. Recent studies found that obesity does not…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Training for Transplant: Frailty Assessment and Optimization in Kidney Transplant Candidates.
M. Mrdutt, D. Doherty, S. Tanner, J. Lappin.
Surgery, Scott & White Medical Center, Temple, TX
Purpose: To design and implement a frailty assessment and optimization program addressing potential modifiable risk factors that would ordinarily disqualify patients from kidney and/or pancreas…
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Obesity Is an Important Factor in Deceased but Not Living Donor Kidney Transplants.
A. Asderakis, A. Ilham, U. Khalid, R. Chavez.
Cardiff Transplant Unit, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Introduction There is an increasing obesity among potential kidney transplant recipients. We had in the past shown that obesity did increase the wound infection rate,…
2017 American Transplant Congress
The Associations Between Body Mass Index and Kidney Transplant Outcomes Are Mediated by Weight-Adjusted Immunosuppression Dosing.
K. Flabouris,^1,2 S. Chadban,^1,3,4 M. Ladhani,^1,3,5 M. Cervelli,⁶ P. Clayton.^1,2,6
¹Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant (ANZDATA) Registry, Adelaide, Australia; ²School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; ³Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; ⁴Department of Renal Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia; ⁵Department of Renal Medicine, Lyell McEwin Hospital, Adelaide, Australia; ⁶Central Northern Adelaide Renal and Transplantation Service, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
Purpose: High body mass index (BMI) is associated with acute rejection after kidney transplantation. We hypothesised that weight-adjusted immunosuppression dosing is a contributing factor. We…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Myocardial Strain in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients.
K. Sgambat, S. Clauss, M. Lasota, A. Moudgil.
Children's National, Washington DC
A prospective controlled longitudinal study was conducted to investigate determinants of carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) and myocardial strain in children after kidney transplant (Tx).Methods: 42…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Bariatric Surgery Prior to Living Kidney Donation: A Solution to Expand the Donor Pool.
M.-T. Nguyen, D. Carpenter, A. Mathur, J. Van Bever, R. Sandoval, L. Ratner.
Department of Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY
Background: Living donor kidney donation rates have declined. Meanwhile, the number of morbidly obese people is increasing. They are frequently turned down for donation at…
2017 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of BMI on Renal Transplant Outcomes.
E. Giorgakis,¹ K. Reddy,¹ A. Singer,¹ H. Khamash,² R. Heilman.²
¹Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ; ²Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ
Purpose of the study was to explore the effect of BMI class on renal transplant outcomes.Method: Single center retrospective analysis of deceased and living donor…
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Temporal Trends and Variation in BMI Thresholds for Living Donation Across the US.
A. Naik,¹ D. Cibrik,¹ A. Sakhuja,² K. Lentine.³
¹U Michigan, Ann Arbor; ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester; ³St. Louis U, St Louis
The acceptable BMI threshold for living kidney donation is controversial. We examined the variability in center acceptance of living donors with high Body Mass Index…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Five Year Experience with Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy in Obese Renal Transplant Candidates.
A. Jung, Y. Kim, V. Dhar, D. Hanseman, J. Tadros, S. Dehart-Kilgore, R. Alloway, D. Schauer, S. Shah, A. Govil, E. Woodle, T. Diwan.
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati
INTRODUCTION: Obesity in end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients may not be adequately addressed by medical management, and represents a barrier to renal transplantation. We…