CYTOKINE PROFILE IN RENAL TRANSPLANT PATIENTS IN A LONG-TERM PERIOD AFTER SURGERY

Increase in antimullerian hormone in long-term follow-up of patients with endometrioma after laparoscopic surgery

Abstract Background: Endometriosis is a common disease which is characterized by the development of the endometrial tissue outside the uterus. The most common location of endometriosis is the ovary, occurring in 17-44% of affected patients . It is a chronic disease mostly affecting women at reproductive age. Therefore, it is important to predict and protect the patients’ ovarian function. The...

Long-term results after conversion from calcineurin inhibitors to sirolimus in renal transplant patients.

UNLABELLED Calcineurin inhibitors (CNI) toxicity is one of the contributing factors for the development and progression of chronic allograft dysfunction (CAD). Conversion to sirolimus (SRL) from CNI improves renal function kidney in transplant recipients. BACKGROUND A retrospective review from patients abruptly converted from CNI to SRL over a three yr period is reported. METHODS Thirty-nin...

Parathyroid function in long-term renal transplant patients: importance of pre-transplant PTH concentrations.

Lack of resolution of hyperparathyroidism after long-term renal transplantation is common. The relative roles of the graft function attained and the degree of pre-transplant hyperparathyroidism have not been established. Intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) and several clinical parameters were studied before and 68.6+/-26.8 months (range: 30-124) after renal transplantation in 62 patients (20 fema...

The Sources of Stress in Renal Transplant Patients

Introduction Renal transplant is the best treatment of choice for patients with end-stage renal disease (1). Annually, about 17000 patients receive deceased or living donor transplants, which help them promote health and self-efficacy (1-2). However, despite advances in transplant technology, patients face a number of post-operative challenges, which might lead to stress in patients, includin...

Severe Pneumocystis pneumonia in a renal transplant recipient after long term mycophenolate mofetil treatment.