Sarcoma de Kaposi en un adulto con trasplante renal Kaposi's sarcoma in an adult with renal transplantation

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Enrique Emilio Jiménez López

2010-07-01

Full Text Available Se presenta el caso clínico de un paciente con trasplante renal, atendido en el Hospital Provincial Docente "Saturnino Lora Torres" de Santiago de Cuba, que a los 12 meses de operado comenzó a presentar lesiones eritematosas en la piel. Los resultados de los exámenes complementarios, incluida la biopsia, confirmaron que se trataba de un sarcoma de Kaposi. El afectado egresó y continuó su seguimiento por consulta externa. A los 3 meses, la dermatopatía había desaparecido totalmente y disminuido a 50 % el índice de filtración glomerular.The case report of a patient with renal transplantion, attended in the «Saturnino Lora Torres» Teaching Provincial Hospital from Santiago de Cuba who, after 12 months of his surgery, began to present erythematous lesions in the skin is presented. The results of the additional tests, including the biopsy, confirmed that it was a Kaposi's sarcoma. He was discharged and continued his follow up through the out patient department. After 3 months, the dermatopathy had totally disappeared and the glomerular filtration index decreased to 50%.

Reanálisis del estudio ESHOL: mortalidad por todas las causas considerando riesgos de competición y tiempo-dependientes para trasplante renal

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Francisco Maduell

2016-03-01

Conclusiones: Los resultados del reanálisis del estudio ESHOL se confirman cuando se aplica el análisis en la población por intención de tratar sin censurar ninguna observación y considerando la mortalidad por todas las causas dependiente del tiempo y del riesgo competitivo del trasplante renal.

Supervivencia del injerto y del receptor en el trasplante renal en el hospital Guillermo Gran Benavente (Concepción, Chile

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Magali Rodríguez Vidal

2014-12-01

Full Text Available Al ser el trasplante renal la mejor opción terapéutica para el tratamiento de la Insuficiencia Renal Terminal, en la ciudad de Concepción (Chile, se inició el programa de Trasplante Renal (TX en el año 1994. El objetivo de este trabajo es caracterizar la supervivencia del injerto renal de los TX realizados un hospital, de dicha ciudad mediante un estudio descriptivo, transversal, correlacional y comparativo de los resultados obtenidos en dos periodos, A: de 1994 a 2003 y, B: de 2004 a 2012. El análisis estadístico se realizó con el software SPSSv20.0. La funcion de supervivencia con la prueba no-paramétrica de Kaplan-Meier; y para comparaciones de variables se utilizó el test log-rank. De los resultados obtenidos cabe destacar que la supervivencia del paciente trasplantado en el período A fue mejor el primer al año (96%, pero fue menor a los 3 (90%, 5 (86% y 10 años (72% respecto al período B en que los valores fueron al año 95%, a los 3 el 90% a los 5 y 10 años el 87% y a los 10 años. La supervivencia del injerto también fue mayor en el periodo A que en el B, y mejor cuando hubo un tiempo de isquemia inferior a 24 horas y sin diferencias en relación al sexo del donante y del receptor y al tipo de tratamiento inmunosupreso. Las infeciones fueron la primera causa de muerte del paciente y las complicaciones quirúrgicas la principal causa de la pérdida del injerto.

Trasplante renal y disminución de la mortalidad en los programas de diálisis crónica

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Walter G. Douthat

2014-02-01

Full Text Available El trasplante renal (TR presenta mejor supervivencia, calidad de vida y costos que la diálisis en la insuficiencia renal crónica (IRC. Estudiamos pacientes en diálisis que recibieron TR durante 2010, las causas de finalización del tratamiento y la supervivencia en diálisis. Evaluamos si criterios más amplios para la aceptación de trasplantes hubieran afectado los resultados del procedimiento en ese período. Incluimos 118 pacientes en diálisis, edad media 56.9 ± 18.4 años, tiempo en diálisis 45.5 ± 59.6 meses, 35 (30% presentaban diabetes como causa de IRC, y 58 (49% estaban en espera del TR. Treinta y cuatro finalizaron diálisis, 18 por TR y 12 por fallecimiento. Las principales causas de muerte fueron cardiovasculares, 6 (50% e infecciones, 2 (17%. La supervivencia al año fue 85% para el grupo total, 98% para los pacientes inscriptos en lista de espera y 72% para no inscriptos. Durante 2010 se realizaron 88 TR (62 con donantes cadavéricos [DC], 18 donantes vivos y 8 dobles trasplantes páncreas-riñón. Los receptores de DC tenían en promedio 50.7 años, 67 meses en diálisis, 8 (13% eran diabéticos, 12 (20% con TR previos y 3 cross match contra panel de anticuerpos > 20%. Los donantes tenían edad media 45 años, 28 (45% con criterios expandidos y 27.7 h de isquemia fría. A los 11.4 meses de seguimiento, 13 (21% presentó rechazo agudo, la supervivencia para injerto fue de 88% y 93% para pacientes. La principal causa de finalización de diálisis fue TR, sin detectarse que el empleo de DC afectara la supervivencia del TR.

Impacto en un programa de trasplante renal de un protocolo de donación tras muerte cardiaca controlada con soporte de ECMO

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

José Luis Cobo Sánchez

Full Text Available Resumen Objetivo: Analizar el impacto de un protocolo de donación tras muerte cardiaca controlada con soporte de sistema de oxigenación de membrana extracorpórea (PMCC-ECMO en el programa de trasplante renal de nuestro centro. Material y Método: Estudio retrospectivo, observacional, descriptivo en una cohorte de injertos renales (IR procedentes de un PMCC-ECMO. Se evalúan los IR procedentes de 8 pacientes con enfermedad irreversible (EI en los que se aplica limitación del esfuerzo terapéutico y se consideran como potenciales donantes durante el último semestre del 2014 y el primer trimestre de 2015. Se excluyeron los IR enviados fuera de la comunidad. Se evaluaron indicadores del proceso de donación (IPD y resultados clínicos de los injertos (RCI. Resultados: IPD: 100% hombres, edad media 60 años, tiempo medio agónico 9,37 minutos; causa EI 62,5% de origen pulmonar, 37,5% de origen neurológico. Se obtuvieron 13 riñones, 3 hígados y 2 pulmones: 2 IR fuera de la comunidad. Los IR provenientes del PMCC-ECMO supusieron un 20% de los IR del 2014 en nuestro centro. RCI: De los 11 IR trasplantados en nuestro centro, sólo 1 no fue viable por trombosis de las venas renales, y otro IR se retrasó la función renal por causas inmunológicas. Valores medios función IR al mes: creatinina sérica 1,88 mg/dl, aclaramiento creatinina 56,82 mL/min, urea 0,798 g/L. Conclusiónes: El PMCC-ECMO ha tenido un alto impacto en el programa de trasplante renal, tanto por incrementar la tasa de donación, como por la alta tasa de viabilidad de los injertos.

El cuidado en un programa de trasplante renal: un acompañamiento de vida

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Ana Julia Carrillo-Algarra

2015-01-01

Full Text Available Objetivo: comprender las experiencias de cuidado de enfermeras integrantes de grupos de trasplante de la ciudad de Bogotá. Materiales y métodos: investigación cualitativa, utilizó la estrategia de grupos focales; la organización y el análisis de datos siguieron la propuesta de codificación de Janice M. Morse; participaron, previo consentimiento informado, 10 de 20 enfermeras de unidades de trasplante. Se realizó triangulación entre las integrantes del equipo investigador y la literatura relevante. Resultados: emergieron 6 ca- tegorías: 1 los múltiples significados del trasplante: cambio, pasión, satisfacción, esperanza, libertad, mayor cercanía, responsabilidad, compromiso, complejidad; 2 las redes de apoyo: familia, asociación de enfermeras, grupo de trabajo interdisciplinario, empresas pro- motoras de salud, industria farmacéutica; 3 implicaciones del día a día: relación cercana con el paciente y la familia, fortalecimiento de la autoestima profesional, estatus dentro del grupo de trasplante, manejo de las cargas; 4 trayectorias del cuidado profesiona l: acom- pañamiento de la enfermera a través del ciclo vital del paciente y posibilidad de identificar necesidades por la estrecha relac ión con él; 5 el perfil de la enfermera: carácter, conocimiento, compromiso, disponibilidad permanente y capacidad de gestión; 6 contradi cciones del trasplante: rechazo al injerto, sufrimiento, desesperanza, sistema de salud; para enfermería, las agotadoras jornadas de tr abajo.

En la Cuyuntura entre la Antropología y el Trasplante de Órganos Humanos: Tendencias, Conceptos y Agendas.

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Alejandro Castillejo Cuéllar.

2008-01-01

Full Text Available Este texto es un resumen de los debates en torno a la tecnología de trasplante de órganos humanos desde la perspectiva de las ciencias sociales. El artículo se divide en cuatro secciones: por un lado, presenta algunas de las principales corrientes relativas a la ética de los trasplantes de órganos humanos. En segundo lugar, que habita en el encuentro de profesionales y la antropología de la práctica médica. En tercer lugar, el artículo discute los principales problemas con el trasplante de lo que se refiere a la traffcking de órganos humanos. Por último, se alude a los programas de investigación pertinentes posible en América Latina, y particularmente en Colombia.

Recurrence of ANCA-associated vasculitis in a patient with kidney trasplant

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Pedro García Cosmes

2016-03-01

Full Text Available Renal disease secondary to vasculitis associated with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA can lead to chronic renal disease requiring renal replacement therapy. In these patients, kidney transplantation offers excellent long-term rates of allograft and patient survival; consequently, they can be trasplanted when the clinical disease activity has remitted. However, the risk of disease relapses in the renal allograft remains, although at lower rates due to modern immunosuppressive regimes. We describe the case of a male patient with extracapillary glomerulonephritis type III C-ANCA (+ who developed a recurrence in the renal allograft 8 years after transplantation. Intensive immunosupression with plasmapheresis controlled the disease.

La perspectiva de los nefrólogos acerca de la donación y el trasplante renal en la Argentina

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Javier Roberti

2014-10-01

Full Text Available El objetivo de este trabajo cualitativo fue explorar y describir la perspectiva de los nefrólogos acerca de la situación de la donación y el trasplante en la Argentina. Participaron 22 jefes de equipo de trasplante y/o profesionales a cargo de la toma de decisiones sobre la aceptación de injertos, donantes y candidatos a trasplante, de una muestra intencional. Se realizaron entrevistas en profundidad, semi-estructuradas, que se grabaron, transcribieron, analizaron y codificaron temáticamente. Más de la mitad de los participantes coincidió en la necesidad de promover la donación de órganos; casi la mitad dijo que los centros de diálisis no enviaban todos los pacientes que deberían a realizar estudios para trasplante. La mitad de los participantes confirmó que la información brindada por el equipo de procuración no era confiable. Se identificó la falta de adherencia de los pacientes al tratamiento como un problema serio, principalmente a causa de la situación socio-económica. 5/22 participantes expresaron que la cantidad de trasplantes no aumentaba por bajas tasas de donación, entrenamiento deficiente o falta de información de los nefrólogos. Los participantes percibieron una necesidad de información, entrenamiento y compromiso de los profesionales de la salud en la identificación y derivación de posibles donantes y receptores y señalaron que los problemas socioeconómicos afectan al proceso en diferentes etapas. Estos temas deberían ser tenidos en cuenta para mejorar los resultados del trasplante en un contexto de transparencia y equidad.

TRANSPLANTE RENAL

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Soraia Geraldo Rozza Lopes

2014-01-01

Full Text Available El objetivo del estudio fue comprender el significado de espera del trasplante renal para las mujeres en hemodiálisis. Se trata de un estudio cualitativo-interpretativo, realizado con 12 mujeres en hemodiálisis en Florianópolis. Los datos fueron recolectados a través de entrevistas en profundidad en el domicilio. Fue utilizado el software Etnografh 6.0 para la pre-codificación y posterior al análisis interpretativo emergieron dos categorías: “las sombras del momento actual”, que mostró que las dificultades iniciales de la enfermedad están presentes, pero las mujeres pueden hacer frente mejor a la enfermedad y el tratamiento. La segunda categoría, “la luz del trasplante renal”, muestra la esperanza impulsada por la entrada en la lista de espera para un trasplante.

Uso de medicamentos inmunosupresores en pacientes con trasplante renal, hepático y de médula ósea, en una clínica de nivel III de Bogotá.

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Jorge J. López G.

2009-07-01

Full Text Available Antecedentes. El trasplante de órganos en la actualidad es una opción terapéutica para los pacientes que cursan estadíos terminales de ciertas patologías; el uso de inmunosupresores contribuye en gran medida a la efectividad de este tipo de tratamientos, ya que es fundamental para evitar el rechazo. El no seguimiento del consumo de medicamentos nuevos, como es el caso de los inmunosupresores que suelen tener precios relativamente elevados, junto con la ampliación injustificada de indicaciones, puede ocasionar un aumento de los costos de la terapia farmacológica y, lo más importante, causar riesgos en el paciente trasplantado. Objetivos. Describir y caracterizar el uso de medicamentos inmunosupresores en pacientes con trasplante renal, de médula ósea alogénico y hepático. Material y métodos. Estudio observacional-descriptivo de corte transversal con recolección retrospectiva de la información a un año. Se trata de un estudio de utilización de medicamentos sobre hábitos de prescripción. Resultados. El desenlace global de la terapia del trasplante produce resultados satisfactorios en un 92,5 por ciento (49 pacientes, 5,7 por ciento (3 pacientes presentan rechazo con retiro del injerto, mientras que un paciente fallece después de ser sometido al trasplante. El medicamento más prescrito es el micofenolato de mofetil, con 41 prescripciones (28%, mientras que el más consumido es la prednisona con 2,38 dosis diaria definidas /100 pacientes/día. Conclusiones. Se evidencia la presencia de micofenolato, ciclosporina y corticoides en la mayoría de los esquemas con algunas prescripciones de anticuerpos monoclonales y globulina antitimocítica.

Trasplante simultáneo de páncreas y riñón: reporte del primer caso realizado en el Perú

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

José De Vinatea

2010-04-01

Full Text Available El trasplante simultáneo de páncreas y riñón es la opción terapéutica ideal para pacientes con diabetes mellitus tipo 1 con insuficiencia renal crónica. Permite recuperar la insulino-independencia y evita la necesidad de diálisis, mejorando notablemente la calidad de vida. Así mismo, la restitución de la euglicemia logra que las complicaciones tardías de la diabetes no progresen e incluso regresionen, prolongando la supervivencia global de estos pacientes. Estos beneficios superan a los riesgos de la cirugía y de la inmunosupresión inherentes al trasplante. A nivel mundial, desde 1966, en que se llevó a cabo el primer trasplante de páncreas en Minnesota (Estados Unidos, se han registrado más de 20 000 trasplantes de páncreas, con resultados cada vez mejores gracias al refinamiento en las técnicas quirúrgicas y a los nuevos esquemas de inmunosupresión. En el presente caso clínico, se reporta y describe la realización del primer trasplante simultáneo de páncreas y riñón en el Perú.

