Epidemiological Characteristics of the Largest Kidney Transplant Program in Mexico: Western National Medical Center, Mexican Institute of Social Security.

Background: According to the National Transplant Center (CENATRA), in 2013, a total of 2707 transplantations were performed in Mexico; of them, 10% (270 transplantations) were done in our Tertiary Care Hospital (Western National Medical Center). This means that one in 10 transplant recipients undergoes transplantation at our medical center. The aim of our study was to describe the characteristics of and to compare changes in the kidney transplantation program over time.

Early Steroid Withdrawal in Recipients of a Kidney Transplant From a Living Donor: Experience of a Single Mexican Center.

Background: Early steroid withdrawal (ESW) can improve lipid and hemodynamic profiles without severe acute rejection (AR) events in renal transplant patients. Our objective was to evaluate the effects of ESW on the frequency and severity of AR.

Methods: A randomized, open-label, controlled clinical trial was performed on renal transplant recipients with a follow-up of 12 months.

Early steroid withdrawal in a renal transplant cohort treated with tacrolimus, mycophenolate mofetil and basiliximab.

Background: Acute rejection and graft function have not been completely clarified in early-steroid-withdrawal (ESW) patients. The objective of this study was to compare the effect of early steroid withdrawal on GFR, graft survival/rejection in recipients in a cohort treated with tacrolimus/mycophenolate mofetil compared to a control cohort.

Material And Method: Retrospective cohort, in 60 low immunological risk recipients between December 2005 and July 2010.

Incidence and predictive factors for cytomegalovirus infection in renal transplant recipients.

Background: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is a common cause of morbidity, graft loss, and mortality among kidney recipients due to its direct and indirect influences on organs and systems, namely, immunomodulation, which favors the appearance of opportunistic infections, vasculopathy, and decreased graft and patient survival. In Mexico the dimensions of this infection are unknown in kidney transplant recipients. We evaluated the incidence and predictive factors for CMV infection among renal transplant recipients of the Mexican Institute of Social Security in Guadalajara.

[The peritoneal transport type might be distinctive among different Mexican populations on CAPD].

Introduction: The peritoneal equilibration test (PET), standardized by Twardowski et al. more than 20 years ago, is the most common test to classify peritoneal transport. Some reference values from Mexican population were established in the Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán (INCMNSZ) 10 years ago.