Safety and efficacy of outpatient biopsy in renal transplantation.

Background: In many centers patients are hospitalised to perform a renal allograft biopsy.

Aim: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of outpatient renal allograft biopsies.

Methods: Since December 2011 we perform renal allograft biopsies as an outpatient procedure.

Dispositional optimism and coping strategies in patients with a kidney transplant.

Introduction:  Dispositional optimism is a personal resource that determines the coping style and adaptive response to chronic diseases. The aim of this study was to assess the correlations between dispositional optimism and coping strategies in patients with recent kidney transplantation and evaluate the differences in the use of coping strategies in accordance with the level of dispositional optimism. 

Material And Method: Patients who were hospitalised in the nephrology department were selected consecutively after kidney transplantation was performed.

[Health related quality of life and kidney transplantation: a comparison with population values at 6 months post-transplant].

Background And Objective: Transplantation is an effective treatment for end stage renal failure. The aim of this study was to compare patient's perceived health related quality of life (HRQoL) with population values, at one moth and 6 moths of kidney post-transplantation.

Patients And Method: The Questionnaire of Quality of Life in Kidney Disease was administered during the first month and also at the 6 months following transplantation.