Amiloidosis renal hereditaria por depósito de apolipoproteína AI: un reto diagnóstico

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Kelly del Rocío Samillán-Sosa

2015-05-01

La amiloidosis por depósito de Apo AI progresa a enfermedad renal crónica terminal en el plazo de de 3 a 15 años. Se diferencia clínicamente de la amiloidosis AL por su menor afectación extrarrenal y su mejor pronóstico. El trasplante renal ofrece una supervivencia del injerto aceptable y el trasplante hepato-renal se podría tener en cuenta en pacientes con disfunción significativa de ambos órganos.

Costo-efectividad de intervenciones para insuficiencia renal crónica terminal

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Armando Arredondo

1998-12-01

Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Analisó el costo-efectividad en intervenciones para pacientes con insuficiencia renal crónica terminal (IRCT en términos de los costos económicos de cada intervención, los años de vida ganados y la calidad de vida que generan tres alternativas comparables y mutuamente excluyentes: diálisis peritoneal contínua ambulatoria (DPCA, la hemodiálisis (HD y el trasplante renal (TR. MÉTODO: El diseño del estudio fue de tipo longitudinal. Los costos de cada intervención se determinaron mediante la técnica de manejo de caso promedio. Las medidas para evaluar los criterios de efectividad elegidos fueron la probabilidad de sobrevida y el Año de Vida Ajustado por Calidad (QALY, Quality Adjusted Life Year medido por el Indice de Rosser. RSULTADOS: Los costos de manejo anual de caso fueron: diálisis peritoneal $5,643.07, hemodiálisis $9,631.60 y trasplante $3,021.63. En cuanto a la efectividad, la sobrevida del injerto de trasplante renal resultó de 89,9% y 79,6% a uno y tres años respectivamente, mientras que los pacientes sometidos a DPCA tienen una sobrevida de 86,2% y 66,9% a un año y a tres años respectivamente. En cuanto a los QALY's, los resultados para cada intervención fueron: DPCA 0,879; HD 0,864; y para el TR 0,978. CONCLUSIÓN: La intervención más costo-efectiva resultó el trasplante renal con un coeficiente de 3,088.69, seguido de la DPCA y la hemodiálisis, cuyos coeficientes fueron de 6,416.95 y 11,147.68 respectivamente. Por lo tanto se recomienda promover y utilizar el trasplante renal como la intervención más costo-efectiva para pacientes con IRCT.

Donación y trasplante de órganos y tejidos

OpenAIRE

Caicedo Rusca, Luis Armando; Alex, Castro; Ordóñez, Vasco; Jurado, Fátima; Echeverry, Patricia; Fundación Valle de Lili

2010-01-01

Donación y trasplante de órganos y tejidos/¿Crees en la vida después de la vida?/Qué dice la ley colombiana/Tipos de donantes de órganos/el dónate de órganos una urgencia de vida o muerte/ Quién puede ser donante de órganos/ Trayectoria de los trasplantes en la Fundación Valle del Lili/Preguntas y respuestas/ ¿Cuáles son los órganos que más se requieren para trasplante?/¿Qué trasplantes se realizan en Colombia?/¿Cómo hacen para enterarse que una persona es donante de órganos si el paciente es...

Seroprevalencia de citomegalovirus en donantes de órganos y receptores de trasplante renal, Colombia, 2010-2014

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Yazmín Rocío Arias-Murillo

2016-08-01

Conclusiones. Los resultados del presente estudio evidenciaron que las tasas de infección por citomegalovirus fueron altas y que la categorización del riesgo de los receptores de trasplante señala la necesidad de que los equipos médicos tratantes tomen medidas para minimizar los riesgos.

Análisis comparativo de las complicaciones quirúrgicas en un programa de donación renal en asistolia no controlada

OpenAIRE

Guerrero Ramos, Félix, Félix

2015-01-01

La insuficiencia renal crónica (IRC) es una enfermedad con una importante incidencia y prevalencia en nuestro país, que conlleva un marcado deterioro de la calidad de vida, una elevada morbimortalidad y una gran carga económica para el sistema sanitario. El tratamiento de dicha condición es la terapia renal sustitutiva, bien con diálisis o con trasplante renal. El mejor tratamiento para los pacientes con IRC terminal es el trasplante de riñón, con beneficios a largo plazo tanto en supervivenc...

Trasplante cardíaco: organización e indicaciones

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

José M. Revuelta

2008-01-01

La experiencia clínica está demostrando que las indicaciones y las contraindicaciones del trasplante cardíaco están en constante cambio, debido principalmente a los avances en los cuidados pre, per y postoperatorios, a los nuevos fármacos y otras novedosas alternativas terapéuticas. La clase funcional (NY HA del paciente es poco precisa para indicar el trasplante cardíaco, por lo que se precisa de otras determinaciones, como el consumo máximo de oxígeno: VO2 máx < 10 ml/kg/min conlleva un mortalidad hospitalaria elevada. Asimismo, la fracción de eyección ventricular izquierda disminuida (FEVI < 20% no debe considerarse como el indicador principal para establecer la indicación de trasplante, siendo necesario valorar otros factores de riesgo preoperatorios. En la última década, la experiencia ha puesto de manifiesto que algunas de las contraindicaciones absolutas, antes vigentes, no siempre deben desaconsejar el trasplante cardíaco.

Sangrado de angiomiolipoma renal en paciente con síndrome de genes contiguos (TSC2/PKD1 tras 17 años de tratamiento renal sustitutivo

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Mónica Furlano

2017-01-01

Full Text Available Presentamos el caso de un varón de 32 años, con síndrome de genes contiguos TSC2/PKD1, que le ocasiona esclerosis tuberosa (ET y poliquistosis renal autosómica dominante simultáneamente. Evolucionó a enfermedad renal terminal y se realizó trasplante renal a los 12 años. Los riñones presentaban angiomiolipomas (AML, que son tumores benignos frecuentes en pacientes con ET. A los 17 años postrasplante, presentó un cuadro de dolor abdominal, anemización y hematoma retroperitoneal. Dicho hematoma se produjo por el sangrado de los AML. Como tratamiento se realizó embolización selectiva. Nuestro paciente podría haberse beneficiado en el momento del trasplante renal del tratamiento con inhibidores de mTOR. Este fármaco actúa como inmunosupresor y reductor tumoral en la ET, al disminuir el riesgo de rotura y hemorragia. En este paciente no se administró porque cuando se trasplantó no se conocía la relación de los inhibidores de mTOR con la ET. Este caso confirma que, a pesar de tratarse de pacientes trasplantados o en diálisis, el riesgo de sangrado por los AML persiste, por lo cual se propone realizar controles periódicos de los riñones propios y valorar la nefrectomía.

Varicela y herpes zóster en una paciente con trasplante renal Chickenpox and herpes zoster in a patient with kidney transplant

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Enrique Emilio Jiménez López

2011-03-01

Full Text Available Se describe el caso clínico de una adolescente de 13 años de edad, con trasplante renal, que reingresó a los 10 meses de operada por presentar fiebre, dolor en el costado izquierdo desde el borde esternal de ese lado hasta la columna dorsal y lesiones maculopapulosas sobre una base eritematosa, localizadas en tronco, cuello y cara, que se extendieron primeramente a los miembros inferiores y superiores; pero luego, mientras unas se convirtieron en pústulas y costras típicas de un herpes zóster, las restantes evolucionaron como una varicela. Tratada oportunamente, la paciente mejoró su estado general y egresó con función renal normal a su entorno cotidiano.The clinical report of a 13 years-old adolescent with kidney transplant is described. He was readmitted ten months after the surgery due to fever, pain in the left side from the sternal margin to the thoracic spine and macular-papular injuries over erythematous base, located in the trunk, neck and face that were first spread to the lower and upper limbs, but then, while ones became into pustules and scales typical of herpes zoster, the remaining progressed as chickenpox. Treated at the appropriate time, the patient improved her general condition and she was discharged with normal kidney function to her daily environment.

Factores de riesgo de mortalidad precoz del Trasplante Pulmonar

OpenAIRE

Kreis Esmendi, Germán

2006-01-01

Consultable des del TDX Títol obtingut de la portada digitalitzada A pesar de la experiencia acumulada, la mortalidad postoperatoria temprana del trasplante pulmonar continua siendo elevada. Los factores asociados a este evento permanecen siendo controvertidos. Objetivo: Revisar la serie de trasplantes pulmonares realizados en el Hospital Vall d' Hebron para establecer la supervivencia acumulada e identificar los factores asociados con riesgo de mortalidad postoperatoria precoz. Pacient...

Trasplante pulmonar: experiencia en clínica las condes

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

C. María Teresa Parada, Dra

2010-03-01

Hace 10 años Clínica Las Condes inicia su programa de trasplante pulmonar el que ha sido pionero nacional en número de injertos realizados y resultados obtenidos a largo plazo. Se realiza una revisión de las indicaciones, complicaciones precoces y tardías, capacidad física posterior al trasplante y sobrevida alejada de los pacientes trasplantados de pulmón en nuestro programa.

Dinámicas científicas, técnicas e institucionales en el desarrollo de la diálisis y los trasplantes renales en la Argentina

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Romero, Lucía

2012-12-01

Full Text Available This paper analyzes the origin and development of experimental and clinical research about kidney transplant and dialysis in Argentina which were carried out, from 1957, at the Instituto de Investigaciones Médicas (IIM de la Facultad de Medicina, at the Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA. The aim is to show how these developments were possible due to the convergence of social and cognitive dynamics. The major boost given to research and clinical experience on transplants and dialysis at the IIM was because they were a a central part of the institutional commitment carried out by Alfredo Lanari, the administrative and political authority of the IIM, b a way to continue and take profit of the previous accumulation on local research capacities, human resources and knowledge on transplants and c a consequence of new scientific cooperation links settled between Lanari`s researchers and the international pioneers in this experimental and clinical field, which allowed the acquisition of technical equipment and knowledge applied in the local context. The progressive stabilization of those researches not only gave scientific prestige to the IIM but produced significant changes for Acute Kidney Failure and Chronic Kidney Failure sick people, whose treatment or cure were non-existent for them until then.

En este trabajo se analiza la emergencia y la evolución de las investigaciones experimentales y clínicas sobre trasplantes renales y diálisis en la Argentina, llevadas a cabo, a partir de 1957, en el Instituto de Investigaciones Médicas (IIM de la Facultad de Medicina, de la Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA. Se intenta mostrar cómo estas realizaciones fueron posibles gracias a la convergencia de dinámicas sociales y cognitivas. El impulso que recibieron las investigaciones y las prácticas sobre trasplantes y diálisis en el IIM fueron a parte central de las apuestas institucionales llevadas adelante por Alfredo Lanari, director

TRASPLANTE PULMONAR: ESTADO ACTUAL

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

María Teresa Parada C., DRA.

2015-05-01

Los desafíos en la actualidad son el déficit de órganos, que lleva aumento de lista de espera por lo que se han desarrollado técnicas de optimización de injertos, la extensión de la edad de los candidatos a trasplante y se mantiene sin grandes modificaciones la disfunción crónica de injerto.

Formación continuada: Vivir con insuficiencia renal crónica

OpenAIRE

Andreu Periz, Lola; Force Sanmartín, Enriqueta

1998-01-01

Actualmente existen en España 27.000 enfermos afectados de insuficiencia renal crónica que requieren tratamiento sustitutivo de la función renal o que han sido trasplantados. Las terapias básicas sustitutivas de la función renal son la hemodiálisis y la diálisis peritoneal. Ambas son generalmente bien toleradas y aunque no exentas de complicaciones, permiten a los pacientes alcanzar una aceptable rehabilitación y calidad de vida. El trasplante renal es, teóricamente, la solución ideal, aunque...

67. Lecciones aprendidas del trasplante cardiohepático simultáneo

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

F. Gómez

2010-01-01

Full Text Available El trasplante simultáneo combinado de corazón e hígado es una opción de tratamiento en pacientes en fase final de la insuficiencia cardíaca y hepática. Desde su descripción inicial por Starzl en 1985, no ha sido un procedimiento muy expandido, siendo pocos y de escasa cuantía los registros que aparecen en la literatura. Presentamos dos hermanos de 51 y 54 años afectos de amiloidosis familiar en su variedad transtiretina amiloidea (ATTR (mutación gen E89K de la transtirretina, ambos con miocardiopatía restrictiva e hígado congestivo con ingresos previos por descompensación hepática e insuficiencia cardíaca. Tras el estudio pretrasplante cardíaco y hepático completo sin contraindicación al mismo, fueron incluidos en lista de trasplante cardíaco-hepático. Dado el grado avanzado de insuficiencia de ambos órganos, se consideró la opción de trasplante en un solo tiempo como única posibilidad. El trasplante fue llevado a cabo en dos fases, con el implante inicial cardíaco y, una vez terminada la circulación extracorpórea, se procedió a la fase hepática. Se plantean los problemas del trasplante en dos tiempos o simultáneo a partir de órganos de un solo donante, la ubicación en las listas de espera, la técnica quirúrgica, el momento de la administración de protamina, el cierre esternal pre o postrasplante hepático y el manejo intra y postoperatorio. Ambos pacientes presentaron un curso postoperatorio correcto, dándose de alta hospitalaria a los 20 y 27 días del trasplante con correcta función cardíaca y hepática. Los controles ambulatorios de ambos pacientes son favorables, mostrándose en clase funcional I y sin descompensaciones hepáticas.

Relación del estado de salud bucal y condiciones socioeconómicas en el paciente con enfermedad renal crónica en tratamiento

OpenAIRE

Navia Jutchenko, María Fernanda; Muñoz López, Eliana Elisa; López Soto, Olga Patricia

2013-01-01

Objetivo Caracterizar la salud bucal en pacientes tratados con diferentes tipos de diálisis o con trasplante renal.Materiales y Método Este trabajo descriptivo consideró 336 pacientes, el 49 % recibía hemodiálisis, 34 % diálisis peritoneal, 7 % prediálisis y 10 % trasplante renal. La información fue tomada de una base de datos inicial que en este artículo aplicó un análisis multivariado. Las variables ilustrativas fueron edad, género, estado civil, ocupación, educación, índice de higiene oral...

Fragilidad y estado nutricional en el periodo pre-trasplante. ¿Existe relación?

