Open AccessShort-Term Outcomes for Obese Live Kidney Donors and Their Recipients
Author(s) -
Peter P. Reese,
Harold I. Feldman,
David A. Asch,
Arwin Thomasson,
Justine Shults,
Roy D. Bloom
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0b013e3181b27a17
Subject(s) - term (time) , medicine , kidney , obesity , kidney transplant , gerontology , kidney transplantation , physics , quantum mechanics
Given the association between obesity and kidney disease, transplant professionals have debated the appropriateness of accepting obese live kidney donors. We hypothesized that compared with normal weight donors, donors with elevated body mass index (BMI) would have (1) more perioperative readmissions and reoperations and (2) a greater rise in blood pressure, greater percent rise in serum creatinine, and a greater loss of estimated glomerular filtration rate after nephrectomy.