Survival benefits of renal transplantation over dialysis therapy are well established for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Transition from one treatment modality to another is common. Understanding the differences in outcomes with the various renal replacement therapies will help nephrologists to provide best advice for dialysis patients. The influence of pretransplant dialysis mod...

The experience with captopril is limited in patients who are hypertensive after renal transplantation. An increased risk of side effects has been expected because of immunosuppressive therapy and a reduced renal function. We have used captopril in 58 transplanted patients with hypertension. On previous antihypertensive treatment diastolic blood pressure could not be maintained below 100 mm Hg. ...

Although in Western Europe and North America the prevalence of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection has declined in patients awaiting renal transplantation, it remains a relevant clinical problem, mainly in patients with a long history of renal replacement therapy (RRT) who may have been infected many years ago. At the same time, a significant proportion of renal transplant recipients (RTR...

Effector (TEM) and central memory (TCM) T cells have been recently described as the main memory T-cell subsets generated after primary immune response, with a potential role in graft rejection after rechallenge with alloantigen. Because of their effector function, they could be involved in driving the response against the allograft, leading to rejection. In this study, we sought to investigate ...

patients and methods five hundred and sixteen serum samples of the patients undergoing hemodialysis and kidney transplantation from various cities of khuzestan province were collected. anti-hepatitis g e2 antibodies were investigated by elisa method. rnas were extracted from serums and hepatitis g rna was detected by rt-pcr. results of the 516 samples, 38 (7.36%) specimens were positive for ant...

recognition of the natural history and responsible leading factors for regression of left ventricular hypertrophy after successful renal transplantation are very important. the aim of this study was to assess the regression of left ventricular hypertrophy after successful renal transplantation among uremic patients. in this study 27 uremic patients (18 males and 9 females) with an average age o...

Since its introduction into clinical medicine in the 1950s kidney transplantation has become the preferred renal replacement therapy for patients suffering from end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The rising incident of ESRD is causally determined by an increased life expectancy. On the other hand the results of kidney transplantation have improved enormously due to advances in organ harvesting, or...

BACKGROUND Impact of kidney transplantation on survival of French end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients is unknown. METHODS A total of 1495 adults living in the Lorraine region and starting renal replacement therapy from 1997 to 2003 were included. A propensity score (PS) of registration on the renal transplant waiting list was estimated. Patient survival was studied using a time-dependent ...

INTRODUCTION Acute kidney injury is associated with a poor prognosis in acute liver failure but little is known of outcomes in patients undergoing transplantation for acute liver failure who require renal replacement therapy. METHODS A retrospective analysis of the United Kingdom Transplant Registry was performed (1 January 2001-31 December 2011) with patient and graft survival determined usi...