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Predictors of employment after successful kidney transplantation - a population-based study
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2008-07-01)
Introduction: Kidney transplantation is currently the treatment of choice for end-stage renal disease. As the successful transplantation improves the physical and mental quality of life, it is expected that the transplant ...
Outcomes in Obese Kidney Transplant Recipients
(Elsevier B.V., 2014-12-01)
Background. Kidney transplantation (KT) in obese patients is controversial. the present study aimed to evaluate patient and graft survival and post-transplantation complications between obese and nonobese recipients.Methods. ...
Synergistic effect of mycophenolate mofetil and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor in patients with chronic allograft nephropathy
(Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica, 2009-05-01)
Experimental data and few clinical non-randomized studies have shown that inhibition of the renin-angiotensin system by angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) associated or not with the use of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) could ...
Interferon-gamma+874 Polymorphism in the First Intron of the Human Interferon-gamma Gene and Kidney Allograft Outcome
(Elsevier B.V., 2010-12-01)
Background. Despite advances in immunosuppressive therapy in the past decade, allograft rejection remains an important cause of kidney graft failure. Cytokines play a major role in the inflammatory and immune responses ...
Influência da manutenção hemodinâmica do doador falecido na função renal do receptor de transplante renal
(Sociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia, 2013-12-01)
INTRODUCTION: The incidence of delayed graft function (DGF) and unsatisfactory creatinine clearance (UCC) after renal transplantation is significantly higher in Brazil, when compared with that observed in United States or ...
Modulation of peripheral blood T-lymphocytes in kidney transplant recipients treated with low dose OKT3 therapy
(Elsevier B.V., 2004-01-30)
The immunosuppressive effect of OKT3 depends upon both T cell depletion and antigenic modulation of CD3 complex. To establish the effect of low doses of OKT3 on peripheral T lymphocytes, we analyzed 47 kidney transplant ...
Incidence and risk factors for surgical site infection after simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation
(W B Saunders Co Ltd, 2009-08-01)
A simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation (SPKT) is the best treatment option for type I diabetic patients with advanced chronic renal failure. Infectious complications affect 7-50% of the patients receiving this ...
Mycophenolate mofetil vs. sirolimus in kidney transplant recipients receiving tacrolimus-based immunosuppressive regimen
(Blackwell Publishing, 2008-03-01)
Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) and sirolimus (SRL) are effective immunosuppressive drugs with distinct safety profile.Methods: Kidney transplant recipients receiving tacrolimus (TAC)-based immunosuppressive regimen were ...