Articles tagged "Weight"

2021 American Transplant Congress
The Differential Impact of Size Mismatch in Live versus Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant
A. J. Vinson¹, T. Skinner², B. Kiberd³, D. Clark¹, K. Tennankore¹
¹Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Nova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax, NS, Canada, ²Department of Urology, Nova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax, NS, Canada, ³Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
*Purpose: The risk of significant weight mismatch between donors and recipients (D-R) undergoing living donor kidney transplant (LDKT) is not well established. Further, how this…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Development Following Pediatric Kidney Transplantation
L. Pape, J. Prüfe
Pediatrics II, University Hospital of Essen, Essen, Germany
*Purpose: Kidney transplantation for children suffering CKD5 has been established in Germany approximately 50 years ago. While in the early decades the focus was merely…
2021 American Transplant Congress
A Novel Liver Assist Device as a Bridge to Liver Transplantation in Acute on Chronic Liver Failure Patients with Multi-Organ Failure
S. Ahmad¹, I. W. Liou¹, J. Reyes², R. Bakthavatsalam³, N. C. Smith⁴, R. L. Carithers¹, C. Martin¹, D. Gao⁵
¹Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Surgery, University of Washington, SEATTLE, WA, ³Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁴Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁵Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
*Purpose: Acute on chronic liver failure (AOCLF) occurs in nearly 25% of patients with acutely decompensated cirrhosis, with many developing multi-organ failure requiring ventilatory, vasopressor…
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…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Non-Linear Relationship between Recipient BMI and Survival Outcomes after Liver Transplantation-A Dose-Response Meta-Analysis
T. Song
Organ Transplantation Center, Urology Department, Urology Research Institute, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu City, China
*Purpose: Dose-response relationship between preoperative and postoperative body mass index (BMI) and survival outcomes after liver transplantation (LT) has not been clearly defined yet.*Methods: PubMed,…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Transplant Bariatric Surgery is Not Associated with Increased Risk of Infection after Kidney Transplant
E. Joachim, M. Jorgenson, B. C. Astor, J. Smith, K. Swanson, M. Mohamed, F. Aziz, N. Garg, A. Djamali, D. Mandelbrot, S. Parajuli
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Bariatric surgery (BS) is a highly effective weight loss strategy that is increasingly common, but can be associated with impaired drug absorption and alterations…
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…