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Articles tagged "Obesity"

  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Evaluation of Diabetes-Free Life Expectancy Among Living Kidney Donors and Non-Donors with Obesity: A Longitudinal Cohort Study

    C. Killian1, R. Reed1, M. McLeod1, P. MacLennan1, V. Kumar1, S. Brooks1, A. Maynor1, L. Stanford1, G. Baker1, C. Schinstock2, J. Silkensen3, G. Roll4, D. Segev5, B. Orandi1, C. Lewis1, J. Locke1

    1University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 2Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 3Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, 4UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, 5Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

    *Purpose: The growing end stage kidney disease burden paired with substantial rates of obesity in the United States (US) has prompted increased approval of obese…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    The Impact of Obesity on Delayed Graft Function

    B. Shi1, T. Ying2, J. Xu1, J. M. Laurence1, S. Chadban1

    1Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, Australia, 2University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia

    *Purpose: Obesity is increasingly prevalent among candidates for kidney transplantation. Outcomes for obese patients remain uncertain, as existing studies have shown conflicting short and longer-term…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Tumor Suppressor Role of the Caveolar α1-na/k-atpase Signalosome in Nash Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)

    U. Udoh1, M. Banerjee1, J. D. Sanabria1, P. K. Rajan1, M. Schade2, J. A. Sanabria3, S. Pierre3, J. R. Sanabria4

    1Surgery, Marshall Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, Barboursville, WV, 2Medicine, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Barboursville, WV, 3Surgery, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Barboursville, WV, 4Surgery, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University and Case Western Reserve University, Barboursville, WV

    *Purpose: HCC is the second and fastest-growing cause of cancer- related mortality worldwide, with an estimate of 0.84million cases/year. In the Western countries, due to…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Ventricular Modeling Following Bariatric Surgery Decreases Need for Heart Transplantation

    R. Choudhury1, A. Rouhi2, G. Hoeltzel3, Y. Bababekov1, A. Suarez-Pierre4, A. Yule1, N. Vigneshwar4, N. Williams5, K. Dumon2, 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: For obese patients with congestive heart failure (CHF), aggressive weight loss has been associated with ventricular remodeling. Many have suggested offering bariatric surgery for…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    The Paradox of Lifestyle – Related Liver Disease: ASH and NASH

    N. Kemmer1, J. Buggs2

    1Transplant Hepatology, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, 2Transplant Surgery, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL

    *Purpose: In the last decade, the burden of lifestyle-related chronic disease has been on the rise and is considered a growing serious public health concern.…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Sarcopenia and Obesity in Renal Transplant Recipients – Effects on Graft and Patient Outcomes

    C. Seet, M. R. Akhtar, L. Clementoni, M. Saoud, R. Shah, I. H. Mohamed, M. A. Khurram

    The Royal London Hospital, London, United Kingdom

    *Purpose: Body composition is associated with prognosis in a range of clinical settings, and patients with renal failure usually have significant comorbidities and are high…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    A Retrospective Evaluation of Organ Donation in the United States: Trends in Donors and Organ Utilization Over 15-Years

    J. A. Steggerda1, I. K. Kim2, D. Borja-Cacho1

    1Transplant Surgery, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, 2Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

    *Purpose: The general population of the United States has changed considerably over the past 15 years. This study evaluates longitudinal changes in potential organ donors…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Attitudes of Obese Kidney Transplant Candidates Towards Bariatric Surgery

    C. LaVerne, V. Thompson, G. Aguiluz, P. DiCocco, J. Almario Alvarez, M. Spaggiari, I. Tang, I. Tzvetanov, E. Benedetti

    Surgery, University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: Obesity is an epidemic in the US and increasingly prevalent in kidney transplant candidates. Surgical weight-loss interventions are effective and reduce transplant-related complications. They…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Predictors of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation in an Urban, Obese Adult Renal Transplant Population

    A. Lichvar, Z. Ress, M. Tabriz, H. Jenkins, T. Walsh, I. Tzvetanov, E. Benedetti, M. Campara

    University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is a common surgical complication. Renal transplant (RT) recipients possess risk factors that may lead to a higher incidence of…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Evaluation of Empiric Extended-Release Tacrolimus Dosing in Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients

    C. Patel, S. Lee, D. M. Salerno, N. W. Lange, J. Hedvat

    Pharmacy, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY

    *Purpose: Envarsus XR® (extended-release [XR] tacrolimus) is the standard of care tacrolimus formulation at our center for de novo maintenance immunosuppression in adult kidney transplant…
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