Chronic Kidney Disease Risk Profile in Renal Donors in Aguascalientes, Mexico: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Background: In the last decade, kidney donation has been recognized as a risk factor for end-stage renal disease (ESRD). ESRD risk calculators have been recently perfected in North American populations. In Mexico, the rates of overweight, obesity, and diabetes mellitus (DM) are among the highest worldwide; nevertheless, most kidney transplants are obtained from living donors.

[Renal transplantation program at the Centenario Hospital Miguel Hidalgo in Aguascalientes, Mexico].

Introduction: Miguel Hidalgo Hospital in Aguascalientes is dependent from the Federal Secretary of Health and operates in integrity with State health system in Aguascalientes. It capacity is based on 132 censored beds and 71 no censored beds. Is considered a specialty hospital in the region of Bajío.

[Prevalence of posttransplant hypertension in pediatric kidney transplant recipients: effect on long term allograft survival].

Background: Arterial hypertension after renal transplantation has been identified as an adverse factor over the long term allograft function, thus identification and treatment of this entity has an impact on graft survival, as in patient survival. Studies about pediatric receptor populations have reported a prevalence of hypertension after renal transplantation ranging from 58 to 90%. In Mexico, the pre-valence of arterial hypertension after renal transplantation has been reported as 71% for an adult population attending a main hospital center in Mexico.