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Maria Vera Casanova

Full Text Available Resumen Introducción: La malnutrición en la enfermedad renal crónica (ERC está asociada al aumento del riesgo de mortalidad y complicaciones. Sin embargo, el estado nutricional de los pacientes con ERC en lista de espera (LE de trasplante renal (TR, y su relación con el estado de fragilidad ha sido poco evaluado. Objetivo: Analizar el estado nutricional y funcional de una cohorte de pacientes en lista de espera de trasplante renal y su relación con la fragilidad. Pacientes y Método: Estudio retrospectivo de los pacientes incluidos en LE de TR desde Junio 2016 hasta Junio 2017. Se evaluaron a los pacientes mediante distintas escalas de valoración, recogiendo parámetros antropométricos, analíticos y de bioimpedanciometría (BCM. Resultados: De los 177 pacientes incluidos, 55 (31.1% se definieron como frágiles. Dicho grupo eran de mayor edad (64.2 vs 61.2 años; p=0.08, sexo femenino (56.4% vs 32.8%, p<0.01, IMC mayor (29.3±5.8 vs 27.3±5,6 kg/m²; p=0.03 y más frecuentemente diabéticos (DM2 (43.6% vs 30.3%; p=0.08. La evaluación mediante BCM demostró que los pacientes frágiles tenían menos índice de tejido magro (12.3±2.4 vs 14.1±4 kg/m²; p<0.01 y mayor índice de tejido graso (16.2±6.1 vs 11.8±5.6 kg/m²; p<0.01 que los no frágiles. Conclusión: En nuestra lista de espera de TR, los pacientes frágiles son de mayor edad, sexo femenino, mayor grado de obesidad, DMII y con menor masa muscular. Las estrategias encaminadas a liberalizar dietas, aumentar la ingesta proteica y fomentar el ejercicio físico pueden ser relevantes para mejorar los resultados a corto y largo plazo del TR.

Infeccion urinaria temprana en trasplante renal: Factores de riesgo y efecto en la sobrevida del injerto Early urinary tract infection in kidney transplantation: Risk factors and impact on graft sur-vival

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Pablo A. Cepeda

2005-10-01

Full Text Available La infección urinariatemprana del injerto (IUTI, definida como infección urinaria sintomática en los primeros 3 meses del trasplante, su efecto sobre la sobrevida del injerto y los factores de riesgo han sido poco estudiados. Los objetivos del presente análisis fueron conocer factores de riesgo para IUTI, analizar agentes causantes e impacto en la sobrevida del injerto. En forma retrospectiva se analizaron pacientes que recibieron trasplante renal durante 1997-2000 en el Hospital Privado - Centro Médico de Córdoba. Se dividió en dos grupos de pacientes, según presencia (grupo IUTI o ausencia (grupo control de IUTI. Los factores de riesgo se analizaron con el modelo de riesgos proporcionales de Cox y la sobrevida del injerto con el método de Kaplan-Meier. Recibieron trasplante renal 226 pacientes consecutivos. La IUTI se presentó en 55 (24.3%. Factores de riesgo asociados con IUTI: antecedentes de maniobras urológicas invasivas (RR=4.34, IC 95% 1.42-13.21, diabetes mellitus (RR=3.79, IC 95% 1.42-10.14, infección por citomegalovirus (RR=2.9, IC 95% 1.02-8.24 y antecedente de trasplante previo (RR=2.83, IC 95% 1.08-7.45. El retardo en la función del injerto (RR=0.38, IC 95% 0.15-0.94 se asoció con menor incidencia de IUTI. Agentes más frecuentes: Klebsiella pneumoniae (36%, Pseudomonas aeruginosa (24% y Escherichia coli (9%. La sobrevida del injerto a los 2 años en el grupo IUTI (87.2% no fue diferente del control (81.2%, P = 0.32. En esta serie las maniobras urológicas invasivas fueron el principal factor de riesgo asociado a IUTI. No hubo disminución de la sobrevida del injerto asociada a IUTI. La alta prevalencia de uropatógenos no coli requiere mayor evaluación.The early urinary tract infection (EUTI in kidney transplant recipients is an infection develop during the first 3 months post transplant surgery. The effect of EUTI on graft survival and risk factors have been scarcely studied. Our objetives were the evaluation of

Conocimientos y actitudes de los médicos de instituciones hospitalarias en Barranquillla sobre donación y trasplante de órganos

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Rafael Tuesca . M

2003-01-01

Full Text Available Objetivo: Identificar las actitudes y evaluar el conocimiento sobre donación y trasplante de órganos en médicos de instituciones hospitalarias en Barranquilla (Colombia. Métodos: Se diseñó un estudio observacional transversal. Muestra aleatoria estratificada de 305 médicos generales (MG y especialistas de instituciones hospitalarias de Barranquilla. Información de tipo primario, mediante encuestas autodiligenciadas. El cuestionario adaptado de Blanca, De Frutos y Rosel consta de 29 preguntas, divididas en tres capítulos. El primer capítulo: identificación personal (6 ítems; el segundo midió el conocimiento sobre donación y trasplante mediante preguntas de selección múltiple (11 ítems; y el tercero evaluó las actitudes con escala tipo likert (12 ítems. Se contó con el apoyo de los centros hospitalarios. Resultados: Se evaluaron 274 médicos (104 MG que presentaron una media de 48.7 años y desviación estándar de 6.37. La razón de médicos especialistas por médico general fue de 1.6:1. Con respectoalconocimientoteórico,seencontróun50.73%defrecuenciamodal derespuestasregulares y el 41.24% en el rango bueno. Al comparar el conocimiento con el área de trabajo se encontró una diferencia significativa respecto al grado de conocimiento entre médicos generales y especialistas, siendo (OR=2.37IC95%1.42–3.93.Losmédicosdesconocenelmarcolegalqueregulaladonación ytrasplantedeórganos.El72.3%delosencuestadosdesconocelaexistenciadelprogramadedonación y trasplante de órganos en Barranquilla. El 35% manifiestó que se actualiza al consultar libros o revistas especializadas. En cuanto al conocimiento general, existe diferencia significativa entre los médicos generales y especialistas, lo cual arrojó una prueba Z de diferencia de proporciones de 3.91 para una p= 0.00007. Conclusiones:Losinvestigadoressugierenentreotrosaspectos:promocionarydifundirlosprogramas de trasplante y donación de órganos para el público en general y

Evaluación de la función renal en pacientes con enfermedad renal crónica (ERC) sin tratamiento sustitutorio, tras un programa de intervención nutricional (PIN): estudio aleatorizado

OpenAIRE

Beltrán López, Antonio

2016-01-01

La Enfermedad Renal Crónica (ERC) se define como la disminución de la función renal, donde se reduce el filtrado glomerular (FG) estimado < 60 ml/min/1,73m2 o como la presencia de daño renal de forma persistente durante al menos tres meses. La enfermedad renal crónica (ERC) es una patología progresiva que afecta cada vez más a la población, el daño renal aumenta con el paso del tiempo, siendo su resultado el tratamiento renal sustitutivo, trasplante o incluso la muerte, el gran problema es qu...

Revisión actualizada sobre el trasplante de órganos: estudio de un caso

OpenAIRE

Andreu Periz, Lola; Force Sanmartín, Enriqueta

2005-01-01

El trasplante de órganos supone una de las hazañas más importantes de la ciencia moderna. Tras más de 50 años de experiencia, los trasplantes de órganos y tejidos, junto a las nuevas terapias celulares, abren un amplio abanico de posibilidades y son una de las opciones terapéuticas más válidas para algunas enfermedades que hasta hace poco no tenían solución. El trasplante de órganos permite la supervivencia de muchos pacientes y supone una notable mejoría de la calidad de vida. El conocimient...

BIOÉTICA, TRASPLANTE DE ÓRGANOS Y DERECHO PENAL EN COLOMBIA

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Yolanda M. Guerra García

2011-01-01

Full Text Available Este artículo presenta los lineamientos del Derecho Penal que trascienden los conceptos de trasplantes de órganos y las implicaciones Bioéticas de los mismos. Del mismo modo se establecen algunos de los principales criterios relacionados con el debate bioético en torno al problema de la Donación y Trasplante de Órganos, problemas relacionados con temas como la Muerte Encefálica, el consentimiento informado, Justicia y Distribución, los Xenotrasplantes y la Clonación Embrionaria entre otros.

ADAPTACIÓN DEL MODELO ESPAÑOL DE GESTIÓN EN TRASPLANTE PARA LA MEJORA EN LA NEGATIVA FAMILIAR Y MANTENIMIENTO DEL DONANTE POTENCIAL

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Neide da Silva Knihs

2011-01-01

Full Text Available El propósito del estudio fue comparar los datos relacionados a la formación y perfil de los coordinadores de trasplante de Brasil y España para evaluar oportunidades de mejoría en la negativa familiar y el mantenimiento del donante en nuestro país. Una minuciosa evaluación fue realizada, comparando los datos de formación del coordinador de trasplante, perfil del coordinador de trasplante y de la metodología de trasplante de cada país. En Brasil el promedio de horas de capacitación recibida antes de empezar a trabajar con trasplantes es de ocho horas, en España de 42 horas. En Brasil 22,9% de los coordinadores de trasplante son médicos y en España 95% son médicos. El tiempo que actúa el coordinador de trasplantes en Brasil es de nueve meses y 22 días y en España 60 meses. El Modelo de Gestión de la Organización Nacional de Trasplante, puede ser adaptado en Brasil, como una forma de mejoría en la formación del coordinador de trasplante y de cambiar las tasas por negativa familiar y por pérdidas de mantenimiento.

Intervención psiquiátrica en programa de trasplantes

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

G. Octavio Rojas, Dr.

2010-03-01

Full Text Available En los últimos años la Psiquiatría de Enlace e Interconsulta ha experimentado un salto cualitativo, acercándose al espacio común del resto de las especialidades médicas: el hospital general. La participación de psiquiatras en programas clínicos específicos como las unidades de trasplantes de órganos sólidos tiene fundamentaciones técnicas precisas dada la correlación entre síntomas psíquicos y las características clínicas específicas de las enfermedades médicas que requieren de este procedimiento. Cada vez hay una mayor preocupación en los clínicos y cirujanos en relación a los factores psíquicos que obstaculizan la adherencia a los tratamientos e indicaciones médicas tanto antes como después de efectuado el trasplante. La población de pacientes pre y post-trasplantados exhiben elevadas tasas de cuadros psiquiátricos específicos que ameritan un tratamiento coordinado multidisciplinario. El objetivo de este trabajo es mostrar la experiencia inicial que estamos desarrollando en la Unidad de Trasplantes de Clínica Las Condes.

El criterio inmunológico de selección para el trasplante renal: Un aspecto científico-ético Inmunologic choice criterion for renal transplantation: a scientific-ethical issue

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Roberto Álvarez Hidalgo

2004-08-01

Full Text Available La insuficiencia renal crónica se considera una de las enfermedades crónicas no trasmisibles de mayor incidencia (1 / 1000, por lo que constituye un problema de salud en el mundo. En la actualidad es el transplante renal el tratamiento de elección, el cual representa una innovación tecnológica en el contexto de la Revolución Científico técnica, que ha alcanzado niveles altos de eficacia. Uno de los factores que intervienen en el éxito es la selección inmunológica de la pareja donante-receptor en base a los antígenos principales de histocompatibilidad (HLA. Esto asegura la supervivencia del injerto y el paciente a largo plazo. Los dilemas éticos son frecuentes en la donación de órganos tanto en el caso del donante vivo, como en el del cadáver. En la práctica diaria se realizan preguntas tales como: ¿En qué formas distribuir los órganos de donantes cadáver?, ó ¿El xenotrasplante y el trasplante de donante vivo no relacionado son alternativas válidas? Por tanto se pueden hacer ante la escasez de órganos?. Se han diseñado normas para resolver situaciones que exijan la toma de decisiones. Una correcta selección inmunológica sobre bases científicas y éticas asegura la calidad de vida del trasplantado y soluciona su problema de saludChronic renal failure is considered one of the non-transmissible chronic illnesses of higher incidence (1 / 1000, constituting a health problem all over the world. Nowadays, it is renal transplantation the treatment of choice, which represents a technological innovation in the context of the Scientific-Technological Revolution that has reached high levels of effectiveness. One of the factors that intervene in the success is the immunologic selection of the donor-receiver couple based on the main antigens of histocompatibility (HLA. This assures the implant and patient's long term survival. The ethical dilemmas are frequent in the donation of organs either in the case of alive or death donors

Sarcoma de Kaposi bucal en pacientes con trasplante de riñón

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Gladys Aída Estrada Pereira

2015-02-01

Full Text Available Se realizó un estudio descriptivo y transversal de 25 pacientes con trasplante renal y sarcoma de Kaposi bucal, atendidos en la consulta estomatológica del Policlínico de Especialidades del Hospital Clinicoquirúrgico Docente "Saturnino Lora Torres" de Santiago de Cuba, desde marzo de 2008 hasta igual mes de 2013, para describir los resultados clínicos e histopatológicos. Entre los hallazgos principales predominaron el sexo masculino, el grupo etario de 40-49 años y los afectados de piel negra. Por otra parte, como alteraciones hísticas sobresalieron los espacios vasculares atípicos, los cuerpos eosinófilos y la extravasación de hematíes; asimismo, la mayoría de las lesiones correspondieron al paladar duro y a la encía. La biopsia resultó ser un medio de diagnóstico valioso para confirmar esta enfermedad

Trasplante hepático pediátrico estudio descriptivo de la experiencia recogida por el grupo de trasplante pediátrico de clínica las condes y hospital luis calvo mackenna

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

M. Mario Uribe, Dr.

2010-03-01

Conclusión: Los resultados del THP en términos de sobrevida y complicaciones es similar a la experiencia de centros extranjeros, la cual es superior a las expectativas y calidad de vida de los pacientes sin trasplante. Las áreas de mayor desarrollo de nuestro centro y que presentan los mayores desafíos son el trasplante hepático en niños menores de 10 kilos, en falla hepática aguda, y el uso de donante vivo.

Trasplante después del Fontan. Aspectos quirúrgicos

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Juan-Miguel Gil-Jaurena

2016-09-01

Conclusiones: Trasplantar a pacientes con Fontan previo es un reto. Podemos anticipar variantes en cada una de las 5 anastomosis previstas. Es recomendable obtener tejido extra del donante (aorta y arco, vena cava superior e innominada, pericardio. Los resultados pueden superponerse a otras series de trasplante cardiaco.

