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Articles tagged "Weight"

  • 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…
  • 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…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Use of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Type 2 Diabetes

    A. Kukla, J. Hill, M. Merzkani, A. Bentall, E. Lorenz, W. Park, P. Shah, N. Issa, M. Stegall

    Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

    *Purpose: GLP-1 receptor agonists have been shown to improve glucose control and diabetes-related comorbidities, including obesity, cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease, in non-transplant patients.…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Successful Kidney Transplant Improves Glucose Tolerance – A Paradoxical Report From A Single Center

    A. Mitsuke, H. Harada, H. Higuchi, N. Fukuzawa, H. Tanaka, T. Hirano, T. Sekii

    Kidney Transplantation Surgery, Sapporo City General Hospital, Sapporo, Japan

    *Purpose: Kidney recipients tend to impair glucose tolerance because of several factors such as post-operative obesity, and chronic exposure of some diabetogenic immunosuppressants like calcineurin…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    The Dry Weight Revealed!, What Transplanted Kidneys Teach Us about the (Dry Weight).

    M. Hamid1, S. Oyewolle-Eletu2, G. Gudleski2, K. Speta3, J. Kumar1, S. Chang1

    1Nephrology-Transplant, State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY) Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 2Jacob's School of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY) Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 3Nephrology-Transplant, Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, NY

    *Purpose: Volume overload in patients with ESRD/CKD V patients is associated with worse operative outcomes and potentially higher rate of delayed graft function, in addition…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Time to First Therapeutic Tacrolimus Trough in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Comparison of a Weight Based versus a Non-Weight Based Dosing Strategy

    M. Chunduru, K. Schnelle, S. Zhao, L. Wei, R. Daloul

    Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH

    *Purpose: Reaching a therapeutic tacrolimus (TAC) trough early post-kidney transplant is important in minimizing the risk of acute rejection. The aim of this study was…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    The Need for Diabetic Medications after Pancreas Transplantation

    A. Bhansali, O. El Shamy, M. Menon, R. Shapiro, V. Delaney, G. De Boccardo

    Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY

    *Purpose: Patients with diabetes mellitus can experience microvascular complications resulting in end organ damage ultimately necessitating pancreatic transplantation. While there is well documented improvement in…
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