Articles tagged "Obesity"

2016 American Transplant Congress
Do Morbidly Obese Patients Have an Increased Risk of Infection Post-Kidney Transplant?
S. Strout, N. Pilch, T. Veasey, R. Miller, J. Fleming, H. Meadows, C. Mardis, B. Mardis, P. Baliga, A. Posadas, J. McGillicuddy, D. Taber.
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
Purpose: Obesity has been associated with significant morbidity in the kidney transplant population. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of obesity…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Determinants of 1 Year Graft Loss After Pre Kidney Transplant Bariatric Surgery.
G. Mour, J. Zhang, Z. Su, D. Taber, P. Mauldin, T. Srinivas.
Medical Unversity of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
Background: Bariatric surgery (BS) is increasingly used to manage weight pre-transplantation (Pre-Tx). However, grafts may be compromised by variable drug absorption, rejection and oxalate nephropathy.…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Obesity Is Associated with Increased Risk of ESRD Among Living Kidney Donors.
J. Locke,¹ C. Lewis,¹ R. Reed,¹ V. Kumar,¹ D. Sawinski,² A. Massie,³ P. MacLennan,¹ R. Mannon,¹ R. Gaston,¹ D. Segev.³
¹School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; ²School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ³School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
Background: Living kidney donor (LKD) demographics have changed, and transplant centers have relaxed selection criteria to include LKDs who are obese. Prior studies of LKDs…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Should Obese Patients Undergo Renal Transplantation? A Retrospective Analysis to Assess Whether Body Mass Index Can Affect Transplant Outcome.
A. Mehta,¹ A. Marriott,¹ A. Ghazanfar.²
¹St. George's, University of London, London, United Kingdom; ²Renal Transplant Unit, St. George's Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
This study aims to analyze our renal transplant recipient population in terms of perioperative complications (90 day) and graft survival (3 years) in relation to…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Surgical Site Infection Does Not Fully Explain the Impact of Obesity on Post-Transplant Outcomes.
S. Bae, L. Kucirka, A. Massie, D. Segev.
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD.
While obesity is considered a risk factor for worse survival after kidney transplant (KT), a single-center study reported that obesity has no direct effect on…
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…