Funcionamiento familiar en situación de trasplante de órganos pediátrico

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Elisa Kernde Castro

2005-01-01

Full Text Available El presente trabajo revisa recientes hallazgos y examina algunas cuestiones relacionadas a las implicaciones del trasplante de órganos en la infancia para las relaciones familiares. El trasplante de órganos pediátrico es un procedimiento que puede desestabilizar el funcionamiento familiar y puede influenciar la adaptación y manejo del niño con respecto a la enfermedad y tratamiento. Los estudios revisados muestran que se pueden producir cambios importantes en las relaciones familiares cuando se plantea la posibilidad de un trasplante de órganos, especialmente un aumento en el estrés de los padres y la aparición de conductas sobreprotectoras con el niño. Actualmente existen pocos estudios sobre el tema, pero las evidencias revelan que el funcionamiento familiar y la salud mental de los padres son aspectos importantes que pueden influenciar el bienestar psicológico del niño.

Anticuerpos anti-HLA y rechazo agudo del injerto renal en los niños

OpenAIRE

Galeas, Rubén Arturo; Gomezchico-Velasco, Rebeca; Valverde, Saúl; Ramón-García, Guillermo; Velásquez-Jones, Luis; Romero-Navarro, Benjamín; Hernández, Ana María; Vargas, Arindal; Leo, Claudia de; Medeiros, Mara

2010-01-01

Introducción. A pesar de que las nuevas terapias inmunosupresoras han mejorado notablemente la evolución clínica de los trasplantes renales, los rechazos agudo y crónico siguen limitando la sobrevida a largo plazo del injerto. En base a lo anterior, el objetivo de este estudio fue determinar la presencia de anticuerpos séricos contra antígenos de histocompatibilidad (HLA) clase I y clase II en niños con rechazo agudo del injerto renal. Métodos. Se realizó un estudio clínico prospectivo en pac...

Capítulo 11. Paciente candidato a trasplante cardiaco

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Juan E. Gómez

2016-03-01

Conclusión: La necesidad de trasplante cardiaco se plantea una vez se han agotado las terapias farmacológicas y no farmacológicas disponibles. Los candidatos potenciales debe ser remitidos de forma prioritaria para su evaluación y seguimiento en una clínica de falla cardiaca que cuente con esta alternativa.

Infección por virus BK en paciente pediátrico trasplantado renal BK virus infection in a pediatric renal transplant recipient

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

R. Bonaventura

2005-09-01

Full Text Available El poliomavirus humano BK causa infección primaria asintomática en la niñez, estableciendo latencia principalmente en el tracto urinario. En individuos con alteración en la inmunidad celular se puede producir su reactivación desencadenando patología a nivel renal. Por estas razones es particularmente importante en la población pediátrica trasplantada renal, en la que puede producir la infección primaria cuando el paciente está inmunosuprimido. En nuestro trabajo se realizó el seguimiento de un paciente de 5 años trasplantado renal en octubre de 2003 que 45 días post-trasplante sufrió un deterioro del órgano injertado. Desde la fecha del trasplante hasta junio de 2004 se produjeron 3 episodios de alteración en la función renal, durante los cuales se analizaron muestras de sangre, orina, biopsia renal y líquido de linfocele. Para el diagnóstico difererencial entre rechazo agudo versus causa infecciosa se emplearon técnicas de detección para los virus BK, CMV y ADV, además del estudio citológico del tejido renal. Los resultados obtenidos junto con la clínica del paciente indican un probable caso de infección por BK. La importancia de realizar el diagnóstico diferencial entre rechazo agudo y la infección por BK radica en que la conducta en cuanto a la terapia inmunosupresora es opuesta en cada caso.BK Human Polyomavirus causes an asymptomatic primary infection in children, then establishing latency mainly in the urinary tract. Viral reactivation can lead to renal pathology in individuals with impaired cellular immune response. This is particularly important in pediatric transplant recipients, who can suffer a primary infection when immunosupressed. We followed up the case of a 5 years old patient who received a renal transplant in October 2003, and presented damaged graft 45 days after the intervention. The patient suffered 3 episodes of renal function failure between October 2003 and June 2004. Blood, urine, renal biopsy

CALIDAD DE VIDA RELACIONADA CON LA SALUD INFANTIL Y EL TRASPLANTE DE ÓRGANOS: UNA REVISIÓN DE LITERATURA

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Elisa Kern de Castro

2005-06-01

Full Text Available En el presente artículo los autores revisan algunas cuestiones teóricas y estudios empíricos sobre la calidad de vida relacionada con la salud infantil, en especial en niños con enfermedades crónicas que necesitan trasplantes de órganos. Pocas investigaciones han sido realizadas sobre el tema hasta el momento. Sus resultados han mostrado que el trasplante mejora el bienestar físico pero no hay conclusiones definitivas sobre su relación con el bienestar psicológico. Se discute la necesidad de evaluar los efectos del trasplante de órganos pediátrico en cada fase evolutiva, en distintos órganos y en diversas culturas.

TRASPLANTE SIMULTÿNEO DE PANCREAS-RIÿÿN. CONCEPTOS ACTUALES Y EXPERIENCIA EN CLÿNICA LAS CONDES

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

DR. Mario Ferrario B.

2016-03-01

Resultados: De los 16 enfermos, 9 de ellos fueron hombres, la edad promedio fue 38,7 años al momento del trasplante, el tiempo promedio de diabetes fue 23,5+/-7.3 años. Todos los injertos pancreáticos fueron anastomosados a los vasos ilíacos comunes derechos en forma término-terminal y el duodeno fue anastomosado en 8 casos a la vejiga y en los últimos 8 al íleon. La sobrevida de los pacientes a 10 años fue del 81%, del injerto de páncreas el 82% y del injerto renal el 65%. La complicación post operatoria más importante fue sepsis, causando la muerte en 2 pacientes. Y entre las complicaciones de tipo inmunológico, 8 pacientes presentaron rechazo agudo, siendo manejados con terapia esteroidal de rescate o timo globulina.

Las células T reguladoras y su influencia en la sobrevida del trasplante renal Regulatory T cells and their influence in kidney allograft survival

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Sonia Y. Velásquez

2007-10-01

Full Text Available La respuesta inmune desencadenada frente a un trasplante alogénico conduce usualmente a una respuesta efectora que resulta en el rechazo del aloinjerto; sin embargo, algunos individuos mantienen un trasplante funcionante a largo plazo sin signos de rechazo (tolerancia operacional, aun en ausencia de inmunosupresión. Se ha sugerido que los mismos mecanismos son responsables para la tolerancia hacia antígenos propios y aloantígenos. Uno de estos mecanismos es la regulación inmune y se han identificado varias subpoblaciones de células con propiedades reguladoras. Entre ellas, la población celular mejor caracterizada corresponde a las células T reguladoras (Tregs. Aunque las Tregs en ratones son CD4+CD25+, en humanos el fenotipo de las Treg está restringida a las células T CD4 con alta expresión de CD25 (CD25high y del factor de transcripción Foxp3. El análisis fenotípico y funcional de las células T reguladoras o supresoras circulantes en pacientes trasplantados tal vez sea útil para la detección de pacientes tolerantes operacionales. Además, una futura manipulación in vitro de estas células con fines terapéuticos podría conducir a lograr la inducción de tolerancia in vivo en el trasplante clínico. Aquí, revisamos la evidencia experimental y clínica del papel de las células reguladoras en la biología del trasplante.The immune response elicited by an allogenic transplant usually leads to an effector response resulting in allograft rejection; however, some individuals maintain a long-term functioning transplant without signs of rejection (operational tolerance even in the absence of immunosuppression. It has been suggested that the same mechanisms are responsible for tolerance to self-antigens and alloantigens. One of such mechanisms is immune regulation and several cell subsets with regulatory properties have been identified. Among them, the best characterized cell populations are the regulatory T cells (Treg. Although

Trasplante cardíaco pediátrico: pasado, presente y futuro

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

María-Teresa González-López

2017-01-01

Conclusión: El trasplante cardíaco pediátrico presenta óptimos resultados en nuestro medio, superponibles a series mundiales. Aunque el perfil de riesgo está incrementándose, los resultados actuales reflejan los avances en el manejo de estos pacientes.

Complicaciones cutáneas de la terapia inmunosupresora: estudio en trasplantados renales

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Diego E. Jaramillo

1988-01-01

Full Text Available Se presenta la experiencia dermatológica obtenida durante el seguimiento prospectivo de 114 pacientes con trasplante renal, atendidos en el Hospital Universitario San Vicente de Paúl, de Medellín; su evolución post-trasplante fluctuaba entre 2 meses y 13 anos y el seguimiento dermatológico fue por dos anos. Se encontró un número elevado de manifestaciones cutáneas (promedio 4,8 por paciente; las más frecuentes fueron: acné, micosis, hirsutismo y xerosis; no se hallaron lesiones malignas. No hubo asociación de las manifestaciones cutáneas con la edad del paciente, el tipo de donante o el esquema Inmunosupresor. Dada la alta frecuencia de patología cutánea se sugiere que estos pacientes sean educados adecuadamente sobre este aspecto y examinados periódicamente con el fin de detectar y manejar a tiempo sus problemas dermatológicos benignos O potencialmente malignos.

"Aprende a cuidar a tus riñones y ellos cuidaran de ti". Programa de educación para la salud dirigido a pacientes con Insuficiencia Renal Crónica (IRC)

OpenAIRE

Niso Andrade, Rebeca

2016-01-01

La Enfermedad renal crónica (ERC) es una enfermedad crónica que avanza progresivamente. Según la tasa de filtrado glomerular (TFG), se pueden diferenciar 5 estadios dentro de la enfermedad. En el estadio 5, ya es demasiado tarde para trabajar desde la prevención, ya que la TFG, y con ella la función renal, ha disminuido tanto que la supervivencia de los pacientes entra en juego y es necesario iniciar una terapia renal sustitutiva, diálisis o trasplante renal. Los estadios 3 y 4...

Trasplantation of larynx and trachea: both a present and future option Trasplantes de la laringe y tráquea, una opción para el presente y el futuro

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Francisco Martínez

2004-01-01

Full Text Available

Lost functions of the larynx and the trachea may be restored by different means, but none of them is physiologic and patients are left with functional difficulties and self-esteem disorders that alter the quality of their lives.  Transplantation of these organs is an useful alternative but certain basic requirements concerning revascularization, reinnervation and immunosupression should be fulfilled.  The former has been achieved through the knowledge of vascular territories and the advances in surgical techniques.  Difficulties for reinnervation have no yet been thoroughly overcome but tone can be achieved in the vocal folds and functionality may be obtained by manipulation of their position.  Immunosupression is produced with cyclosporine which requirements were determined in experimental models.  The main reason for carrying out these and other transplantations is to improve the quality of life of persons who have suffered the loss of an organ.  A review is presented on important aspects that have to be taken into account when performing these transplantations.

Short-tem Post Renal Trasplant Follow-up at Madinah Al Munawarah

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Bernieh Bassam

1999-01-01

Full Text Available We reviewed the records of the renal transplant patients followed at our hospital to determine short-term outcome and complications. Sixty-five renal transplant patients, follow-up for two years were included in this study. Of these patients 40 (61.5% were males, 33 (50.7% were Saudis with mean age of 37.2 ± 11.7 years. Donors were living related (LRD in 23 (35%, living non-related (LNRD in 27 (42% and cadaveric (CAD in 15 (23%. Thirty-two transplants were carried out at Medinah, 21 in India and the rest in other centers inside Saudi Arabia. Immunosuppression was based on a triple therapy (Cyclosporin, Azathioprine, and Prednisone. At two years, 52 (80% patients were alive, with functioning graft in 31 (58%. Causes of death among 13 patients (11 LNRD & 2 CAD were infections in 7 (54%, immediate post transplant in three (22.7%, acute myocardial infarction in two (15.7%, CVA in one (7.6%. Complications encountered were acute rejection (23 episodes in 18 923.6% patients, infections in 19 (25%, chronic rejection in 16 (21.5%, surgical in 13 917.1%, diabetes mellitus in 5 (6.5% primary non-function in three (3.8% and Kaposi Sarcoma in two (2.4%. Twenty-six (81.25% out of 32 transplants performed in Madinah were functioning, four (12.5% patients returned to dialysis and two (6.25% patients died. Among the 21 transplants done in India 11 (52% patients died, six (28.6% returned to dialysis, and four (19.4% had function deteriorated in all patients. We conclude that despite limitations, results of renal transplantation carried out at Madinah are encouraging on short-term basis. Live related transplant has a very good outcome, while commercial transplantation carries poor prognosis.

Certeza diagnóstica en la mortalidad de una población de pacientes con trasplante cardíaco

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Marcos Amuchástegui

2008-01-01

Full Text Available RESUMENIntroducciónA pesar de que la morbimortalidad en el trasplante cardíaco ha sido motivo de extensoanálisis, la mayoría de los estudios y registros de mortalidad en pacientes trasplantados sebasan sobre datos clínicos. En la bibliografía existen comunicaciones aisladas de autopsiasen pacientes con trasplante cardíaco.ObjetivoDeterminar la importancia de la realización de estudios anatomopatológicos para el diagnósticode causa de muerte en un programa de trasplante cardíaco.Material y métodosSe incluyeron todos los pacientes con trasplante cardíaco fallecidos entre enero 1990 y enero2005. El diagnóstico definitivo de la causa de muerte fue corroborado por autopsia obiopsia de órgano sólido. Las causas de muerte evaluadas fueron falla precoz del injerto,rechazo celular, infección, enfermedad vascular del injerto, neoplasia y otros.ResultadosDurante el período en estudio 73 pacientes fueron sometidos a trasplante cardíaco; de ellos,fallecieron 31. Se obtuvieron 12 autopsias y 7 biopsias de órgano sólido que certificaron lacausa de muerte (61%. La causa de muerte más frecuente fue el rechazo celular mayor degrado III. En el 12,9%, la anatomía patológica difirió de la sospecha clínica de la causa demuerte.ConclusiónLa información clinicopatológica derivada de estudios post mortem es un indicador de nuestrarealidad asistencial y se constituye en un pilar fundamental para el conocimiento y elmanejo futuro de los pacientes trasplantados, por lo que consideramos que la realización deautopsias en estos pacientes es de vital importancia.REV ARGENT CARDIOL 2008;76:292-294.

Algunas reflexiones éticas sobre los trasplantes de órganos sólidos

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

P. Patricio Burdiles, Dr.

2010-03-01

Full Text Available Durante el año 2009 se evidenció una disminución en el número de donaciones de órganos en Chile, aún cuando las listas de espera de pacientes que requieren un trasplante de órganos sólidos han seguido aumentando. Estas materias contribuyen a generar gran preocupación en los pacientes, familiares y en los equipos de salud involucrados. La consolidación de los trasplantes como recursos terapéuticos probados y validados por varias décadas de experimentación y experiencias clínicas, trae como consecuencia que se anhele y promueva, desde distintos estamentos médicos, científicos y sociales, aumentar la tasa de donaciones. Sin embargo por ser de suyo un tema relativamente nuevo en nuestra sociedad, que involucra aspectos morales, espirituales y afectivos, es esperable que resulten en cuestionamientos y tensiones éticas. Esto mismo hace necesario que se genere, facilite y profundice en los actores sociales, un debate sobre esta materia, que toca en lo más profundo, nuestras concepciones respecto a la vida, la dignidad e integridad corporal y en torno a la muerte y a sus definiciones. La familiarización con estos temas y la comprensión de los principios y valores que fundamentan los trasplantes, contribuirá a reducir la paradójica realidad del discurso mayoritario a favor de la donación de órganos y el escaso número real de donaciones efectuadas en los últimos años.

