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We used this measure in preference to waist to hip ratio, because a study which determined peripheral and abdominal adipose tissue content in children using magnetic resonance imaging found that WC:AC correlated positively with intra-abdominal adipose tissue (r ± 0.63, P = 0.001) while waist to hip ratio did not (r = 0.11) [ 34 ] . Two other indices of central adiposity were calculated from skinfolds: Central-peripheral (CPR) as subscapular skinfold + suprailliac skinfold) / (triceps skinfold+ thigh skinfold) and ratio of subscapular to triceps skinfold (STR).
Tenpatients required readmission to the SCU after being transferred to floor care(five because of upper gastrointestinal bleeding, five because of respiratoryfailures), four patients required a third SCU admission (all because ofrespiratory failures), and two patients requiring a fourth SCU admission (bothbecause of intra-abdominal abscesses/sepsis).
Although many studies have found urinary or intra-abdominal sepsis to be the most common cause of low SVR [ 3], the lung was the primary site of infection in over half of our patients.
• Post-pyloric feeding is recommended in patients at high risk of aspiration, in patients undergoing major intra-abdominal surgery and patients who are intolerant of gastric feeding
In addition to the immunosuppressive toxicities, other risks are associated with the islet transplant procedure itself, including intra-abdominal hemorrhage following the transplant, and portal vein thromboses.