New-onset diabetes after transplantation (NODAT) is a common comorbidity after renal transplantation. Though metformin is the first-line agent for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, in renal transplant recipients, metformin is frequently avoided due to concerns about renal dysfunction and risk for lactic acidosis. Therefore, alternative first-line agents for the treatment of NODAT in renal trans...

An increasing number of patients with kidney transplants are found to develop abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in the post-transplant period. Aortic surgery in these patients places the pelvic allograft at risk for ischaemic damage. We report successful repair of two AAA in renal transplant recipients using cold graft perfusion and local hypothermia to protect the renal allograft during aortic c...

OBJECTIVES Hyperkalemia is an electrolyte disorder that may occur during the first few months after a renal transplant, in patients undergoing cyclosporine immunosuppression. We present our experience with cyclosporine-associated hyperkalemia in living-donor renal transplant recipients, with isolated clinically relevant hyperkalemia soon after surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS We report 4 living...

In kidney allografts, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) has been described as recurrent, de novo, or a histological variant of chronic transplant glomerulopathy. We describe a unique case of de novo FSGS in a renal transplant not accompanied by any feature of rejection in a patient who had not been immunosuppressed for several years. A 58-year-old woman received a histoidentical living-...

patients and methods this retrospective cohort study included 405 renal transplant patients from kerman university of medical sciences hospital, kerman, iran from 2004 to 2010. kaplan-meier method was used to estimate survival rates of patients, and time-dependent cox regression was used to examine the effect of allograft failure on patient survival. results during 4.06 years (median) of follow...

BACKGROUND Pneumonia is commonly diagnosed in immunosuppressed individuals. The risk and attributable morbidity of first hospitalization for pneumonia among renal transplant candidates and recipients were compared to those of population controls. METHODS This population-based cohort study was conducted from 1 January 1990 to 31 December 2009. Each member of a Danish population-based, nationwi...

A 50-year-old man with end-stage renal failure due to adult polycystic kidney disease underwent a cadaveric renal transplant. The renal transplant was uneventful and the right kidney was transplanted into the right iliac fossa. There was a single artery, vein and ureter. The kidney reperfused well but there was no primary function. In the first 24 h he only made 69ml of urine and the serum crea...

BACKGROUND Data on the risk factors and clinical course of hungry bone syndrome are lacking in dialysis and renal transplant patients who undergo parathyroidectomy. In this study, we aimed to assess the risks and clinical course of hungry bone syndrome and calcium repletion after parathyroidectomy in dialysis and renal transplant patients. METHODS We performed a retrospective review of parath...

BACKGROUND Increased plasma levels of cellular adhesion molecules (CAMs) have been shown to be predictors of all cause mortality in individuals with chronic renal failure 12 and patients with end-stage renal disease receiving haemodialysis 3. In renal transplant recipients the predictive value of CAMs has not been well characterised. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between ...