La lipocalina asociada con la gelatinasa de neutrófilos como factor temprano de predicción de la función retardada del injerto renal

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

John Fredy Nieto-Ríos

2016-06-01

Conclusión. Los niveles de lipocalina urinaria asociada a la gelatinasa de neutrófilos a las 48 horas del trasplante renal predijeron la función retardada, incluida la necesidad de diálisis, pero no fueron superiores a los de la creatinina sérica para la detección temprana.

Seguridad de la vacuna de la gripe en el receptor de trasplante de órgano sólido

OpenAIRE

Bulnes Ramos, Ángel

2016-01-01

La infección por influenza en los pacientes receptores de trasplante de órgano sólido (TOS) se ha asociado con altas tasas de morbilidad y mortalidad, especialmente en los primeros tres meses tras el trasplante. La vacunación de la gripe se ha propuesto como una medida eficaz para la prevención de la infección en estos pacientes. La mayoría de los estudios realizados para evaluar la eficacia de la vacunación en este grupo de pacientes han reflejado una respuesta humoral óptima en el receptor ...

Donación de órganos para trasplante: una oportunidad para la equidad en chile

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

C. Marcelo Muñoz, Dr.

2010-03-01

Full Text Available La donación efectiva de órganos en Chile se encuentra en un preocupante estancamiento. La tasa de donantes efectivos no sólo no se ha incrementado en el periodo 1998–2008, sino que por el contrario en los últimos años ha disminuido. Cualquier análisis en estas circunstancias debe interpelar a los principios o a priori que fundamentan el actual sistema de donación y trasplante. Un modelo de donación de órganos para trasplante y todas aquellas etapas que permiten el éxito de esta técnica deben fundamentarse en el respeto a un principio ético central que es la equidad y en el resguardo con celo, la eficiencia, transparencia y credibilidad del mismo.

Detección de candidatos a trasplante hepático (1990-1999 en el Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe y determinación de la supervivencia

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Gonzálo Correa Arango

2001-04-01

Full Text Available

Determinar en los pacientes cirróticos que consultaron al HPTU
(1990-1999 los potenciales candidatos a un trasplante hepático, cuáles fueron sus causas de ingreso y la supervivencia actual sin trasplante hepático. Adicionar estos resultados a los obtenidos en el HUSVP para conocer la dinámica del comportamiento del paciente con enfermedad hepática susceptible de un trasplante hepático en la ciudad de Medellín.

Mecanismos sociales de coordinación en el Sistema Español de Trasplantes

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Carmen De Pablos Heredero

2013-01-01

Full Text Available El proceso de donación de órganos es complejo y demanda de un conjunto de recursos muy especializados e interconectados que operan con altas restricciones de tiempos. El presente trabajo analiza desde las perspectivas organizativas y sociales el Sistema Nacional de Trasplantes. Por medio de una metodología cualitativa basada en el desarrollo de un análisis Delphi, se presenta y describe el complejo sistema de donación de órganos, a continuación se analizan los factores de éxito del sistema de gestión. Se muestra como los mecanismos de coordinación intrahospitalarios, que promueven los hospitales, así como los extra hospitalarios que facilita la Organización Nacional de Trasplantes, posibilitan la colaboración y el consenso que se requieren para conseguir los resultados exitosos que hacen del modelo español un referente mundial. Los resultados apuntan que se dan un conjunto de elementos de gestión que constituyen factores críticos de éxito en el sistema, como las competencias de coordinación que desarrollan por un lado la Organización de Trasplantes y por otro los coordinadores hospitalarios en materia de donación de órganos, factores como la formación a los especialistas, la sensibilización hacia la importancia de la donación, la gestión y el control de la información y la dualidad en el perfil de los coordinadores constituyen los pilares básicos de este sistema excelente.

Selección de donantes y receptores en trasplante pulmonar: procedimientos generales

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

C. María Teresa Parada, Dra.

2010-03-01

Full Text Available El trasplante pulmonar es una alternativa terapéutica que se ha validado en lo últimos 30 años para aquellos pacientes portadores de una enfermedad pulmonar terminal. Las características propias del trasplante pulmonar dadas por su conexión al ambiente a través de la vía aérea y la isquemia presente en las suturas durante el primer mes han constituído por mucho tiempo la principal causa de morbilidad y mortalidad de los pacientes trasplantados pulmonares. Los nuevos medicamentos inmunosupresores, la mejoría de las soluciones de preservación y de las técnicas quirúrgicas han disminuido las complicaciones y mortalidad precoz, siendo el gran desafío aún, el rechazo crónico conocido como el Sindrome de Bronquiolitis Obliterante (SBO. La selección del receptor de acuerdo a la patología de base se ha modificado, promoviendo la derivación precoz en patologías como la fibrosis pulmonar y la fibrosis quística disminuyendo así la mortalidad en la lista de espera.

Transplante de órganos en pacientes con infección por el virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana: Actualización y recomendaciones

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Laura Barcán

2011-02-01

Full Text Available Hasta hace pocos años la infección por HIV era una contraindicación absoluta para el trasplante de órganos. Desde la introducción del HAART y el aumento de la superivencia de los pacientes, comenzó a evidenciarse alta mortalidad por enfermedades terminales hepáticas y en menor grado renales. Por estos motivos los pacientes HIV+ hoy son reconsiderados para trasplante. En el año 2008, motivada por la creciente experiencia publicada sobre trasplantes renales y hepáticos en esta población, la Sociedad Argentina de Trasplantes (SAT y la Sociedad Argentina de Infectología (SADI decidieron conformar un Grupo de Trabajo para realizar una actualización del tema y emitir recomendaciones. La reunión inicial se llevó a cabo el 4 de diciembre de 2008. La principal conclusión de esta reunión fue que el status HIV+ no era una contraindicación para recibir un trasplante de órgano sólido. Posteriormente se revisó la experiencia acumulada y la bibliografía disponible que dieron lugar al documento actual. Los pacientes HIV+ candidatos a trasplante de órganos sólidos deben cumplir con una serie de requisitos clínicos, inmunológicos, virológicos y psicosociales. La supervivencia a corto y mediano plazo de los receptores HIV+ de trasplante renal y hepático es hoy comparable a la de los pacientes HIV negativos. Todavía no existen datos suficientes como para incluir pacientes HIV+ en lista de espera para trasplante de órganos intratorácicos. Las interacciones entre los inmunosupresores y los antirretrovirales (inhibidores de proteasas en especial son muy importantes y requieren una supervisión y vigilancia estrictas de los niveles sanguíneos de inmunosupresores.

Evaluación de una herramienta educativa en conocimiento de donación y trasplante de órganos y tejidos en Colombia

OpenAIRE

Gómez Bossa, Mauricio Andrés; Mijares Benavides, Cesar Augusto

2014-01-01

El trasplante de órganos es considerado uno de los avances más significativos de la medicina moderna y es un procedimiento cada vez más exitoso en términos de supervivencia de los pacientes, siendo actualmente la mejor opción de tratamiento para los pacientes con innumerables patologías. El proceso de donación es insuficiente para cubrir las necesidades de trasplante de la población, por lo tanto, se hace necesario el desarrollo de nuevas estrategias para fortalecer la experiencia y efectiv...

Inclusión diferencial de extranjeros/migrantes a trasplantes de órganos: dilemas éticos frente a "prácticas no éticas"

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Lourdes Basualdo

Full Text Available Resumen Este artículo aborda el modo en que ciertos dilemas éticos vinculados al trasplante de órganos a extranjeros "no residentes", son movilizados por el Estado argentino en las normativas que definen un tratamiento diferenciado entre nacionales y no-nacionales en materia de trasplante, y cómo son puestos en relación con la política migratoria. Se muestra que existen mecanismos de inclusión diferencial que garantizan la inscripción a lista de espera sólo a nacionales y extranjeros "residentes" y permiten el trasplante con donante vivo a extranjeros "no residentes". Estos procesos de apertura y cierre de fronteras son posibles porque en el contexto actual coexisten la preocupación estatal en resguardar los bienes sociales proporcionados por el Estado (una de las funciones constitutivas del control migratorio y la obligación moral de los Estados-nación por el cuidado de la vida en el marco del gobierno humanitario.

Costo-utilidad del trasplante renal frente a la hemodiálisis en el tratamiento de la insuficiencia renal crónica terminal en un hospital peruano Cost utility of renal transplant vs. hemodialysis in the treatment of end stage chronic kidney failure in a peruvian hospital

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Ricardo E. Loza-Concha

2011-09-01

Full Text Available Objetivos. Determinar y comparar las razones de costo-utilidad de los trasplantes renales con donante cadavérico (TRDC practicados en el Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen los años 2000-2001, frente a hemodiálisis (HD, cinco años después del inicio del tratamiento. Material y métodos. Se realizó un estudio de costo utilidad, estudiando a todos los pacientes continuadores cinco años post TRDC, a quienes se asignó como controles, dos pacientes con cinco años de HD pareados por edad, sexo y tiempo de enfermedad. Se evaluaron los costos de cada procedimiento, los años de vida ajustados a la calidad (AVAC utilizando el cuestionario SF-36v2TM y se calcularon las razones de costo utilidad (CU y costo utilidad incremental (CUI. Resultados. Se realizaron 58 TRDC los años 2000-2001. Cinco años después, 17 (29 % pacientes fallecieron y 27 (47 % continuaron con su tratamiento post-TRDC. Treinta y uno (53 % TRDC fracasaron; 26 % por rechazo al trasplante, 55 % por complicación y 19 % por tratamiento irregular. Los puntajes SF-36v2TM promedio obtenidos por los TRDC y HD fueron 95±13 y 87±18 puntos respectivamente. En ambos años, los AVAC obtenidos por los TRDC y HD fueron de 251 y 229 puntos respectivamente; las razones de CU para los TRDC y los HD fueron de USD 11 984 y USD 9243, y la razón de CUI fue de USD 40 669. Conclusiones. Los TRDC realizados los años 2000-2001, cinco años después resultaron menos costo útiles que las HD; y los TRDC realizados el 2000 tuvieron una menor razón de costo utilidad incremental que los efectuados el 2001, probablemente por su mayor razón de tratamientos irregulares.Objectives. To assess and compare the cost utility of the cadaveric donor renal transplant (CDRT at the Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen between 2000 to 2001, against haemodialysis (HD, 5 years after treatment initiation. Materials and Methods. A cost utility study design was used, which evaluated every patient

Evolución de la inmunología e influencia en los trasplantes de órganos

OpenAIRE

Carretero Vegas, Luz María

2012-01-01

Se profundiza en el conocimiento sobre los mecanismos del sistema inmunológico y la evolución histórica de los mismos para conocer la influencia de la inmunología en los trasplantes y las medidas preventivas más adecuadas para evitar las complicaciones

Costos de intervenciones para pacientes con insuficiencia renal crónica Costs of intervention for patients with chronic renal disease

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Armando Arredondo

1998-06-01

Full Text Available INTRODUCCIÓN: Se presentan resultados sobre un estudio que pretendió identificar los costos de intervenciones en salud en el manejo de pacientes con insuficiencia renal crónica. MATERIAL Y MÉTODO: El método de costeo se basó en técnicas de consenso y de instrumentación de manejo de caso a través de la identificación de insumos y funciones de producción para la demanda de cada servicio solicitado. Las intervenciones costeadas incluyeron: diálisis peritoneal, hemodiálisis y trasplante renal. RESULTADOS: El costo por evento en US dóllares fué de $3.71, $57.95 y $ 8,778.32 respectivamente. En cuanto al costo de manejo anual de caso los resultados fueron: diálisis peritoneal $5,643.07, hemodiálisis $9,631.60 y trasplante $3,021.67. CONCLUSIONES: La información generada a partir de los costos de eventos difiere considerablemente de la información generada a partir del costo de manejo anual de caso. Estas diferencias resultan significativas para el diseño y evaluación de patrones de asignación de recursosINTRODUÇÃO: Apresentam-se os resultados sobre estudo que pretendeu identificar os custos de intervenções em saúde no manejo de pacientes com insuficiência renal crônica. MATERIAL E MÉTODO: O método de custeio teve como base técnicas de consenso e de instrumentação de manejo de caso a partir da identificação de insumos e funções de produção na demanda de cada serviço solicitado. As intervenções avaliadas nos seus custos foram: diálise peritoneal, hemodiálise e transplate renal. RESULTADOS: O custo por evento (diálise, hemodiálise e transplante em dólares foi de US$3.71, US$57.95 e US$8,778.32, respectivamente. Quanto ao custo do manejo anual de caso os resultados foram: diálise peritoneal US$5,643.07, hemodiálise US$9,631.60 e transplate renal de US$3,021.63. CONCLUSÕES: A informação gerada a partir dos custos de eventos difere consideravelmente do custo de manejo anual de caso.. Essas diferen

Influencia de cuatro distancias de trasplante sobre el rendimiento agrícola del cultivar de arroz Amistad-82.

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Alexander Calero Hurtado

2012-04-01

Full Text Available El trabajo consistió en comparar cuatro distancias de trasplante sobre el rendimiento agrícola del cultivar de arroz Amistad-82, durante la siembra de primavera de 2012, el trasplante se realizó de forma manual, sobre un suelo pardo sialítico carbonatado en la finca “La Rosita” perteneciente a la CCS “Heriberto Orellane”, en la provincia de Sancti Spíritus, se utilizó un diseño de bloques al azar, se tomaron posturas jóvenes de 18 días de germinadas, cuatro distancias de plantación 10x15, 15x15, 20x15 y 20x20 cm y una postura por sitio. Se evaluaron los indicadores productivos como el número de tallos, panículas por metro cuadrado, longitud de la panícula, granos por panículas, granos llenos y vanos por panículas, peso de 1000 granos, el rendimiento, así como las ganancias y los costos de producción. Los mejores resultados sobre el rendimiento agrícola del cultivar de arroz Amistad-82 lo alcanzaron las distancias de trasplante 10x15 y 20x15 cm, porque lograron rendimientos superiores a las distancias 15x15 y 20x20 cm, mayor cantidad de granos por panículas y mayores porcentajes de granos llenos por panículas y superaron también el peso en 1000 granos y las ganancias.

