Articles tagged "Poster Session B: Liver: MELD"

2016 American Transplant Congress
Underweight BMI Is Associated with Graft Failure and Increased Mortality in Liver Transplant Recipients.
T. Alhamad,¹ N. Carlsson,² X. Liu,³ J. Wellen,⁴ J. Garonzik-Wang,⁴ S.-H. Chang.²
¹Renal Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis; ² Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis; ³Division of Biostatistics, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis; ⁴Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis.
Background:Malnutrition and sarcopenia have been associated with inferior outcomes after liver transplantation. However, little is known about the differential impact of underweight on outcomes based…