Pros and cons of live kidney donation in prediabetics: A critical review and way forward.

There is shortage of organs, including kidneys, worldwide. Along with deceased kidney transplantation, there is a significant rise in live kidney donation. The prevalence of prediabetes (PD), including impaired fasting glucose and impaired glucose tolerance, is on the rise across the globe.

Screening for Fabry disease among 619 hemodialysis patients in Saudi Arabia.

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of Fabry disease (FD) among Saudi patients on hemodialysis.

Methods: This prospective study was conducted in 3 major hospitals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). All adult patients (greater than 18 years old) attending the dialysis unit who have end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and on hemodialysis were included.

Severe hypoglycemia in peritoneal dialysis patients due to overestimation of blood glucose by the point-of-care glucometer.

Although overestimation of blood glucose (BG) by certain glucometers in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients has been reported, awareness of this problem by healthcare providers of multiple disciplines and different specialties is probably insufficient. This is a case series of four patients who had severe symptomatic hypoglycemia and normal BG by point-of-care glucometer at a tertiary care center from December 2007 to September 2008. We report four insulin-treated diabetic patients (age = 58.

Combined liver and kidney transplantation in a highly sensitized and positively cross-matched patient.

Combined liver kidney transplantation (CLKT) has been used on many occasions and proved to be a successful event for both liver and kidney in highly sensitized patients. Our aim was to review the immunological and other laboratory results of a CLKT in a highly sensitized patient. CLKT was used to treat a highly sensitized, 42-year-old female.