Anemia y fiebre en el postrasplante renal: su relación con el parvovirus humano B19

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Yanet Parodis López

2017-03-01

Presentamos el caso clínico de un varón de 65 años con trasplante renal de donante cadáver en septiembre de 2014. A los 38 días del trasplante comienza con anemia progresiva y resistente a los agentes estimulantes de la eritropoyesis. A los 64 días se produce hipertermia, con deterioro progresivo de su estado general. La serología vírica resultó negativa, al igual que la PCR inicial en sangre del parvovirus humano B19. A los 4 meses y 19 días se realiza una biopsia de médula ósea en la que se observan eritroblastos gigantes con inclusiones víricas nucleares compatibles con parvovirus, por lo que se realiza una PCR en dicho tejido que confirma el diagnóstico. Una segunda PCR en sangre resultó positiva. Tras el tratamiento con inmunoglobulinas intravenosas (IGIV y la suspensión temporal del micofenolato de mofetilo, se produce una remisión completa de la enfermedad, aunque persistía positiva la PCR para el parvovirus B19 en sangre, lo que hace necesario vigilar probables recidivas.

Evaluación de desenlace: trasplante meniscal versus segunda meniscectomía

OpenAIRE

Manrique Otero, Diana Marcela; Moncaleano Ruiz, Viviana; Peña Cruz, Nancy Tatiana; Ramírez Trujillo, Paula; Romero Mora, Jaime Alberto

2016-01-01

Introducción: El incremento de pacientes sintomáticos de rodilla y la osteoartrosis en jóvenes con limitadas posibilidades terapéuticas después de una meniscectomía, genera la búsqueda de alternativas terapéuticas. A pesar que es poco utilizado en Colombia, el trasplante meniscal es una propuesta para el manejo sintomático. Según cifras norteamericanas, se practican entre 700.000 a 1.500.000 artroscopias de rodilla anualmente, el 50% termina en meniscectomía y de este un 40% persiste...

Registro Español de Trasplante Cardíaco. XX Informe oficial de la sección de insuficiencia Cardíaca y Trasplante Cardíaco de la sociedad Española de Cardiología (1984-2008

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Luis Almenar Bonet

2009-07-01

Conclusiones: La supervivencia obtenida en España con el TC, sobre todo en los últimos años, sitúa al trasplante cardíaco como el tratamiento de elección para cardiopatías irreversibles en situación funcional avanzada y sin otras opciones médicas o quirúrgicas establecidas.

Resultados funcionales de la procuración corneal con fines de trasplante realizado por un licenciado en Optometría

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Oswaldo Manuel Aguirre-Luna

2017-01-01

Conclusiones: Todos los pacientes mejoraron visualmente con rechazo similar a lo reportado en otros estudios. Un licenciado en Optometría capacitado podría ser el profesional de salud idóneo para realizar procuraciones corneales con fines de trasplante.

Sarcoma de Kaposi por virus del herpes humano de tipo 8 en un receptor de trasplante hepático pediátrico: Caso clínico

OpenAIRE

Malla, Ivone; Pérez, Celeste; Cheang, Yu; Silva, Marcelo

2013-01-01

Los pacientes que reciben tratamiento inmunosupresor están en riesgo de desarrollar tumores malignos. La infección primaria o reactivación del virus del herpes humano de tipo 8 (HHV-8) puede predisponer al sarcoma de Kaposi después del trasplante de un órgano sólido. En los receptores de trasplantes pediátricos, este sarcoma tiene baja incidencia y mal pronóstico. Se informa la presentación clínica de un sarcoma de Kaposi en un ganglio linfático luego de una infección por HHV-8 en un niño a l...

Actitudes y conocimientos de Intensivistas colombianos sobre donación y trasplantes: Implicaciones para la nueva norma nacional de habilitación de servicios de salud.

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

David Andrés Castañeda Millán

2015-01-01

Full Text Available Introducción/Objetivo: Durante los últimos años Colombia se ha enfrentado a un descenso significativo en las tasas de donación de órganos, y por ende a una disminución en la cantidad de trasplantes realizados. En este contexto actualmente se implementa una nueva norma de habilitación para servicios de salud, que entre otras solicita al personal médico de cuidados intensivos capacitarse en gestión operativa de donación y trasplantes con el fin de optimizar la detección temprana y notificación de potenciales donantes; por lo tanto se pretende identificar las actitudes y conocimientos frente a la donación de órganos en médicos intensivistas de Colombia.  Materiales y Método: Estudio transversal descriptivo  realizado entre mayo y junio de 2013 a través de un formulario estructurado vía correo electrónico a los miembros de la Asociación Colombiana de Medicina Crítica y Cuidado Intensivo. Resultados: Se obtuvo un total de 48 participaciones efectivas. Del  total de participantes el 93,75% donaría sus órganos luego de morir, 97,91% donaría los órganos de un familiar fallecido, 95,83% donaría en vida uno de sus órganos para un familiar. El 83,33% ha manifestado a sus familiares la intención personal de donar; el 41,66% conoce alguna campaña de promoción sobre donación y el 12,5% tiene carné de donante. El 22,92% ha donado sangre en el último año; el 66,66% considera que se debe fortalecer la comunicación sobre donación en la unidad de cuidado intensivo, el 60,42% no aborda el tema de donación con  familias de pacientes neurocríticos con pobre pronóstico vital, el 54,17% no conoce la legislación colombiana sobre donación y trasplantes, el 18,75% califica como regular/mala la relación e interacción laboral con los coordinadores de trasplantes y el 43,75% tiene un concepto desfavorable sobre el modelo de trasplantes colombiano. Conclusiones: Los intensivistas colombianos tienen buena actitud  frente a la

Evolucion de niños post-trasplante hepático luego del primer año de sobrevida Evolution of children one year post liver transplant

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Miriam Cuarterolo

2005-10-01

Full Text Available El trasplante hepático constituye la única alternativa terapéutica para numerosas enfermedades hepáticas avanzadas. En el seguimiento post-trasplante pueden observarse complicaciones de diversa gravedad. El objetivo de este estudio fue analizar la evolución a largo plazo de los pacientes trasplantados con un seguimiento mayor de un año post quirúrgico. En el período 11/92-11/01 se realizaron 264 trasplantes en 238 pacientes; incluyéndose en este trabajo 143 niños con más de un año post-trasplante. La mediana de edad ± DS fue de 5.41 ± 5.26 años (r: 0.58-21.7 años. Catorce (9.79% fueron retrasplantados. Todos los pacientes recibieron ciclosporina (inmunosupresión primaria. Las indicaciones de trasplante fueron: falla hepática fulminante (n: 50; atresia de vías biliares (n: 38; cirrosis (n: 37; colestasis crónica (n: 13 y otras (n: 5. Las indicaciones de retrasplante fueron: cirrosis biliar (n: 7; trombosis de la arteria hepática (n: 4 y rechazo crónico (n: 3. Fueron utilizados injertos reducidos en 73/157 trasplantes(14 donantes vivos relacionados y 11 biparticiones hepáticas. La sobrevida global fue de 93%, paciente y 86%, injerto. El retrasplante y el injerto reducido fueron las variables de mayor significación para el aumento del riesgo de muerte. El déficit de talla y masa ósea se recuperó antes de los 3años post-trasplante. La incidencia de síndrome linfoproliferativo fue del 7.69%. Se diagnosticó hepatitis B de novo en 7 pacientes (4.8%. El riesgo social no afectó la sobrevida. La prevención, detección y tratamiento precoz de las complicaciones en el seguimiento a largo plazo permitió mejorar la evolución de los pacientes.Orthotopic liver transplantation is the only definitive mode of therapy for children with end-stage liver disease. However, it remains challenging because of the necessity to prevent long-term complications. The aim of this study was to analyze the evolution of transplanted patients with

Impacto de la colonización respiratoria y de la bacteria asintomática sobre el riesgo de infección en candidatos a trasplante hepático y cardiaco

OpenAIRE

González Padilla, Marcelino

2013-01-01

Existen pocas descripciones de la epidemiología de la infección en pacientes candidatos a trasplante hepático1, y ninguna de pacientes candidatos a trasplante cardíaco. Varios autores han demostrado como el desarrollo de infecciones en pacientes con hepatopatía o cardiopatía avanzada empeoran el pronóstico y son causa de una buena parte de los ingresos hospitalarios de estos pacientes2,3. Existen sin embargo estudios que no encuentran una asociación entre el desarrollo de infecciones previame...

Dieciséis años de experiencia de trasplante hepático en clínica las condes

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

G. Erwin Buckel, Dr.

2010-03-01

Conclusión: Los resultados obtenidos por el equipo de trasplante de Clínica Las Condes son en todo comparables a las series publicadas por centros internacionales y confirman la utilidad de esta terapia a nivel nacional. Aún existen nuevos desafíos que vencer en términos de inmunosupresión, infecciones y adherencia al tratamiento.

Diagnóstico Precoz del Rechazo en el Trasplante Experimental de Páncreas Total con Duodeno en el Perro: Citología por Punción-Aspiración con Aguja Fina.

OpenAIRE

Rodríguez Abascal, Moisés

2016-01-01

El trasplante de páncreas está indicado fundamentalmente en los pacientes con diabetes mellitus tipo I. En la actualidad las soluciones terapéuticas ofertadas son: regímenes de insulina, bombas de infusión subcutánea de insulina, el páncreas artificial, y el trasplante de páncreas; este último sería la posibilidad que más fisiológicamente regularía el mecanismo de homostasis de la glucosa. Desde que...

Utilidad de la embolización percutánea del injerto renal no funcionante como alternativa a la transplantectomía quirúrgica su influencia en la sensibilización del paciente /

OpenAIRE

González Satué, Carlos

2009-01-01

Consultable des del TDX Títol obtingut de la portada digitalitzada Introducción: La embolización del injerto renal fracasado es una alternativa válida a la exéresis del injerto cuando aparece clínica de intolerancia al injerto no controlable con medicación o que precisa altas dosis de inmunosupresores para su control. La influencia de la embolización sobre la sensibilización del huesped de cara a posteriores trasplantes es un punto de discrepancia, ya que se deja en el organismo un teji...

Estudio comparativo de dos soluciones de preservación en el trasplante hepático:la solución de Celsior y la solución de la Universidad de Wisconsin.

OpenAIRE

Deusa Gea, Saulo

2009-01-01

RESUMEN Las mejoras en las formulaciones de los líquidos de preservación han permitido un gran avance en los trasplantes de órganos. Aunque la solución de la Universidad de Wisconsin (SUW) es la solución intracelular más extensamente utilizada por los grupos de trasplante hepático, en los últimos años la aparición de la solución extracelular de Celsior® (SC), inicialmente diseñada como solución cardiopléjica, parece representar una alternativa válida a la SUW en la con...

Trasplante cardíaco en pacientes con enfermedad de Chagas. Experiencia de un único centro

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Alfredo Inácio Fiorelli

2011-07-01

Conclusiones: El trasplante cardíaco es el único tratamiento actual eficaz de tratamiento de la enfermedad de Chagas en fase terminal. La reactivación de la enfermedad es un problema real que es fácilmente revertido con la introducción de la terapéutica farmacológica específica, restaurando los padrones histológicos del miocardio sin dejar secuelas. La inmunosupresión, en especial los corticoides, predisponen al desarrollo de neoplasias y a la reactivación de la enfermedad, exigiendo una atención especial su interrupción o reducción precoz.

Citoquinas reguladoras de la respuesta al transplante renal alogénico Regulatory cytokines in the response to the allogeneic renal transplant

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Rita L. Cardoni

2005-03-01

Full Text Available La aceptación o el rechazo del riñón alogénico dependen principalmente de la respuesta inmune y de su compleja regulación en la cual la red de citoquinas y otros mediadores juegan un importante papel. Actualmente, la biopsia renal es, a pesar de lo invasor del procedimiento, la herramienta de mayor utilidad para el control del rechazo al trasplante y el diagnóstico de las nefropatías asociadas. Por ello, es de gran interés encontrar métodos alternativos para el diagnóstico. La evaluación de citoquinas reguladoras de la respuesta inmune es un procedimiento sencillo y de bajo costo que podría ser de utilidad para incrementar la sensibilidad de la detección de diferencias polimórficas, para pronosticar la aceptación del trasplante y para la detección precoz del rechazo. Los estudios recientes sugieren que la producción exagerada de mediadores pro-inflamatorios, incluyendo a citoquinas Th1, sería desventajosa para la sobrevida del trasplante, mientras que la producción de citoquinas reguladoras anti-inflamatorias, como la interleuquina (IL-10 y el factor de crecimiento tumoral (TGF-b, sería beneficiosa. En las primeras etapas, la respuesta Th1 puede incrementar la actividad citotóxica y la detección de moléculas citotóxicas está asociada al rechazo agudo. Luego podría ser más importante considerar el balance entre la producción de mediadores pro- y anti-inflamatorios y la regulación de sus niveles. Así, el TGF-b es también fibrogénico y su excesiva producción local puede contribuir al daño renal. Por otro lado, el incremento de la producción de IL-10 en respuesta al estímulo alogénico sería, en la mayoría de los casos, un marcador importante para pronosticar la aceptación prolongada.The outcome of the kidney allograft mainly depends on the immune response and on its complex regulation, where the cytokine network and other mediators play an important role. At present, kidney biopsy is the most useful tool for

Diagnóstico precoz del rechazo en el trasplante experimental de páncreas total con duodeno en el perro: citología por punción-aspiración con aguja fina

OpenAIRE

Rodríguez Abascal, Moisés

1993-01-01

El trasplante de páncreas está indicado fundamentalmente en los pacientes con diabetes mellitus tipo I. En la actualidad las soluciones terapéuticas ofertadas son: regímenes de insulina, bombas de infusión subcutánea de insulina, el páncreas artificial, y el trasplante de páncreas; este último sería la posibilidad que más fisiológicamente regularía el mecanismo de homostasis de la glucosa. Desde que se descubrió la insulina hace ya más de 70 años, ha cambiado poco el tratamiento del enferm...

