Publications by authors named "Maria Alejandra Morinelli-Astorquizaga"
Background: Bone mineral disease after transplantation persists and is an issue that must be addressed owing to the cardiovascular impact it presents. The objective of this study is to present the behavior of calcium, phosphorus, and parathormone (PTH) before renal transplantation (RT) and throughout the 12 months after transplant surgery.
Methods: A longitudinal observational study of RT patients was performed from 2013 to 2017 in 2 renal transplant units in Mexico.
Introduction: Renal transplantation presents multiple complications after its completion, some of them related to the behavior of hemoglobin levels. The objective of this study is to determine the behavior and prevalence of anemia and erythrocytosis in the first year after renal transplantation.
Material And Methods: A retrospective, observational study was conducted of a cohort of patients of the 21st Century National Medical Center in Mexico of transplants performed from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2017.
Background: Kidney transplantation presents a susceptible point, and is related to infections; tuberculosis is a common and endemic etiology in a country like Mexico, where the most frequent presentation is the respiratory condition, the extrapulmonary is extremely rare and it is derived from immunosuppression conditions.
Case Report: 33-year-old man with kidney disease of undetermined etiology, kidney transplant in 2003 (donor mother) with adequate evolution; presented with chronic graft nephropathy, with baseline creatinine of 1.8 mg / dL, immunosuppression with prednisone 10 mg every 24 hours, mycophenolate mofetil 500 mg every 8 hours and ciclosporin 100 mg every 12 hours; surgical intervention was performed due to acute abdomen, appendectomy and omentectomy with histopathological finding of tuberculosis, Dotbal, antiproliferative in suspension was started and decrease of calcineurin inhibitor.