Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Pediatric liver transplant recipients have increased risk of death when from obese donors

Children undergoing liver transplantation are at greater risk of graft loss and death from adult organ donors who are severely obese according to research published in the August issue of Liver Transplantation, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. The study, funded in part by a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), found that pediatric donor body mass index (BMI) did not increase mortality risk in this pediatric population.

URL: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20120801/Pediatric-liver-transplant-recipients-have-increased-risk-of-death-when-from-obese-donors.aspx

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