Poor kidney graft survival in anorexia nervosa patients.

Background: Anorexia nervosa is a condition associated with poor outcomes in a variety of circumstances such as recurrence of eating disorders, psychiatric disorders, and organ damage.

Objective: In the present study, we first sought to determine the 5-year kidney graft survival in patients with anorexia nervosa and then to evaluate the BMI course and medical complications.

Methods: In this multicenter, retrospective, case-control study, we analyzed the impact of anorexia nervosa on graft outcomes compared to transplant recipients with low or normal BMI.

Preoperative Evaluation of the Renal Function before the Treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms.

Background: Chronic impaired renal function constitutes a major risk factor of morbi-mortality during the treatment of an abdominal aortic aneurism (AAA). The inflammatory state due to the AAA could result in a reduction in the muscular mass and an overestimation of the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) with the usual formulas. The objective of this study was to determine if the formulas used to evaluate the estimated GFR were adapted in patients with AAA.

Clinical and microbial impact of screening kidney allograft preservative solution for bacterial contamination with high-sensitivity methods.

The clinical and bacteriological consequences of routinely performing highly sensitive bacterial screening of kidney transplant preservation solution (PS) are not known. To evaluate the clinical and microbiological impacts of this strategy, we retrospectively analyzed 200 consecutive kidney allograft recipients from March 2009 to February 2011 for whom PS samples were routinely screened. PS were inoculated into aerobic and anaerobic blood culture bottles, as well as blood agar plates.

Acute renal failure and volume overload syndrome secondary to a femorofemoral arteriovenous fistula angioplasty in a kidney transplant recipient.

Experimental and clinical studies analyzing the impact of AVF on cardiovascular and renal parameters, as well as outcomes, in kidney transplant recipients are lacking. On the other hand, it is not known whether AVF ligation after transplantation modifies hemodynamic parameters and kidney function. We report a case of a renal transplant recipient who developed an acute congestive heart failure accompanied by renal failure, which were triggered by femorofemoral AVF angioplasty.

Sirolimus therapy may cause cardiac tamponade.

The side-effects associated with the immunosuppressive drug sirolimus are numerous and constitute a major limitation for its use in renal transplantation. In this study, we describe two cases of renal transplant recipients treated with sirolimus who developed pericardial tamponade associated with interstitial pneumonia, proteinuria, microcytic anemia and, in one case, lymphocytic meningitidis. An extensive search for infectious agents was negative, and all symptoms disappeared after sirolimus interruption.