Refractory hypotension in an anephric patient: Immediate response to renal transplantation

Renal transplantation reversed intractable hypotension in a diabetic patient.

A small fraction of hemodialysis patients have chronic hypotension (1). Autonomic dysfunction, a product of diabetes and uremia, may be the most important cause that contributes to hypotension in dialysis patients (1). Unfortunately, there is no specific or effective therapy for them. A 59-year-old female with hypertension and type 2 diabetes for 16 years received hemodialysis treatment 6 years...

The effect of metanephros transplantation on blood pressure in anephric rats with induced acute hypotension.

BACKGROUND The kidney is an important organ for maintaining blood pressure. We have previously reported that transplanted metanephroi can reproduce some kidney functions. The aim of the present study was to determine the metabolic function of transplanted metanephroi with particular reference to maintaining blood pressure. METHODS Male Wistar rats were transplanted with metanephroi (transplan...

Erythrocytosis induced by danazol in an anephric patient.

A white woman with end stage renal failure due to reflux nephropathy started regular haemodialysis in 1972 when aged 17. Both kidneys were removed in 1973 because of persistent infection and hypertension; this led to severe anaemia, which was exacerbated by occult bleeding from a gastric ulcer. She transferred from haemodialysis to continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis in 1982 but remained ...

Colloids in Dialytic Refractory Hypotension

Immediate re-transplantation: An audacious approach to early vascular renal transplant failure.

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