Although metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a significant risk factor, and dietary intake may affect the quality of life (QoL) of kidney transplant recipients (KTRs), the association between them ...
The 2 main types of calcineurin inhibitors (CNI) are tacrolimus (TAC) and cyclosporine A (CsA); both are needed by patients who receive kidney transplants. A common adverse reaction of TAC i...
The choice of induction therapy in kidney transplantation is often non-standardized and centre-specific. Clinicians can choose between depleting and non-depleting antibodies, which differ in...
Assessment of donor renal function is made by the measurement of Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR). Exogenous markers are preferred over creatinine clearance and are widely used for measuring...
Pregnancies after kidney transplantation are high-risk. Whilst previous studies have explored pregnancy outcomes, there are no existing data on the placental histopathology findings of kidne...
Obesity is highly prevalent in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), as it contributes to or accelerates the progression of kidney disease in this at-risk population and is frequently ...
Lithiasis in renal graft recipients might be a dangerous condition with a potential risk of organ function impairment.A systematic literature search was conducted through February 2023. The ...
Tumefactive demyelinating lesions (TDLs) are rare and specific types of inflammatory demyelinating lesions. Its clinical manifestations are nonspecific, and the imaging findings are similar ...
The heterogeneous quality of studies on arteriovenous fistulas outcome, with variable clinical settings and large variations in definitions of patency and failure rates, leads to frequent mi...
In 2022 the largest global outbreak of mpox to date emerged. In the immunocompetent host, mpox is generally presents as a self-limiting illness. However immunosuppression such as that seen w...
Quality control in longitudinal cohort studies is critical for valid epidemiological inference. Conditional studentized residuals (CSRs) derived from linear mixed effects models offer effici...
Living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) is one of the best options for patients with chronic renal failure, but approximately one-third of cases are limited by incompatibility ABO and/or ...
Metabolic acidosis is a risk factor for faster kidney function decline in chronic kidney disease (CKD) and in adult kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). We hypothesized that metabolic acidos...
Cytomegalovirus viremia and infection have been reported to increase the risks for acute graft rejection and mortality in kidney transplant recipients. Previous studies demonstrated that a l...
Invasive fungal infections (IFI), are estimated to occur in 2%-14% of kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) in the current era of immune suppression and are associated with high mortality rate...
BK polyomavirus (BKPyV) infection in immunocompromised patients can led to polyomavirus-associated nephropathy (BKPyVAN) especially after kidney transplantation. The polyomavirus genome cont...
Biological aging is the accumulation of cellular and molecular damage within an individual over time. The biological age of a donor organ is known to influence clinical outcomes of solid org...
Intraoperative hemodynamic instability was proven to be associated with delayed graft function (DGF) after kidney transplantation. This retrospective study aims to find the specific intraope...
In rare cases, patients require a combined liver-kidney transplant. However, the peri- and postoperative care of liver transplant recipients differs from kidney transplant recipients, which ...
Kidney transplant recipients with graft failure are a rapidly rising cohort of patients who experience high morbidity, mortality, and fragmented transitions of care between transplant and di...
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