... at utilization of revascularization procedures, all-cause-hospital mortality and predictors of mortality. Results: Of the estimated 882,447 STEMI hospitalizations, 11,383 were on maintenance dialysis and 1,076 had renal transplants. The incidence of STEMI was over 7 times in patients on maintenance dialysis...

... D Chronic kidney disease-mineral and bone disorder Renal transplant Proteinuria Parathyroid hormone Fibroblast growth factor-23 Kidney transplantation is the best renal therapy for eligible end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. Kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) have better survival...

... prophylaxis were not changed. Here, we evaluate the efficacy of three versus four doses of rATG in patients undergoing ESW at our center. This is a retrospective, single-center, IRB-approved, study of adult renal transplant recipients who received induction therapy with rATG and ESW between June 1...

...Jun Wang; Zilong Li; Rafia Al-Lamki; Juan Wang; Nan Zuo; John R. Bradley; Lining Wang Background: Tumor necrosis factor receptors (TNFR) are differentially regulated in human rejecting renal transplants. The TNF-α converting enzyme (TACE) regulates the membrane shedding of both receptors and TNF...

.... References 1. Hariharan S: BK virus nephritis after renal transplantation. Kidney Int 2006;69:655. 2. Nickeleit V, Singh HK, Mihatsch MJ: Latent and productive polyomavirus infections of renal allografts: morphological, clinical, and pathophysiological aspects. Adv Exp Med Biol 2006;577:190. 3...

...Kevin D. Burns; Lilieth Johnson-Whittaker; Roger A. Couture; Leslie Eidus; Gary Garber We report 2 patients who developed cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection following renal transplantation. Both patients were treated with 9-(1, 3-dihydroxy-2-propoxymethyl) guanine (ganciclovir). In the presence of CMV...

... Plasmapheresis Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis Renal transplant Rheumatoid factor Kimberly A. Muczynski University of Washington, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, and Departments of Pediatrics and Immunology, Seattle, Wash., USA Case Report Am J Nephrol 1995;15:446-449...

...Reginald Y. Gohh; Mark E. Williams; Ann W. Crosson; Micheline Federman; Francis X. Zambetti A renal transplant recipient with a remote history of end-stage renal disease due to postpartum hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) presented with acute renal failure after having stable renal allograft function...

...David H. Berman; Eli A. Friedman; Andrew P. Lundin We prospectively followed the course of eye disease in patients with diabetic end-stage nephropathy from the time of initial referral by the renal unit. A total of 31 patients (62 eyes) – 9 of whom had functioning renal transplants and 22 of whom...

... cell leukemia/lymphoma Immunosuppression Renal transplant Case Report Am J Nephrol 1994;14:226-229 Nadia P. Williamsa Loretta M. Buchner3 DipakJ. Shah3 Winston Williamsb Department of Pathology and Internal Medicine, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica Adult T-Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma...

...Tae Kae Chong; Jean L. Holley Infections are common causes of morbidity in the renal transplant population, but infectious arthritis is rarely encountered. Gram-negative joint infections in the nontransplant population are often associated with simultaneous urinary tract infections. We report...

...Tejinder S. Ahuja; Barry Zingman; Daniel Glicklich A 46-year-old Hispanic male with a history of intravenous drug abuse and sexual promiscuity received a cadaveric renal transplant in January 1984. He tested positive for HIV-1 in February 1986. Infectious complications began 19 months after...

...Andrew H. Kaplan; Esther Poza-Juncal; Ronald Shapiro; Jack T. Stapleton Rhinocerebral mucormycosis in renal transplant recipients is associated with high mortality and allograft rejection. We report the first case of successful treatment of mucormycosis in a renal transplant recipient receiving...

...Watson C. Arnold; Russell W. Steele; Shiva P. Rastogi; William J. Flanigan Pneumococcal vaccine, 14-valent, was administered to 75 stable adult renal transplant patients on maintenance immunosuppression. 32 had undergone splenectomy prior to transplantation and 43 had not. Functional opsonizing...

... not been studied in a national population. Methods: Therefore, 33,479 renal transplant recipients in the United States Renal Data System from July 1, 1994 to June 30, 1997 were analyzed in a retrospective registry study of the incidence, associated factors, and mortality of hospitalizations with a primary...

... to a patent renal graft artery. Significant improvement in kidney graft function followed left axillo-femoral bypass graft surgery, which to the best of our knowledge, has never been performed previously for permanent maintenance of renal transplant perfusion. 22 12 2000 © 2000 S. Karger AG, Basel...

...Tushar Vachharajani; Kenneth Abreo; Ajit Phadke; Umesh Oza; Ashok Kirpalani Background: The incidence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in hemodialysis (HD) and renal transplant (RT) patients in developing countries is high. With the resurgence of tuberculosis in the US, insights gained...

... ehrlichiosis in a patient with a cadaveric renal transplant. The diagnosis was confirmed initially by a positive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for E. chaffeensis . The antibody titer became positive several weeks later. The patient responded promptly to treatment with doxycycline. Ehrlichiosis should...

...Micah Thorp; Joseph Pulliam The use of recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) has been extensively studied among patients with anemia of chronic renal failure. Less well described is its safe use during pregnancy. We report a case of a 17-year-old gravid renal transplant patient with underlying...

...Piortr Lazowski; Leonarda B. Sablay; Daniel Glicklich We report the case of a 50-year-old man in whom crescentic membranous nephropathy recurred in two succesive renal transplants leading rapidly to renal failure. Deterioration of renal function was associated with choroidal effusions and retinal...