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Pre-Transplant Crossword Puzzle

Horizontales
Mortality is _ _ _ _ _ _ in patients who are transplanted vs. remaining on dialysis.
Approximately _ _ _ _ _ _ percent of weight listed patients have a BMI > 30 kg/m2.
A study by Streja et al., showed that a surrogate of lean body mass or serum _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ level >14mg/dL associated with greater post kidney transplant graft and patient survival.
Frailty as measured by the Fried Frailty Phenotype has _ _ _ _ components.
K/DOQI commentary stated that adding a formal frailty assessment without an _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ strategy may run the risk of reducing access to KT for frail patients.
Currently, policies at transplant centers _ _ _
In a study by Johansen et al., one of the results found was that higher _ _ _ _ _ _ _ associated with lower frailty scores.
In listing practices for solid organ transplant, most have an _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ contraindication to listing for BMI >45 kg/m2.
In a recent study by Sheetz et al., published in 2020, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ surgery in pre-KT patients was associated with lower all-cause mortality and increase in KT at 5 years as compared to patients with usual care.
Verticales
In the K/DOQI commentary, they state that assessment of frailty using gait speed, the sit to stand test and hand grip strength requires additional _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and time for clinical personnel but may improve assessment of KT candidacy.
In a study by McAdams-DeMarco et al., frail pre-KT patients were more likely to experience _ _ _ _ _ hospital re-admission post-transplant.
In a study by Molnar et al., lower pre-KT albumin level associated with _ _ _ _ _ post KT outcomes.
The guidelines indicate that patients with significant frailty should be referred for _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and conditioning prior to KT, although supporting evidence is currently not available for this strategy.
The guidelines indicate that obese patients particularly those with class II or III (BMI > 35) should be _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ for intervention such as dietary counsel or bariatric surgery.
Laparoscopic _ _ _ _ _ _ gastrectomy is the most common procedure performed in the U.S. for weight loss.
Pre-kidney transplant weight loss is thought to be a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ because although most centers require a certain BMI to list, weight loss pre-transplant has been shown to demonstrate increased mortality risk post-transplant.
In a study by Haugen et al., authors concluded that frailty is associated with lower chance of listing and lower rate of KT and is a potentially _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ risk factor
The guidelines suggest that candidates be assessed for frailty at the time of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ & while waitlisted to inform post-transplant risk and enable optimization strategies, such as pre-operative rehabilitation
Many studies have similar findings in that obese dialysis patients have increased risk for post-transplant _ _ _ _ _ _ _ graft function.
Regarding BMI, the K/DOQI commentary stated that _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ patients may be disadvantaged by use of BMI criteria alone: a case based approach is necessary to minimize this bias.