Aspectos ético legales del trasplante de corazón Ethical and legal aspects of heart transplant

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Fernán del C Mendoza

2007-12-01

Full Text Available El trasplante cardiaco constituye el tratamiento de elección para los pacientes en falla cardiaca refractaria. Desde el punto de vista médico, existen claras indicaciones para realizar el trasplante, pero a nivel local y mundial hay problemas por el escaso número de donantes. Para que se realice un trasplante de corazón, el donante debe reunir criterios de muerte encefálica, la cual se diagnostica por ausencia irreversible de las funciones del tallo encefálico, determinadas por un examen clínico. A pesar de las controversias que existen acerca de cuándo muere una persona, cada vez hay más claridad en este hecho. Existen otros problemas bioéticos que se relacionan con el trasplante como la donación (algunas personas en vida manifiestan su voluntad y autonomía de servir como donantes y otras no, la distribución de órganos y el comercio de órganos y tejidos. Desde el punto de vista legal y ético, se prohíbe la gratificación o pago al donante vivo, a la familia del donante fallecido, al banco de tejidos o de médula ósea, a las clínicas y hospitales, y a las aseguradoras por la donación o suministro de órganos o tejidos humanos. La promoción de la donación y la obtención de componentes anatómicos deberán efectuarse denotando su carácter voluntario, altruista y desinteresado. Debe primar el principio de justicia y excluirse cualquier consideración no equitativa de índole geográfica, racial, sexual, religiosa, etc. Los órganos deben distribuirse con base en criterios médicos; así mismo debe buscarse la más idónea utilización del órgano donado, teniendo como fundamento el manejo equitativo y como principio el respeto por la vida y la dignidad humana.Cardiac transplant is the treatment of choice for patients with refractory cardiac failure. There are clear indications from the medical point of view to perform the transplant, but locally and world - wide there are problems due to the scarce number of donors. In order

Growth speed in patients with chronic renal failure undergoing to renal transplantation between 2000 and 2009 in the Hospital Nacional de Ninos: research protocol; Velocidad de crecimiento en pacientes con insuficiencia renal cronica sometidos a trasplante renal entre el ano 2000 y el 2009 en el Hospital Nacional de Ninos: protocolo de investigacion

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

Arroyo Molina, Ana Victoria

2013-07-01

The growth speed was investigated in children with chronic renal failure after renal transplantation, in the Hospital Nacional de Ninos during the study period January 2000-December 2009. Factors that have influenced are analyzed: age of onset of renal disease, etiology of renal disease, metabolic acidosis, anemia, renal osteodystrophy, episodes of infection and rejection. Besides, on the growth rate and expected family size, to intervene or prevent them in future cases. Also, the use that has given in the hospital to growth hormone, before and after renal transplantation is determined to eventually use parallel therapies to the transplantation. An echocardiographic study is recommended to perform as part of the treatment of chronic renal failure to identify the existence of left ventricular hypertrophy and heart failure, which may occur as a result of complications of the failure [Spanish] La velocidad del crecimiento fue investigada en ninos con insuficiencia renal cronica despues del transplante renal, en el Hospital Nacional de Ninos durante el periodo de estudio enero 2000-diciembre 2009. Factores que han influido son analizados: edad de inicio de la enfermedad renal, etiologia de la enfermedad renal, la acidosis metabolica, la anemia, la osteodistrofia renal, los episodios de infecciones y rechazos. Ademas, sobre la velocidad de crecimiento y la talla familiar esperada, para intervenir en ellos o prevenirlos en casos futuros. Tambien, el uso que se ha dado en el hospital a la hormona de crecimiento, tanto antes como despues del transplante renal es determinado para eventualmente utilizar terapias paralelas al transplante, fueron determinadas. Un estudio ecocardiografico es recomendado realizar como parte del tratamiento de la insuficiencia renal cronica para identificar la existencia de hipertrofia ventricular izquierda e insuficiencia cardiaca, que pueden ocurrir como consecuencia de las complicaciones de la insuficiencia.

Transplante cardíaco: complicações apresentadas por pacientes durante a internação Trasplante de corazón: complicaciones que presentan los pacientes durante la hospitalización Heart Transplantation: complications presented by patients during the hospitalization

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Elaine Araújo da Silva

2012-12-01

Full Text Available Com o avanço da ciência, a insuficiência cardíaca tem como possibilidade de intervenção o transplante cardíaco. Este trabalho teve como objetivos traçar o perfil demográfico dos pacientes submetidos ao transplante cardíaco e identificar as complicações apresentadas durante a internação. Trata-se de um estudo descritivo, quantitativo, realizado com 44 prontuários de pacientes submetidos a transplante de junho/2006 a julho/2009 em um Hospital Universitário de Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil. O projeto atendeu às recomendações da Resolução 196/96. Pelos resultados, a maioria dos pacientes era do sexo masculino, casada, escolaridade de nível fundamental e idade média de 45,2 anos. A miocardiopatia chagásica foi a principal causa de insuficiência cardíaca. As complicações predominantes foram alteração da glicemia, insuficiência renal e infecções. A taxa de mortalidade na internação foi de 20,4%. Além das complicações biológicas só foram registradas ansiedade e depressão. São necessárias pesquisas sobre o tema nos âmbitos psicossociais e espirituais, contribuindo para o desenvolvimento científico.Hoy día, con los avances de la medicina y de la tecnología para el tratamiento de la insuficiencia cardiaca irreversible, se ha utilizado como última intervención el trasplante cardíaco. Este trabajo se desarrolló con los objetivos de delinear el perfil demográfico de los pacientes sometidos a trasplante cardíaco e identificar las complicaciones presentadas por ellos después del trasplante de corazón. Estudio descriptivo y cuantitativo, realizado en conjunto con los registros de 44 pacientes sometidos a trasplante de corazón desde Jun/2006 hasta Jul/2009, en un Hospital Universitario de Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil. El proyecto cumplió con las recomendaciones de la Resolución 196/96. Los resultados mostraron que la mayoría de los pacientes eran del sexo masculino, casados, con educaci

149. Uso del oxigenador de membrana extracorpórea en el perioperatorio de trasplante pulmonar. Análisis de dos casos en nuestro centro

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

J.A. Fernández-Divar

2012-04-01

Conclusiones: El sistema ECMO es una herramienta válida para sustituir la CEC y disminuir sus riesgos en el trasplante pulmonar. Se puede mantener ECMO durante el postoperatorio precoz, sobre todo si se trata de pulmones de donante subóptimo o en casos de receptores de riesgo, especialmente aquellos con hipertensión pulmonar grave.

Reconstitución inmune exitosa mediante trasplante de células madre hematopoyéticas en un paciente colombiano afectado con enfermedad granulomatosa crónica

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Yermis Carolina Rocha

2016-06-01

Conclusión. El trasplante de células madre hematopoyéticas permite la reconstitución completa de la función inmunitaria relacionada con la actividad microbicida de las células fagocíticas de pacientes con enfermedad granulomatosa crónica ligada al cromosoma X.

Factores pronósticos de complicaciones postoperatorias en el trasplante hepático Prognostic factors associated with postoperative complications in liver transplantation

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

A. Rodríguez-Ariza

2008-03-01

Full Text Available Objetivo: la evolución postoperatoria de los pacientes sometidos a trasplante hepático ortotópico (THO se encuentra frecuentemente asociada a la aparición de diversas complicaciones tales como disfunción renal, rechazo agudo, infecciones y complicaciones neurológicas. Estas complicaciones constituyen las causas más significativas de morbilidad y mortalidad tempranas en pacientes que reciben un THO. El propósito del presente estudio es la identificación de factores relacionados con las distintas complicaciones postoperatorias del THO. Diseño experimental: se llevó a cabo un estudio prospectivo. Pacientes: se analizaron 78 variables en 32 pacientes consecutivos sometidos a THO. Utilizando un análisis de regresión logística se identificaron aquellos factores asociados de forma independiente con la aparición de complicaciones postoperatorias. Resultados: el análisis multivariante demostró que los niveles pretrasplante en suero de malondialdehído y creatinina estaban asociados con el desarrollo de disfunción renal. Los niveles pretrasplante de hemoglobina y las unidades de plaquetas administradas durante la cirugía fueron factores pronósticos de infecciones. El rechazo agudo fue pronosticado por los niveles séricos de γ-glutamil transpeptidasa y de bilirrubina total. Los niveles pretrasplante de sodio y glutaredoxina en suero estuvieron asociados con complicaciones neurológicas. Conclusiones: proponemos estos marcadores para la identificación de pacientes de alto riesgo, permitiendo una vigilancia y/o tratamiento anticipados que mejorarán la morbilidad y la supervivencia en pacientes sometidos a THO.Objectives: the postoperative evolution of patients submitted to orthotopic liver transplant (OLT is frequently associated with the appearance of different types of complications such as renal failure, graft rejection, infections, and neurological disorders. These complications are the most significant causes of early morbidity

El Segundo Cerebro del ser humano.

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Rocío Ponce

2015-10-01

Este articulo tiene por objetivo principal analizar la participación del segundo cerebro en la conducta del hombre, con la ayuda de una nueva especialidad de medicina, la Neurogastroenterología, con su explicación se determina la reacción que existe entre el cerebro mesenterio y el cerebro central, se identifica a cada uno en sus funciones, se efectúa un análisis referencial de como el estrés influye en la conducta, produciendo una crisis. Que se manifiestan con trastornos fisiológicos y psicológicos, como diarreas o estreñimiento, con dolor y trastornos de ansiedad, cansancio, insomnio, falta de concentración perdida de la memoria y a su vez ulceras gástricas, hipertensión, gases, que no necesariamente se debe solamente a un problema estomacal producido por una mala ingesta de alimentos, sino por comportamientos emocionales que repercuten negativamente en esta parte del cuerpo. Se comprobará la influencia del segundo cerebro en la impulsividad y sus daños colaterales en el organismo

Utilidad del Método Delphi para la construcción de acuerdos en la asignación de riñones de donante fallecido en seis hospitales de México

OpenAIRE

Guillermo Cantú Quintanilla; Alfonso Reyes; Benjamín Romero Navarro; Mercedes Luque Coqui; Graciela Rodríguez Ortega; Rafael Reyes; María José Sebastián; Mara Medeiros Domingo

2010-01-01

Objetivos: Conocer los criterios médicos y su prioridad en la asignación de riñones de paciente fallecido en Pediatría, entre los integrantes de los Comités Internos de Trasplantes de seis hospitales. Valorar si con el método Delphi es posible construir consensos para mejorar la heterogeneidad de criterios en la asignación de órganos para trasplante renal entre los médicos adscritos a los servicios de Nefrología y Cirugía en seis centros hospitalarios de México. Metodología: Se realizó un est...

Superficies de segundo orden

OpenAIRE

Salazar Salazar, Luis Álvaro

1987-01-01

Este trabajo se propone poner al alcance de estudiantes de primeros semestres de carreras de aplicación de la matemática, un algoritmo proporcionado por el álgebra lineal, para tratar con mas generalidad, agilidad y libertad unos objetos de la geometría analítica de no fácil manipulación por otros métodos y que se conocen como superficies de segundo orden o superficies cuádricas. En este orden de ideas, el autor considera importante que con este tratamiento se incluya este tema en una asignat...

Trasplante no mieloablativo de células hematopoyéticas Nonmyeloablative transplantation of haematopoietic cells

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Valia Pavón Morán

2003-12-01

Full Text Available El trasplante de células hematopoyéticas es una opción terapéutica para muchas enfermedades. Los tratamientos preparatorios convencionales están asociados con una alta morbimortalidad por toxicidad sobre órganos y tejidos, lo que limita su indicación a individuos jóvenes y con un estado de salud competente. El papel beneficioso del efecto injerto contra tumor y ante la evidencia de inducción de una nueva remisión con infusión de linfocitos del donante, en pacientes que recayeron después de un trasplante alogénico, sentaron las bases para el desarrollo de tratamientos preparatorios menos agresivos, no mieloablativos, pero sí intensamente inmunosupresores, que permitieran lograr la toma del injerto y un estado de quimerismo mixto que pudiera ser modulado a un estado de quimera total. Los resultados demuestran que puede lograrse el implante después de un tratamiento no mieloablativo. Actualmente están por determinarse los esquemas ideales, así como la terapia inmunosupresora postraThe transplantation of haematopoietic cells is a therapeutic option for many diseases. The conventional preparatory treatments are associated with a high morbimortality due to toxicity over organs and tissues, which limits their indications to young individuals and with a competent health status.The beneficial role of the graft versus tumor effect and the evidence of induction of a new remission with infusion of lymphocytes from the donor in patients that relapsed after an allogeneic transplant, laid the foundations for the development of less aggressive and nonmyeloablative but intensively immunosupressor preparatory treatments that would allow the taking of the graft and a state of mixed chimerism that may be modulated by a state of total chimera. The results show that the implant may be attained after a nonmyeloablative treatment. At present, the ideal schemes, as well as the posttransplant immunosupressor therapy are to be determined

LA VISIÓN DEL PERSONAL DE SALUD SOBRE LA DONACIÓN Y EL TRASPLANTE DE ÓRGANOS: UNA REVISIÓN DE LA LITERATURA

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Francisco Javier Mercado-Martínez

2015-01-01

Full Text Available El objetivo de este estudio fue revisar los estudios empíricos sobre la visión del personal de salud respecto a la donación y trasplante de órganos. Se hizo una revisión panorámica de la literatura en español, inglés y portugués; realizándose la búsqueda en dos buscadores y ocho bases de datos. El periodo abarca de 1985 al 2013. Se hizo análisis de contenido y frecuencias. De 316 artículos identificados, 248 fueron seleccionados. Según los hallazgos, los trabajos se concentraron en términos temporales y espaciales; predominando aquellos con metodologías cuantitativas. Las publicaciones priorizaron la perspectiva del personal médico y enfermería sobre las de otros actores, como directivos y coordinadores de donación. Las actitudes del personal sanitario hacia la donación de órganos de fallecido fue el tema más estudiado. Se concluye que una producción creciente de tipo cuantitativo analiza la perspectiva de médicos y enfermeras sobre la donación y trasplante de órganos de fallecido.

Transplante de órganos en pacientes con infección por el virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana: Actualización y recomendaciones Organ transplants in HIV infected patients: Update and recommendations

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Laura Barcán

2011-02-01

Full Text Available Hasta hace pocos años la infección por HIV era una contraindicación absoluta para el trasplante de órganos. Desde la introducción del HAART y el aumento de la superivencia de los pacientes, comenzó a evidenciarse alta mortalidad por enfermedades terminales hepáticas y en menor grado renales. Por estos motivos los pacientes HIV+ hoy son reconsiderados para trasplante. En el año 2008, motivada por la creciente experiencia publicada sobre trasplantes renales y hepáticos en esta población, la Sociedad Argentina de Trasplantes (SAT y la Sociedad Argentina de Infectología (SADI decidieron conformar un Grupo de Trabajo para realizar una actualización del tema y emitir recomendaciones. La reunión inicial se llevó a cabo el 4 de diciembre de 2008. La principal conclusión de esta reunión fue que el status HIV+ no era una contraindicación para recibir un trasplante de órgano sólido. Posteriormente se revisó la experiencia acumulada y la bibliografía disponible que dieron lugar al documento actual. Los pacientes HIV+ candidatos a trasplante de órganos sólidos deben cumplir con una serie de requisitos clínicos, inmunológicos, virológicos y psicosociales. La supervivencia a corto y mediano plazo de los receptores HIV+ de trasplante renal y hepático es hoy comparable a la de los pacientes HIV negativos. Todavía no existen datos suficientes como para incluir pacientes HIV+ en lista de espera para trasplante de órganos intratorácicos. Las interacciones entre los inmunosupresores y los antirretrovirales (inhibidores de proteasas en especial son muy importantes y requieren una supervisión y vigilancia estrictas de los niveles sanguíneos de inmunosupresores.Until few years ago, HIV infection was an absolute contraindication to consider organ transplants. Since HAART introduction, patient survival increased dramatically, but high mortality due to liver and kidney diseases became evident. For these reasons, this group of patients is

Enfermedad Granulomatosa Crónica en paciente pediátrico y trasplante de médula ósea como tratamiento curativo

OpenAIRE

Constanza Martínez R.; Valentina Ulloa P.; Claudio Mosso C.

