background: today, renal disease is one of the major worldwide health problems. it has a high prevalence, which increases 8% annually. incidence of renal disease and treatment techniques can affect the quality of life, health status and social roles of patients. the aim of the current study was to determine the quality of life of dialysis and kidney transplant patients and compare it to healthy...

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...

kaposi᾽s sarcoma (ks) can develop in 0.06% to 4.1% of kidney transplant recipients. here we describe a case of 50-year-old man who developed ks a few months after kidney transplantation . after transplantation, he had delayed graft function and was managed by anti-thymocyte globulin (atg) for five days. at the discharge, his immunosuppressive therapy was prednisolone 20 mg/day, ttacrolimus (ppr...

Background: Monitoring of phenotypic characteristics of T-lymphocytes in peripheral blood is commonly performed to give the clinical parameters in the management of kidney transplant recipients.   Objective: To predict rejection in renal transplantation by immune parameters. Methods: 16 non-diabetic kidney transplant candidates (4 females and 12 males, age = 20-65 yr, first time transplant) wer...

Background: As the rate of renal transplantation increases, more immunosuppressive drugs such as cyclosporine A (CsA) are consumed, particularly during the early months following transplantation, leading to post-transplant diabetes mellitus (PTDM) which can cause death. Objective: The present study examined the role of CsA in causing PTDM and other effect...

hypertension is a common complication of kidney transplantation with the prevalence of 80%. studies in adults have shown a high prevalence of hypertension (htn) in the first three months of transplantation while this rate is reduced to 50- 60% at the end of the first year. htn remains as a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, lower graft survival rates and poor function of transplante...

although triple (omeprazole, amoxicillin, and metronidazole) and quadruple (omeprazole, tetracycline, metronidazole, and bismuth subcitrate) therapeutic regimens for h. pylori eradication has been studied much in the general population, there is a lack of data in renal transplanted patients. so, this study aimed at comparing regimens in these patients who were considered being immunocompromised...