Articles tagged "Obesity"

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…
2016 American Transplant Congress
The Role of Obesity in Survival Outcomes of Liver Transplant Recipients with High MELD Score.
S.-H. Chang,¹ N. Carlsson,¹ X. Liu,² J. Wellen,³ J. Hagopian,⁴ T. Horwedel,⁴ T. Alhamad.⁵
¹Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis; ²Division of Biostatistics, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis; ³Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis; ⁴Department of Pharmacy, Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Louis; ⁵Renal Division, Washington University, St. Louis.
Background:Obesity has become an epidemic in the United States. More than one third of adults are obese, defined as having body mass index (BMI) greater…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Resolution of Donor Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Following Liver Transplantation.
A. Posner,¹ W. Twaddell,² S. Hanish,² D. Bruno,² W. Hutson,² L. Hebert,² R. Barth,² J. LaMattina.²
¹University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; ²Division of Transplantation, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Purpose: Severe and moderate degrees of donor liver steatosis have traditionally limited the transplantation of these organs. The natural history of successfully transplanted livers with…
2016 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Body Mass Index on Lung Transplant Outcomes.
M. Kashem,¹ A. Shiose,¹ J. Abraham,¹ N. Dean,¹ S. Breves,¹ F. Cordova,² N. Patel,² T. Yoshizumi,¹ G. Criner,² Y. Toyoda.¹
¹Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; ²Department of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
Background: Lung transplant (LTx) has the potential to effectively extend the life expectancy for patients with end-stage lung disease. Both high and low body mass…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Donor Nephrectomy (DN) in the Obese.
O. Serrano,¹ A. Bangdiwala,² D. Vock,³ E. Minja,¹ W. Payne,¹ T. Dunn,¹ S. Chinnakotla,¹ E. Finger,¹ T. Pruett,¹ A. Matas,¹ R. Kandaswamy.¹
¹Surgery, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; ²Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Core, Masonic Cancer Center, Minneapolis, MN; ³Biostatistics, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
PURPOSE: In an effort to address the critical organ shortage and rising obesity rates, the criteria for live kidney donation (LKD) have been expanded to…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes in Obese Renal Transplant Recipients Using High versus Low-Dose Thymoglobulin.
N. Jasiak,¹ C. Stromayer,¹ J. Thielke,¹ J. Chen,² J. Chen,¹ B. Talon,¹ R. Rubin-Tobar,¹ E. Benedetti,² P. West-Thielke.^1,2
¹Pharmacy, University of Illinois, Chicago; ²Transplant Surgery, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL.
Background: Dosing of rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin (rATG) induction in renal transplant recipients is highly variable by transplant center. Optimizing rATG dose becomes extremely important for…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Dysfunctional Production of Adipocytokines in Obesity Results in Inferior Oncologic Outcomes from Hepatocellular Carcinoma Following Liver Transplantation.
A. Mathur, E. Presbyskowski, D. Carpenter, E. Zorn, J. Guarrera, B. Samstein, A. Griesemer, K. Halazun, Y. Veras, K. Tomoaki, J. Emond.
Abdominal Transplant, Columbia University, Ny, NY.
IntroductionOver 2 billion people worldwide are obese. There is strong evidence of an association between obesity and hepatocellular (HCC) cancer.This effect is mediated through an…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Managing the Kidney Waiting List: Pride and Prejudice.
F. Smith,¹ C. Sheehan,¹ A. Farney,¹ J. Rogers,¹ G. Orlando,¹ A. Reeves-Daniel,² A. Palanisamy,² R. Stratta.¹
¹Surgery, Wake Forest, Winston-Salem, NC; ²Internal Medicine, Wake Forest, Winston-Salem, NC.
Management of the kidney waiting list (WL) is an essential and dynamic aspect of the pretransplant process; however, it remains under-studied and underappreciated. The study…
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Impact of Sarcopenia in Overweight/Obese Recipients on the Outcomes After Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation.
A. Hammad,^1,2 Y. Hamaguchi,² S. Okumura,² A. Kobayashi,² S. Yagi,² S. Uemoto,² T. Kaido.²
¹Department of Surgery, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Dakahliya, Egypt; ²Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic and Transplant Surgery Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Background/purpose: The effects of body composition disturbances on liver transplantation outcomes have recently been in focus. However, the effects of obesity, as well as sarcopenic…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Bariatric Surgery and Increased Risk of Death After Listing for Liver Transplantation.
S. Asrani, F. Khan, G. Saracino, G. McKenna, J. Hasse, G. Klintmalm, J. Trotter.
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
Background:Prior bariatric surgery in cirrhotics is increasingly common, and the metabolic derangements and altered anatomy from this surgery may impact outcomes. We hypothesize that cirrhotic…