hypertension after pediatric renal transplant is a common and important risk factor for graft loss and patient survival. the mechanism of post kidney transplant hypertension is complex and multifactorial. control of blood pressure in renal transplant patients is important but often times blood pressures remain uncontrolled. the management of hypertension and obesity in pediatric kidney transpla...

Hypertension after pediatric renal transplant is a common and important risk factor for graft loss and patient survival. The mechanism of post kidney transplant hypertension is complex and multifactorial. Control of blood pressure in renal transplant patients is important but often times blood pressures remain uncontrolled. The management of hypertension and obesity in pediatric kidney transpla...

Multiple studies have documented racial differences in graft survival in kidney transplant recipients. Although several studies in adult kidney transplant recipients have evaluated risk factors that might predispose to these differences, studies in pediatric patients are lacking. This study retrospectively analyzed data from the North American Pediatric Renal Trials and Collaborative Studies (N...

Worldwide, there is a shortage of organs available for transplant into patients with end-stage renal failure. This has led to donor selection of the most-marginal donors. These strategies, so far, have failed to meet the requirements. Further adaptations are required to maximize the donor pool. One such pool is nonheart-beating pediatric donors less than 2 years of age. This report highlights a...

In clinical practice, the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is often determined with serum creatinine. However, studies have shown cystatin C to be a better parameter for the diagnosis of impaired renal function. We compared GFR estimated by plasma cystatin C with GFR estimated by serum creatinine in a sample of 50 pediatric renal transplant recipients and 24 healthy children. The correlation be...

In clinical practice, the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is often determined with serum creatinine. However, studies have shown cystatin C to be a better parameter for the diagnosis of impaired renal function. We compared GFR estimated by plasma cystatin C with GFR estimated by serum creatinine in a sample of 50 pediatric renal transplant recipients and 24 healthy children. The correlation be...

OBJECTIVES This study was conducted to evaluate the outcomes of single kidney transplant from pediatric donors in China younger than 5 years old after cardiac death. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed single renal transplants from pediatric donors of cardiac death between January 2012 and June 2013 at the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, China. RESULTS Eleven...

INTRODUCTION This study was conducted to evaluate preventive effect of a combination of heparin and aspirin on vascular thrombosis and kidney transplant outcomes of pediatric kidney transplant recipients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-four pediatric kidney transplant recipients received heparin, 50 U/kg, every 8 hours for 7 postoperative days, and aspirin, 5 mg/kg, thrice a week from day 3 of ...

In 1954 Murray performed the first truly successful pediatric kidney transplant from one homozygous twin to another (Murray et al., 1958). In 1966 Kelly reported a kidney transplantation in a patient with dysfunctional bladder who had undergone ileal segment urinary diversion (Kelly et al., 1966). Until that time, patients with ESRD and untreatable dysfunctional urinary tract were excluded from...