Obesity
Hospital-based Medicine
Children with Chronic Conditions
Basic Science Pathway
Nephrology
Health Equity/Social Determinants of Health
Cardiology
Adolescent Medicine
Amy Bobrowski, MD MS
Pediatric Nephrologist
Pediatric Nephrology
Cleveland Clinic Children's
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Scott McEwen, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Pediatric Nephrology
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
The goal of this session is to address specific issues that contribute to shortened lifespan, even after successful pediatric kidney transplantation. The leading cause of late mortality is premature cardiovascular disease, and this risk of death is much greater after graft failure and return to dialysis. Therefore, strategies to improve immunologic outcomes and prolong the life of a child’s first graft are paramount, and will be addressed in the first 2 talks. The second 2 talks will focus reducing mortality in our patients who are already successfully transplanted per our current protocols. First we will discuss the current data on CVD outcomes in this population, and the relative roles of both modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors. The final talk will address multidisciplinary ideas for practical, programmatic ways to teach and encourage healthy lifestyle choices, and to empower transplant recipients toward self-sufficiency and self-care as they mature.
Presenter: Stephen Marks, MD, MSc, MRCP (UK), DCH, FRCPCH – University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
Presenter: Rachel Engen, MD, MS – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Presenter: Tom Blydt-Hansen, MDCM, FRCPC – University of British Columbia
Presenter: Elaine Ku, MD MAS – UCSF
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