2019 American Transplant Congress
Successful Kidney Transplant Improves Glucose Tolerance – A Paradoxical Report From A Single Center
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).
*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
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
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…2019 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Operative C-Peptide Predicts Weight Gain after Pancreas Transplantation
Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
*Purpose: Transplant recipients are susceptible to metabolic syndrome as typified by hyperglycemia, central obesity and increased insulin resistance after transplant, which may precede the onset…2019 American Transplant Congress
Correlates of Significant Weight Changes Following Pancreas Alone Transplantation
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Significant weight change is defined as unintentional weight gain of ≥ 7% of body weight or unintentional weight loss of > 5% in one…2019 American Transplant Congress
Lifestyle Intervention in Renal Transplant Recipients: A Multicenter, Randomized Clinical Trial
*Purpose: Low physical activity and reduced physical functioning are common after renal transplantation, resulting in a reduced quality of life. The aim of this study…2019 American Transplant Congress
Undernutrition is Associated with Impaired T Cell Protective Immunity in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation
*Purpose: Undernutrition has been associated with T cell immune cell dysfunction and infectious complications in non-immunosuppressed children. Thus, we aimed to define T cell phenotypes…2019 American Transplant Congress
Undernutrition and Leptin Deficiency Modulates T Cell Immunity in Transplantation
1Pediatrics, Duke University, Durham, NC, 2Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC
*Purpose: We have previously shown an association between undernutrition and the development of viremia in transplanted children. While undernutrition is associated with impaired T cell…2018 American Transplant Congress
Waiting for the Optimal Donor for MCS Patients Awaiting Heart Transplant
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles.
Purpose: Patients (pts) bridged with mechanical circulatory support (MCS) may require more optimal donors for best outcome compared to non-bridged transplant recipients. MCS pts have…
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