Articles tagged "Glomerular filtration rate (GFR)"

2015 American Transplant Congress
Acute Kidney Injury and Outcome After Cardiac Transplantation
G. Fortrie,¹ O. Manintveld,² K. Caliskan,² M. Betjes.¹
¹Internal Medicine, Div. of Nephrology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands; ²Cardiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Background:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a frequently seen complication after cardiac transplantation and is partly explained by the prolonged use of calcineurin inhibitors. However, few…
2015 American Transplant Congress
MDRD4 Equation Is Better Than CKD-EPI, Cockroft-Gault and Nankivell Equations to Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate in Renal Transplantation
E. David-Neto,¹ A. Triboni,¹ F. Ramos,¹ F. Agena,¹ F. Lemos,¹ M. Sapienza,² W. Nahas.¹
¹Renal Transplantation Service, Hospital das Clínicas - University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil; ²Nuclear Medicine Institute, Hospital das Clínicas - University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
To evaluate which estimated GFR (eGFR) equation is the most appropriate to in kidney transplanted (KTx) recipients, we obtained data from all plasma EDTA-Cr51 clearances…
2015 American Transplant Congress
100 Protocol Renal Allograft Biopsies at 10 Years: First Look at the Tacrolimus Era
M. Stegall,¹ W. Park,¹ F. Cosio,² L. Cornell.³
¹Transplant Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; ²Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; ³Laboratory Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
This study examined late renal allograft injury in the Tacrolimus era in 10-yr protocol biopsies (Bx).Methods One hundred 10-yr protocol allograft bx were assessed using…