Cardiac Remodeling in Structure and Function Six Months After Kidney Transplantation.

Background: Cardiovascular disease accounts for 35% to 50% of the causes of mortality in chronic kidney disease. The majority of patients in substitution therapy in Mexico are subdialyzed owing to limited economic resources. This produces more cardiac deterioration than described in the statistics and has a direct impact on the prognosis of kidney transplantation.

Correlation of the Glomerular Filtration Rate Measured With the Use of DTPA-Tc99m in Live Kidney Donors With Equations Based on Creatinine and Cystatin C.

Background: Renal donation leads to a risk of developing chronic kidney disease, with an incidence of 0.47%. To evaluate for its presence, formulas based on serum creatinine are used, but up to 80% of these formulas underestimate the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in donors.

Lack of Association Between Elevated Urinary Levels of Interleukin-10 and Interferon Gamma With the Presence of Inflammation in Kidney Transplant Recipients.

Introduction: A lot of evidence has demonstrated the importance of different cytokines in acute renal rejection. Previous studies have examined the presence or absence of interleukin (IL)-10 in related immunopathologic rejection grafts as well as other interleukins. Studies in human transplantation show elevated levels of IL-10 and gamma interferon (INF-γ) in inflammation and rejection.

Reproducible model to perform kidney transplantation in a low-resource population.

Background: In several countries, organ transplantation is limited. We describe the implementation of a model to perform kidney transplantation in a low-resource population through a financial mechanism sharing public, patient, and private foundations funds.

Methods: This was a cohort study of 100 low-resource patients undergoing renal transplantation at the Hospital General of México.

Comments on AOAC dry ash method for digestion of mineral-mix feeds.

Phosphorus in feeds or mineral mixes containing monobasic calcium phosphate cannot be determined accurately if the sample is subjected to the dry ash procedure described in AOAC method 7.125-7.128.