Role of Renal Venous Oxygen Pressure for Renal Function Monitoring After Related Living-Donor Kidney Transplantation: Cohort Study.

Background: Monitoring of renal function after kidney transplantation (KT) is performed by measuring serum creatinine (SCr), urine volumes (UV), and glomerular filtration rate (GFR). Other methods based on oxygen metabolism, such as the renal venous oxygen pressure (PO), may be useful. The aim of this study was to explore the correlation between PO and SCr, UV, and GFR 5 days after KT (SCr5, UV5, and GFR5, respectively).

Change in the Pattern of Posttransplantation Anemia in Kidney Receptors: Sex Role in Recipients and Type of Donor.

Objective: Posttransplant anemia (PTA) in kidney recipients is a complication that has repercussions mainly of cardiovascular consequence. The objective of this study is to determine the prevalence of anemia, as well as the relationship between kidney recipient and donor sex, in the presence or absence of anemia at 12 months after kidney transplant (KT).

Material And Methods: Observational, longitudinal study of KTs made over a 5-year period, from 2013 to 2017, in a renal transplant unit from La Raza National Health Care Medical Center.

Evaluation of Renal Function at 24, 48, and 72 Hours and 3 Months After Transplant: Comparison of 3 Anesthetic Techniques.

Background: General anesthesia is the conventional management of renal transplant, and its evolution has revolved around the development of new drugs; however, a group of patients meet conditions for neuraxial anesthesia, because of their comorbidities, who are at greater risk of complications with general anesthesia and are not favorable to grafting.

Methods: We conducted a controlled clinical trial of 109 renal transplant recipients where renal function was evaluated at 24, 48, and 72 hours and 3 months after transplant, and we compared regional, general anesthesia with inhaled anesthetic and total intravenous anesthesia. It was performed for 1 year, and serum creatinine, urea nitrogen, and electrolytes were evaluated.

[Modification of health-related quality of life in kidney transplant recipients].

Introduction: The assessment of health-related quality of life is essential to renal replacement therapies. We conducted a study to evaluate the change in quality of life at 6 and 12 months after renal transplantation and compared with healthy population and general population.

Methods: A prospective study in 278 renal transplant recipients using the SF-36 survey at 0, 6 and 12 months after transplantation.