Articles tagged "Obesity"

2016 American Transplant Congress
Association Between Pretransplant Body Mass Index and Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Living Kidney Transplantation: A Consideration of Gender Differences.
M. Okumi,¹ K. Unagami,¹ M. Furusawa,¹ T. Hirai,¹ Y. Okabe,² K. Masutani,³ T. Shimizu,¹ K. Omoto,⁴ H. Ishida,¹ T. Kitazono,³ K. Tanabe,¹ The Japan Academic Consortium of Kidney Transplantation (JACK).
¹Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan; ²Surgery, Kyusyu University, Fukuoka, Japan; ³Medicine and Clinical Science, Kyusyu University, Fukuoka, Japan; ⁴Urology, Todachuo General Hospital, Saitama, Japan.
[lsaquo]Background[rsaquo]There is epidemiologic evidence of an association between elevated body mass index (BMI), the progression of cardiovascular disease (CVD), and end-stage renal disease (ESRD). For…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Morbid Obesity and Functional Status as Predictors of Surgical Complication After Renal Transplantation.
T. Veasey, J. Fleming, S. Strout, R. Miller, N. Pilch, H. Meadows, C. Mardis, B. Mardis, P. Baliga, J. McGillicuddy, D. Taber.
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
Purpose: Surgical complications after renal transplant may impact patient morbidity and healthcare utilization. Identification of patients at risk would allow for planning allocation of resources…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Gut Dysbiosis and Metabolic Disorders in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
M. Lecronier,¹ P. Tashk,¹ J. Aron-Wisnewsky,^2,3,4 E. Denamur,¹ O. Tenaillon,¹ B. Barrou,^4,5 J. Tourret.^1,4,5
¹IAME, UMR 1137, INSERM, Paris, France; ²Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, ICAN, Service de Nutrition, GH Pitié-Salpêtrière Charles Foix, AP-HP, Paris, France; ³UMR_S U1166, équipe NutriOmics, INSERM, Paris, France; ⁴Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France; ⁵AP-HP, Département d'Urologie, Néphrologie et Transplantation, GH Pitié-Salpêtrière Charles Foix, Paris, France.
IntroductionGut microbiota modifications (dysbiosis) have been observed in obese and/or diabetic patients. Kidney transplant recipients (KTR) are particularly exposed to the development of metabolic disorders,…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Visceral Adiposity Is Associated with Increased Recurrence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Following Liver Transplantation.
A. Mathur, L. Boyangzi, M. Prince, J. Guarrera, B. Samstein, A. Griesemer, K. Halazun, T. Kato, J. Emond.
Abdominal Transplant, Columbia University, Ny, NY.
IntroductionObesity has become a worldwide epidemic. The number of patients with HCC undergoing Orthotopic liver transplant (OLT) is rising. Epidemiologic evidence suggests a link between…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Diabetes Mellitus Predicts Outcome in Obesity After Kidney Transplantation.
T. Schachtner,^1,2 M. Stein,² P. Reinke.^1,2
¹Nephrology and Internal Intensive Care, Charite Campus Virchow Clinic, Berlin, Germany; ²Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charite Campus Virchow Clinic, Berlin, Germany.
Obesity has been associated with an increased risk of allograft loss and death from infection in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). Therefore, previous studies suggested bariatric…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Muscle Function, Mass, and Quality in Obese Liver Transplant Candidates: Results from the Functional Assessment in Liver Transplantation (FrAILT) Study.
C. Wang, I. Lobach, J. Lai.
UCSF, San Francisco, CA.
Background: Sarcopenia, or severe loss of muscle mass, is common in cirrhotics and adversely affects quality of life and transplant outcomes. Obese liver transplant(LT) candidates…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Bile Acid Signaling Affects Metabolism and Prolongs Allograft Survival in Obese Recipients.
M. Quante, A. ElKhal, M. Seyda, J. Schuitenmaker, H. Uehara, S. Tullius.
Division of Transplant Surgery & Transplant Surgery Research Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Although obesity has been linked to impaired transplant outcomes, underlying mechanisms and consequences of obesity on alloimmunity are only poorly understood.Allogenic skin transplantations were performed…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Transplant Bariatric Surgery and One-Year Graft Loss Risk in Kidney Transplants.
G. Mour, J. Zhang, Z. Su, D. Taber, P. Mauldin, T. Srinivas.
MUSC, Charleston.
Background: Several centers recommend bariatric surgery (BS) pre-transplantation (pre-Tx) with arbitrary BMI cutoffs. The effects of BS on Tx outcome are unclear. We studied the…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Renal Transplant in Obese Recipients: Consideration of Donor and Recipient Factors Can Improve Outcomes.
P. Stahler, J. Mezrich, G. Leverson, D. Kaufman, H. Sollinger.
Division of Transplantation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.
Background: Obesity rates in the transplant population are increasing. Previous studies are limited by small sample sizes, short-term follow up, and conflicting results. Factors including…
2016 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Body Mass Index > 35 on Kidney Transplant Outcomes: A Systematic Review.
D. Walczak, E. Benedetti.
Organ Transplant, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, Chicago, IL.
Background: The increased prevalence of obesity (BMI > 30) among adults in the United States over the last two decades is reflected in the number…