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Articles tagged "Weight"

  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Higher Body Mass Index Before Living Kidney Donation Can Increase Wound Infection after Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomies

    X. Benavides, M. Merzkani, R. T. Rogers, E. K. Tan, S. Thirunavukkarasu, B. H. Smith, A. D. Rule, M. Prieto, J. K. Heimbach, T. Taner, G. K. Chow, P. G. Dean, M. D. Stegall

    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

    R. A. Choudhury1, G. Hoeltzel2, H. B. Moore1, H. Yaffe1, D. Yoeli1, K. R. Dumon3, K. D. Conzen1, T. L. Nydam1

    1Department of Surgery- Division of Transplantation Surgery, University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO, 2Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 3Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

    *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

    K. Sgambat, K. Amatya, A. Moudgil

    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

    N. Shankar1, M. Garcia Saenz de Sicilia2, A. Duarte-Rojo3, S. K. Asrani4, J. F. Trotter4, G. B. Klintmalm4, B. V. Fischbach5, S. A. Gonzalez5

    1Internal Medicine, Baylor Scott & White University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 2University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, 3Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Center for Liver Diseases, Pittsburgh Liver Research Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 4Baylor Simmons Transplant Institute, Dallas, TX, 5Baylor Simmons Transplant Institute, Fort Worth, TX

    *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

    D. Soma1, Y. Park1, P. Mihaylov1, B. Ekser1, M. S. Ghabril2, M. A. Lacerda2, N. Chalasani2, R. S. Mangus1, C. A. Kubal1

    1Transplant Division, Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 2Transplant Hepatology, Division of Gastroenterology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN

    *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

    N. Sato, Y. Kakuta, T. Kanzawa, K. Unagami, M. Okumi, H. Ishida, K. Tanabe

    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?

    M. MacConmara, C. Feizpour, P. Vagefi, C. Ramirez, L. DeGregorio, C. S. Hwang

    UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX

    *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

    A. A. Al-Bahou, A. R. Webb, M. Bloxam, L. J. Bowman Anger, R. S. Baliga, A. J. Brueckner

    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

    S. Yang1, J. Lee1, Y. Jung2, B. Kim3, M. Kim1, S. Kim1, Y. Kim1, K. Huh1

    1Department of Transplantation Surgery, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 2Department of Surgery, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 3Department of Nephrology, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of

    *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

    A. Freeman, S. Anders, B. Wise, M. Janusek, L. Hutchinson, U. Kaszubski, D. Marroquin, D. Martin, H. Bohorquez

    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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