Management and Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Candidates With Severe Pulmonary Hypertension: A Single-center Strategy and Experience.

Background: Severe pulmonary hypertension (PH) is associated with high mortality posttransplant and thus is considered a contraindication to kidney transplantation. In this study, we describe the pretransplant management and posttransplant outcomes in patients with severe PH using a multidisciplinary approach.

Methods: Between 11 of 2013 and 8 of 2022, we identified all patients with severe PH on initial pretransplant workup who underwent ultrafiltration (UF) or medical therapy for PH before transplant.

Correlation of microalbumin and sialic acid with anthropometric variables in type 2 diabetic patients with and without nephropathy.

Aim: The objective of this study is to correlate microalbumin and sialic acid levels with anthropometric variables in type 2 diabetic patients with and without nephropathy.

Methods: This study was a case control study and included 108 Trinidadian subjects (aged 15-60 years) of which 30 were healthy individuals, 38 had type 2 diabetes, and 40 were of type 2 diabetic patients with nephropathy. Blood pressure and waist to hip ratio were recorded.