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The AJT Report: News and issues that affect organ and tissue transplantation
Author(s) -
PONDROM SUE
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2012.04186.x
Subject(s) - medicine , affect (linguistics) , organ transplantation , transplantation , intensive care medicine , surgery , communication , sociology
Obesity in transplant donors and recipients can result in complications, and many transplant centers have BMI cutoffs. This month, “The AJT Report” explores BMI as an appropriate measure of transplant candidacy, and looks at whether the “obesity paradox” in dialysis patients might extend to transplantation.