Health outcomes of children born to mothers with chronic kidney disease: a pilot study [PDF]
This study aimed to study the health of children born to mothers with chronic kidney disease. Twenty-four children born to mothers with chronic kidney disease were compared with 39 matched control children born to healthy mothers without kidney disease ...
Powis, S. +5 more
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Recurrent septicemia in a renal transplant recipient
The incidence of infection is significantly elevated in renal transplant recipients,but native kidney infection is an uncommon event in these patients.
Nejad-Gashti Hossein +2 more
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CMV-associated adrenal insufficiency in a renal transplant recipient
Adrenal insufficiency is a rare manifestation of tissue-invasive cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease. CMV is one of the leading opportunistic pathogens affecting renal transplant recipients. Its prevalence in the adrenal glands of autopsied AIDS cases has been
Nilesh Tejura, Alexandra Sonyey
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Fungal Abdominal Wall Abscess in a Renal Transplant Recipient [PDF]
The incidence of fungal infection is significantly higher in patients with end-stage renal disease and renal transplant recipients than in normal individuals. Candidia Albicans is an uncommon cause of abdominal wall abscess.
Sanavi R, Afshar Reza, Gashti Hossein
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Mechanisms of calcineurin inhibitor nephrotoxicity in chronic allograft injury [PDF]
The first successful transplantation of a human kidney was performed more than 50 years ago by Murray and colleagues in 1954 between identical twins. The success of this transplantation was due to the fact that no significant rejection occurs between ...
Ryan, Michael P. +4 more
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The feasibility and applications of non-invasive cardiac output monitoring, thromboelastography and transit-time flow measurement in living-related renal transplantation surgery : results of a prospective pilot observational study [PDF]
Introduction: Delayed graft function (DGF) remains a significant and detrimental postoperative phenomenon following living-related renal allograft transplantation, with a published incidence of up to 15%. Early therapeutic vasodilatory interventions have
Imray, C. (Chris) +15 more
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Patient self-management in kidney transplantation. definition, measurement, and intervention [PDF]
While one-year graft survival rates for deceased donor transplants have soared from about 40% in 1975 to more than 90% in 2005 [1], the long-term perspective has changed very little.
Schäfer-Keller, Petra
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Renal dysfunction frequently occurs in liver transplant recipients and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. BK virus is a human polyoma virus that reactivates during immunocompromised states and is a known cause of renal allograft ...
Yangmin Zeng +6 more
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An unusual case of late, isolated involvement of renal allograft with tuberculosis
Tuberculosis is endemic in India, with a prevalence of 8%–13% in kidney transplant patients. Atypical presentations have been described in immunocompromised individuals, and we present an unusual and rare case of isolated tuberculous involvement of the ...
Sayali Dalvi +2 more
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Malignant and Noninvasive Skin Tumours in Renal Transplant Recipients [PDF]
Background. Transplant recipients require immunosuppression to prevent graft rejection. This conveys an increased risk of malignancy, particularly skin tumours. There is a need for up-to-date data for the South of England. Method.
Jade W. M. Chow +11 more
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