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Articles tagged "Obesity"

  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Patients With Severe and Morbid Obesity Benefit from Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant

    A. Nishio Lucar,1 J. Ma,2 G. Vranic,1 D. Keith.1

    1Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; 2Biostatistics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.

    More than one in three Americans are obese yet obesity is considered a relative and sometimes absolute contraindication to kidney transplant. Previous studies suggest that…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Diabetes Mellitus Predicts Outcome in Obesity After Kidney Transplantation

    T. Schachtner,1,2 P. Reinke.1,2

    1Nephrology and Internal Intensive Care, Charité Campus Virchow Clinic, Berlin, Germany; 2Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Berlin, Germany.

    Obesity has been associated with an increased risk of graft loss and death after kidney transplantation. The role of cellular immunity in obese kidney transplant…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Risk of ESRD Attributable to Live Kidney Donation in Various Subgroups of Donors

    A. Muzaale, A. Massie, D. Segev.

    Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.

    Risk of ESRD attributable to live donation in male, older, obese, related donors, and donors with high predonation eGFR remains uncharacterized.Methods: Various subgroups of individuals…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Activated Protein C Treatment Protects Steatotic and Non-Steatotic Livers Under Ischemia–Reperfusion Injury in Different Manner

    A. Matsuda, N. Kuriyama, H. Kato, Y. Azumi, M. Kishiwada, S. Mizuno, M. Usui, S. Isaji.

    Hepatobiliary Pancreatic and Transplant Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan.

    Activated protein C (APC) is known to have the cytoprotective effect on liver ischemia–reperfusion injury (IRI) in rat models. However, it is unclear that whether…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Bariatric Surgery Prolongs Allograft Survival by Promoting Th2 Conditions

    M. Quante, A. ElKhal, H. Rodriguez, R. Abdi, F. Krenzien, H. Uehara, S. Tullius.

    Division of Transplant Surgery and Transplant Surgery Research Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston.

    Background: Obesity is linked to chronic low-grade inflammation. We hypothesized that I) obesity will accelerate allograft rejection linked to pro-inflammatory immune responses and that II)…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Body Mass Index (BMI) Mismatch in Deceased Kidney Donation Is an Independent Risk Factor for Graft Failure

    O. Staeck,1 D. Khadzhynov,1 M. Mahn,2 K. Budde,1 F. Fuller,2 F. Halleck.1

    1Nephrology, Charite Universitaetsmedizin, Berlin, Germany; 2Urology, Charite Universitaetsmedizin, Berlin, Germany.

    IntroductionThe influence of this BMI-mismatch in deceased kidney donors and their recipients on graft survival is so far not well characterized.MethodsRetrospective long-term observational study of…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Pre-Transplant Weight Change and New-Onset Diabetes After Kidney Transplantation

    E. Huang, B. Abdalla, M. Andre, S. Bunnapradist.

    Dept of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA.

    Background:We studied the association between pre-transplant weight change and new-onset diabetes after kidney transplant (NODAT).Methods:Using OPTN/UNOS data with follow-up to October, 2012, all adult (age>18…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Analytic Morphomics May Identify Risk Factors for New Onset Diabetes After Kidney Transplantation

    D. Cron,1 M. Terjimanian,1 J. Augustine,2 D. Cote,3 K. Noon,3 V. Vaughn,4 S. Wang,1 M. Englesbe,1 K. Woodside.3

    1Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI; 2Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH; 3Surgery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH; 4Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI.

    Intro:We have previously shown that analytic morphomics can predict risk of new-onset diabetes after liver transplantation (NODAT). We hypothesize that these methods may be able…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Largest Single Center Experience of Pre-Transplant Outcomes After Bariatric Surgery in Ethnic Minorities With Chronic Kidney Disease

    I. Thomas,2 J. Gaynor,1 T. Joseph,1 N. De La Cruz,1 D. Roth,2 A. Mattiazzi,2 W. Kupin,2 L. Chen,1 G. Burke,1 M. Goldstein,1 G. Ciancio,1 G. Guerra.2

    1Surgery, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL; 2Medicine, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital Miami Transplant Institute, Miami, FL, United Kingdom.

    Background:Ethnic minorities have disproportionately lower renal transplant rates. The increased prevalence of obesity seen in ethnic minorities further places them at a disadvantage due to…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Serial Changes in Body Composition After Kidney Transplantation

    S. Deger,1 A. Bian,2 G. Chen,2 T. Ikizler,1 K. Birdwell.1

    1Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; 2Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.

    BACKGROUND: A significant long-term nutritional problem after kidney transplantation is obesity. We examined the changes in body composition after transplantation and its determinants.METHODS: A total…
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