EXCELLENT LONG-TERM OUTCOMES OF KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION USING KIDNEYS FROM DECEASED DONORS WITH ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY

AbstractThe use of kidneys from donation after brain death (DBD) donors with acute kidney injury (AKI) is a strategy to expand the donor pool. The aim of this study was to evaluate how kidney transplantation (KT) from a donor with AKI affects long-term graft survival in various situations. All patients who underwent KT from DBD donors between June 2003 and April 2016 were retrospectively reviewed. The KDIGO (Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes) criteria were used to classify donor AKI. The cohort included 376 donors (no AKI group, n = 117 [31.1%]; AKI group n = 259 [68.9%]). Death-censored graft survival was similar according to the presence of AKI, AKI severity, and the AKI trend (p = 0.929, p = 0.077, and p = 0.658, respectively). Patients whose donors had AKI who received using low dose (1.5 mg/kg for three days) rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin (r-ATG) as the induction agent had significantly superior death-censored graft survival compared with patients in that group who received basiliximab (p = 0.039). AKI in DBD donors did not affect long-term death-censored graft survival. Low-dose r-ATG may be considered as an induction immunosuppression in recipients receiving kidneys with AKI because it showed better graft survival than basiliximab.

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THE RATIO OF CONTRAST VOLUME TO CREATININE CLEARANCE PREDICTS CONTRAST-INDUCED ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY AND LONG-TERM OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSIONS UNDERGOING CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION

Journal of the American College of Cardiology ◽

10.1016/s0735-1097(15)61816-2 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 65 (10) ◽

pp. A1816

Author(s):

Jiyan Chen ◽

Ning Tan ◽

Yong Liu ◽

Yuan-Hui Liu

Keyword(s):

Acute Kidney Injury ◽

Creatinine Clearance ◽

Cardiac Catheterization ◽

Kidney Injury ◽

Long Term Outcomes ◽

Chronic Total Occlusions ◽

Contrast Volume

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Snake envenomation-induced acute kidney injury: prognosis and long-term renal outcomes

Postgraduate Medical Journal ◽

10.1136/postgradmedj-2020-139021 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. postgradmedj-2020-139021

Author(s):

Manoj Kumar ◽

Maasila Arcot Thanjan ◽

Natarajan Gopalakrishnan ◽

Dhanapriya Jeyachandran ◽

Dineshkumar Thanigachalam ◽

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Keyword(s):

Acute Kidney Injury ◽

Kidney Injury ◽

Long Term Outcomes ◽

Urine Protein ◽

Renal Outcomes ◽

Snake Envenomation ◽

The Mean ◽

New Onset

BackgroundSnake bite continues to be a significant cause of acute kidney injury (AKI) in India. There is paucity of data regarding long-term outcomes of such patients. In this study, we aim to assess the prognosis and long-term renal outcomes of such patients.MethodsWe analysed the hospital records of snake envenomation-induced AKI from January 2015 to December 2018. Predictors of in-hospital mortality were assessed. Survivors were advised to visit follow-up clinic to assess their kidney function.ResultsThere were 769 patients with evidence of envenomation and of them, 159 (20.7%) had AKI. There were 112 (70.4%) males. Mortality occurred in 9.4% of patients. Logistic regression analysis identified shock (OR 51.949, 95% CI 4.297 to 628.072) and thrombocytopenia (OR 27.248, 95% CI 3.276 to 226.609) as predictors of mortality. Forty-three patients attended the follow-up. The mean follow-up duration was 30.4±15.23 months. Adverse renal outcomes (eGFR <60 mL/min/1.73 m2 or new-onset hypertension (HTN) or pre-HTN or urine protein creatinine ratio >0.3) occurred in 48.8% of patients. Older age (mean age (years) 53.3 vs 42.8, p=0.004) and longer duration on dialysis (median duration (days) 11.5 vs 5, p=0.024) were significantly associated with adverse renal outcomes.ConclusionsThe incidence of AKI in snake envenomation was 20.7%. The presence of shock and thrombocytopenia were associated with mortality. Adverse renal outcomes occurred in 48.8% of patients in the long term.

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