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Articles tagged "Obesity"

  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Dialysis Patient Perspectives on Obesity as a Barrier to Kidney Transplantation

    S. S. Hingorany, A. Klassen, B. Milliron, J. Sweeting, J. Lee, R. HaileSelasse, B. Gunen, M. N. Harhay

    Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

    *Purpose: Although obesity is a known barrier to kidney transplantation (KT) and associated with delayed graft function and graft loss, guidance is lacking on optimal…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Body Composition and Relationship to Food Scarcity in Kidney Transplant Recipients (KTRS)

    S. Martinez-Machado, C. Canning, B. Sherman, L. Wei, A. Gidon, P. Flynn, M. Markell

    SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY

    *Purpose: Pts with food scarcity often have poor dietary habits which can result in changes in body composition, including increased or decreased body fat depending…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Post-Kidney Transplant Body Mass Index Trajectories Are Associated with Graft Loss and Mortality

    Y. Liu1, V. Bendersky1, X. Chen1, M. Harhay2, D. Segev1, M. McAdams-DeMarco1

    1Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

    *Purpose: Early post-kidney transplantation (KT) changes in physiology, medications, and health stressors likely impact body mass index (BMI). Hence, we sought to estimate trajectories of…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Bariatric Surgery and Alcohol Related Steatohepatitis (BASH): An Increasing Etiology in Pre-Liver Transplant Candidates

    S. Nishida1, K. Okumura1, A. Dhand2, R. Bodin2, S. Yaghoubian3, C. Greenberg1, R. Misawa1, G. Veillette1, H. Sogawa1, D. John1, D. C. Wolf2, B. Partiula2, T. Diflo1, R. Latifi1, S. Lansman1

    1Surgery, Westchester Medical Center/ New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, 2Medicine, Westchester Medical Center/ New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, 3Anesthesia, Westchester Medical Center/ New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY

    *Purpose: Obesity-related fatty liver disease and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) are common causes of End-stage liver disease (ESLD). Bariatric surgery (BS) is commonly indicated for these…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Preoperative Blood Pressure and Risk of Delayed Graft Function in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation

    S. Wazir, M. Abbas, P. Ratanasreemehta, C. Zhang, C. M. Puttarajappa

    University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA

    *Purpose: Evaluate association between preoperative blood pressure and delayed graft function (DGF) in deceased donor kidney transplantation (DDKT)*Methods: In this single center study of adult…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Sleeve Gastrectomy Reduces Need for Liver Transplantation for NASH Patients

    R. A. Choudhury1, A. Rouhi2, G. Hoeltzel3, Y. Bababekov1, A. Suarez-Pierre4, A. Yule1, N. Vigneshwar4, N. Williams5, K. Dumon2, J. Pomposelli1, H. B. Moore1, E. Pomfret1, T. Nydam1

    1Transplantation Surgery, University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO, 2General Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 3General Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 4Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO, 5General Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Aurora, CO

    *Purpose: Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) is one of the leading indications for liver transplantation (LT) in the United States. As with the current obesity epidemic, the…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    A Large-Scale National Cohort Study Assessing the Impact of Diabetes and Obesity on Kidney Transplant Outcomes

    V. Rohan1, M. Casey1, S. Zemin2, P. Baliga2, D. Taber2

    1Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 2Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

    *Purpose: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is the most common cause of renal failure in patients undergoing kidney transplantation (KT) and highly correlated with obesity.…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Performance of Race-Independent GFR Estimating Formulas, CKD-EPI2021 and NMR-GFR Post Kidney Transplantation

    E. Schiffer1, F. Stammler2, M. Grassi2, E. Schiffer2

    1Clinical Research, numares Group Corporation, Boston, MA, 2Research and Development, numares AG, Regensburg, Germany

    *Purpose: Progressive GFR decline post kidney transplantation is a general problem that requires accurate assessment of GFR for clinical decision making. The gold-standard radiotracer determined…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Outcomes After Kidney Transplantation in Post Bariatric Surgery Patients: Systematic Review 

    N. Pencovici1, J. Long1, M. Stegall2, A. Kukla1, T. Diwan1

    1Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN, 2Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

    *Purpose: Morbid obesity is a barrier to kidney transplantation (KT) due to increased perioperative risks and worse outcomes. Bariatric surgery (BS) is increasingly performed in…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Conversion of Tacrolimus Immediate Release to LCP Tacrolimus in Obese Kidney Transplant Recipients

    J. Newman, N. Patel, S. Patel, T. Sprague, E. Andrade, N. Rao, F. Bartlett, D. DuBay, V. Rohan, M. Casey, D. Taber

    MUSC, Charleston, SC

    *Purpose: Data describing the safety, efficacy and conversion ratio of tacrolimus immediate release (IR) to LCP-tacrolimus (LCP) in obese patients (BMI > 30) is lacking.…
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