Clinical significance of heart rate variability for the monitoring of cardiac autonomic neuropathy in end-stage renal disease patients.

Background And Aims: The aim of this study is to determine whether the measurement of continuous heart rate variability (HRV) is useful in the evaluation of cardiac autonomic neuropathy (CAN) in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients.

Methods And Results: This cross-sectional study was performed at Seoul St. Mary's hospital between June 2017 and February 2018.

Effect of Everolimus with Low-Dose Tacrolimus on Development of New-Onset Diabetes After Transplantation and Allograft Function in Kidney Transplantation: A Multicenter, Open-Label, Randomized Trial.

BACKGROUND This randomized controlled trial aimed to investigate the effect of everolimus (EVL) with low-dose tacrolimus (Tac) on the development of post-transplantation diabetes mellitus (PTDM) in kidney transplantation (KT). MATERIAL AND METHODS Seventy-seven kidney transplant patients from 4 transplant centers were included. Patients were randomized to the "EVL group" (n=38) and the "TAC group" (n=39).

Usefulness of BK virus-specific interferon-γ enzyme-linked immunospot assay for predicting the outcome of BK virus infection in kidney transplant recipients.

Background/aims: To investigate if BK virus (BKV)-specific T cell immunity measured by an interferon-γ enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISPOT) assay can predict the outcome of BK virus infection in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs).

Methods: We included 68 KTRs with different viremia status (no viremia [n = 17], BK viremia [n = 27], and cleared viremia [n = 24]) and 44 healthy controls (HCs). The BK viremia group was divided into controller (< 3 months) and noncontroller (> 3 months) according to sustained duration of BKV infection.

Immunosuppressant prescription pattern and trend in kidney transplantation: A multicenter study in Korea.

Background: The actual prescription pattern of immunosuppressive agents in kidney transplantation is unclear.

Methods: We investigated the pattern and trend of immunosuppressive treatment for kidney transplant patients in South Korea. A total of 636 patients at nine transplant centers were enrolled and followed for one year.

The successful clinical outcomes of pregnant women with advanced chronic kidney disease.

Background: Successful pregnancy outcomes in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) are increasingly common in Western countries. However, in Korea, the available literature addressing this clinical issue is scarce.

Methods: We reviewed 5 successful parturitions [1 patient with Stage 5 CKD and 4 with maintenance hemodialysis (HD)] at Seoul St.

The appropriateness of the length of insulin needles based on determination of skin and subcutaneous fat thickness in the abdomen and upper arm in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Background: Longer needle and complicated insulin injection technique such as injecting at a 45-degree angle and making skinfolds may decrease patient compliance to insulin injection therapy. In this light, shorter insulin needles have been recently developed. However, it is necessary to ascertain that such shorter needles are appropriate for Korean patients with diabetes as well.

Clinical outcome of kidney transplantation from deceased donors with acute kidney injury by Acute Kidney Injury Network criteria.

Purpose: In this study, we investigated the outcome of kidney transplantation (KT) from deceased donors with acute kidney injury (AKI), as defined by the Acute Kidney Injury Network criteria.

Methods: Of 156 deceased donors, kidneys from 43 donors (27.6%) with AKI were transplanted into 57 recipients (AKI group).