Overall success rate of pregnancies in kidney transplant recipients is higher than 90% if pregnancy goes beyond the 1st trimester. Risks to mother include hypertension, preeclampsia, infections, and worsening proteinuria, and those to the fetus are prematurity, intrauterine growth retardation, and low birth weight. Hepatitis B infection is associated with progressive liver disease and diminishe...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Several meta-analyses comparing ciclosporin with tacrolimus have been conducted since the 1994 publication of the tacrolimus registration trials, but most captured data from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) predating recent improvements in waiting list prioritization, induction protocols and concomitant medications. The present study comprised a systematic review and meta...

BACKGROUND Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death among kidney transplant recipients. Metabolic syndrome increases the risk for cardiovascular events and decreases graft survival. Lately, guidelines for management of the metabolic syndrome, primarily hypertension, diabetes mellitus (DM) and hypercholesterolemia have dramatically changed in an attempt to decrease cardiovascular risks...

Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality after kidney transplantation. Effective prevention and management of cardiovascular disease in kidney transplant recipients are integral to increasing patient longevity and quality of life, in addition to improving graft survival. This article discusses cardiovascular disease and its management in kidney transplant recipients. T...

The aim of our study is to determine characteristics and outcomes of kidney cancer in renal transplant recipients. MEDLINE® database was searched in June 2015 to identify cases of kidney cancer in renal transplant recipients. We include also a new case. Descriptive statistics were used for analysis. Forty-eight (48) recipients reported in 25 papers met the eligibility criteria. The median age w...

Background: Many kidney transplant recipients have hypertension. Elevated systolic blood pressures are associated with lower patient and kidney allograft survival. Methods: This retrospective analysis examined the prevalence of clinical inertia (failure to initiate or increase therapy) in the treatment of hypertension before and after the introduction of an automated device (BpTRU) in the kidne...

A 26-year-old female diabetic patient developed hypertensive encephalopathy with gross neurological abnormalities complicating renal artery stenosis of her transplant kidney. The elevated blood pressure was unresponsive to medical treatment. Surgical correction of the stenoses in the renal artery cured the hypertension and renal failure and led to the patient's complete recovery.

Department of General, Vascular and Transplant Surgery, Warsaw Medical University1 Kierownik: prof. dr hab. J. szmidt Department of Hypertension, Institute of Cardiology in Warsaw2 Kierownik: prof. dr hab. a. Januszewicz II Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Warsaw Medical University3 Kierownik: prof. dr hab. a. kański Department of Endocrinology, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Ed...

Sir, Biju et al. w1x reported the case of an ESRD patient on a treatment with the AT II antagonist losartan who developed breathlessness, agitation, tachycardia, and hypertension after about 1 h of haemodialysis. Since this episode happened 943 Nephrol Dial Transplant (2002) 17: 943