2020 American Transplant Congress
Higher Body Mass Index Before Living Kidney Donation Can Increase Wound Infection after Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomies
Kidney Transplant, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: According to the CDC (2015-2016), 71.6% of the adult population in the United States has a BMI equal or higher than 25kg/m2, and the…2020 American Transplant Congress
Bariatric Surgery for Congestive Heart Failure Patients Improves Access to Transplantation and Long-Term Survival
*Purpose: Obese patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) are often denied access to heart transplantation until they obtain significant weight loss to achieve a certain…2020 American Transplant Congress
Muscle Strength and Physical Functioning in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
Nephrology, Children's National, Washington, DC
*Purpose: Children with end stage renal disease on dialysis are known to be at high risk for protein energy wasting and low muscle mass, however…2020 American Transplant Congress
Serum Cystatin C Predicts Kidney-Related Outcomes and Transplant-Free Survival in Patients with End-Stage Liver Disease and Low Body Mass Index
*Purpose: Liver transplant (LT) candidates with sarcopenia are disadvantaged by creatinine-based assessment of renal function as creatinine overestimates glomerular filtration rate (GFR). Low body mass…2020 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation in Obese Recipients: Post-Transplant Weight Gain and Outcomes
*Purpose: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is now the most common cause of end-stage liver disease necessitating orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) in the United States. Several…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Influence of Donor Kidney to Recipient Body Weight Ratio on Long-Term Outcomes of Living-Donor Kidney Transplantation
Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
*Purpose: We often experience the incompatibility in size between the kidney graft and recipient in living-donor kidney transplantation. This study evaluated the effect of the…2020 American Transplant Congress
Should Steatotic Livers Be Transplanted Into Pediatric Recipients?
*Purpose: Although steatotic livers are frequently transplanted in the adult population, they are not commonly transplanted in pediatric recipients. We questioned if the outcomes of…2020 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes Associated with Mycophenolate Weight-Based Dosing in Varying Immunologic Risk Kidney Transplant Recipients
Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: Mycophenolate acid (MPA) is traditionally dosed in kidney transplant recipients (KTR) using the FDA-approved fixed dosing which is irrespective of patient-specific variables such as…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Influence of the Donor Kidney Weight to Recipient Body Weight Ratio on Long-Term Renal Graft Outcomes
*Purpose: To study the impact of the relative donor kidney size on long-term graft function and survival, we investigated the living donor renal transplants outcomes.*Methods:…2020 American Transplant Congress
Safety Outcomes in Lower-Weight vs Higher-Weight Recipients of Fixed Dose Alemtuzumab for Kidney Transplant Induction
Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA
*Purpose: Alemtuzumab is a lymphocyte-depleting monoclonal antibody used for renal transplant induction, and is associated with significant leukopenia, increased infections and malignancy. Multiple dosing strategies…
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