results during 2014, we encountered five patients with suspicious amr or tma at our kidney transplant center. renal biopsy was performed for two of them, suggesting amr for one patient and tma for another patient. all patients were treated with plasmapheresis plus ivig. in this center, as a routine practice, the cumulative dose of 2 g/kg of ivig was divided to 300 - 400 mg/kg after each plasmap...

introduction: pneumocystis jiroveci is an opportunistic infectious fungus in immunosuppressed patients, particularly in ones with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids). the use of immunosuppressive drugs especially corticosteroids predisposes the transplanted patients to a variety of infectious diseases including pneumocystis infection. in many developed countries, the incidence of pneumocy...

conclusions oxygen therapy in the case group had no significant impact on protection from dgf. results forty living kidney transplantations including 17 cases and 23 controls were performed; female gender was more prevalent in recipients (n = 16, 40%). the mean age of recipients was 36.1 ± 12.4 (18-67) years old. dgf was detected in 2 (5.95%) individuals, from whom one was in the case group and...

background and aim the most common complication of renal transplantation is allograft dysfunction, which in some cases leads to graft loss. the role of graft nephrectomy in the management of transplant failure is controversial. the procedure remains associated with a significant morbidity and also mortality. our main purpose was the comparison between clinical and pathological diagnosis of graf...

Kidney transplantation (KT) can reverse renal function and improve patient survival while intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) level persists high in some kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). Thus we examined the prevalence associated factors of persistent hyperparathyroidism (pHPT).

With cross-over living donor kidney transplantation, immunologic incompatibilities within the original donor/recipient pair can be overcome. As minimal invasive techniques for organ recovery are increasingly applied, this should also be performed in a cross-over kidney transplantation. We present the first report of a successful simultaneous laparoscopic kidney recovery for cross-over kidney tr...

CADAVERIC kidney graft survival is influenced by many different factors. Two such factors are matching for the HLA-DR determinants between donor and recipient and blood transfusion(s) given to the recipient before transplantation. Indeed, recent reports have shown that matching for the HLA-DR determinants and the effect of pre-transplant blood transfusions play an important role in predicting k...

Introduction . Infectious complications contribute to a significant decrease in graft and recipient survival rates. The article describes case report of transplantation the primary infected kidney transplant. Material methods A 33-year-old patient with type 1 diabetes mellitus end-stage renal disease underwent transplantation. deceased donor was 46-year-old man confirmed brain death as result a...

Kidney transplantation is the gold standard treatment for end stage renal disease. Despite improvement in survival and quality of life, prevalence falls higher kidney transplant recipients. Factors that increase risk include female gender, older age, impaired balance control, lower ankle dorsiflexion muscle strength, high serum creatinine levels, use antidiabetic medications. Functional limitat...