2016-01-01

Introducción: La enfermedad granulomatosa crónica (EGC) es una inmunodeficiencia primaria, caracterizada por la incapacidad de células fagocíticas para producir sustancias necesarias para destruir microorganismos. Actualmente, el trasplante de médula ósea como tratamiento curativo de la EGC ha demostrado ser una prometedora alternativa terapéutica. Presentación del caso: Lactante menor de 8 meses, ingresa a Unidad de Cuidados Especiales Pediátricos por cuadro de nueve días de evolución caract...

Segundos mensajeros Second messengers

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Diana Patricia Díaz Hernández

1989-01-01

Full Text Available

En esta revisión se describen, de manera esquemática, los mecanismos de acción empleados por los SEGUNDOS MENSAJEROS comenzando por el estimulo del receptor y continuando con las reacciones en cadena que conducen finalmente a una respuesta celular.

This review schematically describes the different mechanisms of action that Second Messengers employ to stimulate receptors and then Initiate a chain of reactions that finally lead to appropriate cellular responses.

Temas de Física para Ingeniería: Segundo principio de la termodinámica

OpenAIRE

Beléndez Vázquez, Augusto

1992-01-01

Acústica, fluidos y termodinámica: "Segundo principio de la termodinámica". Necesidad y enunciado del segundo principio. Rendimiento de las máquinas térmicas y frigoríficas. Ciclo de Carnot. Escala termodinámica de temperaturas. Entropía. Variaciones de entropía en procesos reversibles e irreversibles. Entropía y segundo principio.

EL POLVO DE COCO COMO SUSTRATO ALTERNATIVO PARA LA OBTENCIÓN DE PLANTAS ORNAMENTALES PARA TRASPLANTE

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

A. Ayala-Sierra

2008-01-01

Full Text Available La presente investigación se realizó con el objeto de evaluar la factibilidad de utilizar sustratos elaborados a base de polvo de coco para la germinación de semillas y desarrollo inicial de plantas para trasplante de seis especies ornamentales y determinar la posibilidad de remplazar al Peat Moss. Las especies seleccionadas para el estudio fueron: Dianthus chinensis (clavelina, Gazania rigens (gazania, Tagetes erecta (marigold, Viola wittrockiana (pensamiento, Antirrhinum majus (dragón y Petunia x hybrida (petunia. Las semillas de las seis especies fueron sembradas en tres sustratos: polvo de coco, Peat Moss y Peat Lite. Previo a la siembra, el polvo de coco fue acondicionado mediante el ajuste del pH a 6.2, la adición de cal dolomítica y KNO3 como carga de nutrientes. Posteriormente, se elaboró una mezcla a base de polvo de coco, perlita y vermiculita a razón de 70, 20 y 10 % (v/v, y Peat Moss, perlita y vermiculita en las mismas proporciones. El Peat Lite contenía 50 % de Peat Moss y 50 % de perlita (v/v. Se evaluó el efecto de los sustratos en la altura de planta, el peso seco del vástago y de raíz, el porcentaje de germinación y el porcentaje de plantas con valor comercial. Aunque el polvo de coco causó una disminución significativa en la altura de plantas de gazania (21 %, dragones (30 % y petunias (13 %, y en el peso seco del vástago de dragones (24 % y en el peso seco de raíz de clavelina (22 %, esto no estuvo asociado con una disminución en la calidad de las plantas. Por lo tanto, se concluye que el polvo de coco puede utilizarse como sustrato para la producción de plantas para trasplante de especies ornamentales.

Documento de consenso para la detección y manejo de la enfermedad renal crónica

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Alberto Martínez-Castelao

2014-11-01

Full Text Available La enfermedad renal crónica (ERC es un importante problema de salud pública que puede afectar en sus diferentes estadios a cerca del 10% de la población española y que supone una elevada morbimortalidad, así como un importante consumo de recursos al Sistema Nacional de Salud. Diez sociedades científicas involucradas en el manejo del paciente renal nos hemos puesto de acuerdo para hacer una puesta al día del anterior documento de consenso sobre ERC de 2007. El presente es la edición abreviada del documento general extenso, que puede ser consultado en las páginas Web de cada una de las sociedades firmantes. Contiene los siguientes aspectos: definición, epidemiología y factores de riesgo de la ERC; criterios de diagnóstico, evaluación y estadificación de la ERC, albuminuria y estimación del filtrado glomerular; concepto y factores de progresión; criterios de derivación a nefrología; seguimiento del paciente, actitudes y objetivos por especialidad; prevención de la nefrotoxicidad; detección del daño cardiovascular; actitudes, estilo de vida y tratamiento: manejo de la hipertensión arterial, dislipidemia, hiperglucemia, tabaquismo, obesidad, hiperuricemia, anemia, alteraciones del metabolismo mineral y óseo; seguimiento coordinado por atención primaria-otras especialidades-nefrología; manejo del paciente en tratamiento renal sustitutivo, hemodiálisis, diálisis peritoneal y trasplante renal; tratamiento paliativo de la uremia terminal. Esperamos que sirva de gran ayuda en el manejo multidisciplinar del paciente con ERC, a la vista de las recomendaciones más actualizadas.

Hemoterapia en el trasplante de médula ósea: Experiencia en el instituto de hematología e inmunología

OpenAIRE

Alfonso Valdés, María E; Bencomo Hernández, Antonio; Dorticós Balea, Elvira; Hernández Díaz, Patricia; Alfonso Valdés, Yalile; González Otero, Alejandro

1999-01-01

Se describe la hemoterapia aplicada a 19 pacientes con enfermedades hematológicas malignas que recibieron trasplante de médula ósea autólogo (n=10) y alogénico (n=9). El consumo promedio de concentrados de eritrocitos y concentrados de plaquetas fue de 6,1 y 57,3, respectivamente. El uso de ambos componentes fue mayor en los enfermos que recibieron una médula ósea alogénica. Los pacientes que recibieron tratamiento con ciclosporina requirieron un número menor de concentrados de eritrocitos y ...

As Mídias Segundo Mafalda

OpenAIRE

Dantas, Juliana Bulhões Alberto; Machado, Diolene Borges; Muniz, Euzébia Maria de Pontes Targino; Gomes, Marcelo Bolshaw

2012-01-01

MUNIZ, Euzébia M. P. T. ; MACHADO, Diolene B. ; BULHOES, Juilana A. D. As mídias segundo Mafalda. RUA. Revista Universitária do Audiovisual, v. v.2, p. p.01, 2012. O artigo almeja discorrer sobre o possível uso das tirinhas da personagem Mafalda, do cartunista Quino, em ambiente escolar. A hipótese desenvolvida é a de que as tirinhas podem ser uma prática educomunicacional com o objetivo de atuar na construção do pensamento crítico de jovens provindos do Ensino Médio brasileiro.

Choice of fluids in the perioperative period of kidney transplantation

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Alejandro Gonzalez-Castro

2017-11-01

Full Text Available Normal saline has traditionally been the resuscitation fluid of choice in the perioperative period of kidney transplantation over balanced potassium solutions. However, the problems arising from hyperchloraemia triggered by the infusion of normal saline have led to studies being conducted that compare this solution with balanced solutions. From this narrative review it can be concluded that the use of balanced crystalloids containing potassium in the perioperative period of kidney transplantation can be considered safe. These solutions do not affect serum potassium levels any more than normal saline, whilst maintaining a better acid–base balance in these patients. Resumen: El suero salino normal (SSN ha sido clásicamente el fluido de resucitación elegido en el periodo perioperatorio del trasplante renal frente a aquellas soluciones balanceadas con potasio. Sin embargo, los problemas derivados de la hipercloremia desencadenada por la infusión de SSN han llevado a la realización de estudios que comparaban esta solución con los fluidos equilibrados. Mediante la presente revisión narrativa se deduce que el uso de cristaloides balanceados con contenido de potasio en su formulación, en el perioperatorio de trasplante renal, puede considerarse seguro. Estas soluciones no provocan una alteración del potasio sérico mayor que la provocada por el SSN y mantienen mejor el equilibrio ácido-base en estos enfermos. Keywords: Kidney transplantation, Normal saline, Balanced solutions, Hyperchloraemia, Hyperkalaemia, Palabras clave: Trasplante renal, Suero salino normal, Soluciones balanceadas, Hipercloremia, Hiperpotasemia

Uso terapéutico de las vesículas extracelulares en insuficiencia renal aguda y crónica

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Jordi Rovira

2017-03-01

Full Text Available En la década de los 90 se descubrió un nuevo sistema de comunicación célula-célula, que consiste en la liberación de vesículas cargadas con partículas bioactivas (proteínas, mRNA, miRNA, metabolitos, etc. en el espacio extracelular. Este tipo de comunicación se ha conservado durante la evolución, hecho que justificaría que la mayoría de los tipos celulares puedan generarlas. Estas vesículas extracelulares (VE pueden regular diversos procesos fisiológicos, así como el desarrollo y progresión de enfermedades. En los últimos años se ha extendido el estudio de las VE generadas principalmente por células madre adultas o embrionarias, células sanguíneas, células del sistema inmune y nervioso, así como células tumorales. El análisis de VE en fluidos corporales ha sido utilizado como herramienta de diagnóstico en cáncer y recientemente para distintas enfermedades renales. Sin embargo, en esta revisión pretendemos analizar la importancia, función y posible aplicación clínica de las VE generadas por células madre en enfermedades renales y en trasplantes.

Qualidade de vida da criança com insuficiência renal crônica Cualidad de vida de niños con insuficiencia renal crónica Life quality of children with chronic renal failure

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Mirna Albuquerque Frota

2010-09-01

Full Text Available O estudo objetivou avaliar a qualidade de vida de crianças com insuficiência renal crônica e identificar os domínios mais relevantes. É descritivo, com abordagem qualitativa e quantitativa, para a qual se utilizou a aplicação do Autoquestionnaire Qualité de Vie Enfant Imagé (AUQEI. Realizado no Instituto do Rim, em Fortaleza-CE-Brasil, com 13 crianças com diagnóstico de insuficiência renal crônica. Os dados foram analisados por meio da técnica de análise temática e do programa estatístico EXCEL. Emergiram as categorias: Dor no momento da diálise; Hospitalização; Limitações da doença e tratamento; Expectativa do transplante; e Apoio/aproximação familiar. A análise dos dados indicou que 61,53% das crianças possuem qualidade de vida regular, enquanto 38,46% têm essa qualidade prejudicada. As dimensões mais representativas foram: Lazer e Família, sendo Autonomia a dimensão mais comprometida. A qualidade de vida de criança com insuficiência renal crônica é considerada satisfatória, apesar das limitações.El objetivo del estudio fue evaluar la cualidad de vida de niños con insuficiencia renal crónica e identificar los dominios más importantes. Es descriptivo, con abordaje cualitativo y cuantitativo, donde se utilizó la aplicación del Autoquestionnaire Qualité de Vie Enfant Imagé (AUQEI. Realizado en el Instituto del Riñón, en Fortaleza-CE-Brasil, con 13 niños con diagnóstico de insuficiencia renal crónica. Los datos fueron analizados a través de la técnica de análisis temática y del programa EXCEL. Emergieron las categorías: Dolor en el momento de la diálisis; Hospitalización; limitaciones de la enfermedad y tratamiento; expectativa del trasplante; y apoyo/aproximación familiar. El análisis de los datos indicó que 61,53% de los niños poseen una cualidad de vida regular, mientras 38,46% tienen esta cualidad perjudicada. Las dimensiones más representativas fueron: entretenimiento y familia

El porcentaje de la insuficiencia renal crónica de causas no tradicionales (ERCnT) en una área agrícola de Panamá – protocolo de un estudio transversal

DEFF Research Database (Denmark)

Jensen, Olaf Chresten

Titulo: El porcentaje de la insuficiencia renal crónica de causas no tradicionales (ERCnT) en una área agrícola de Panamá – protocolo de un estudio transversal Author: Dr. Olaf Jensen Resumen En las últimas décadas se ha notado un aumento importante en la incidencia de enfermedad renal crónica de...... causas e implementar las medidas preventivas. Objetivo El primer objetivo es responder a la pregunta ¿Se está constituyendo la insuficiencia renal crónica de causas no tradicionales, en un problema de salud pública y ocupacional en Panamá? – el segundo, es describir la comorbilidad de los pacientes con......, como ocupacional. Palabras clave Enfermedad renal crónica, agricultura, comorbilidad, medicina ocupacional....

El Segundo Cerebro del ser humano.

OpenAIRE

Rocío Ponce

2015-01-01

Existen dos tipos de cerebros, el conocido por todos formado por el sistema nervioso central, que sería el cerebro donde las emociones se forman en base a las experiencias anteriores. El segundo cerebro, el otro, ignorado por la mayoría de seres humanos es el cerebro que está en los intestinos, Sistema Nervioso Enteral o mesentérico, que se caracteriza por la relación del cerebro y aparato digestivo, este cerebro posee más neuronas que su par, guarda emociones, determina la respuesta de acuer...

148. Utilidad del sistema oxigenador de membrana extracorpórea como puente al trasplante pulmonar y como asistencia quirúrgica para la realización del mismo. una nueva indicación en nuestro centro

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

J.A. Sarralde

2012-04-01

Conclusiones: La ECMO es útil para pacientes con insuficiencia respiratoria refractaria a medidas convencionales incluidos en lista de espera, así como para aquellos que precisen circulación extracorpórea para realización del trasplante pulmonar, disminuyendo las posibles complicaciones y aumentando la supervivencia.

Metabolismo mineral óseo en pacientes con enfermedad renal crónica: Revisión sobre su fisiopatología y morbimortalidad

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Jeanette Bernuy

Full Text Available La enfermedad mineral ósea (EMO es un término amplio que incluye a las alteraciones séricas del calcio, fósforo, vitamina D, paratohormona, anormalidades en el crecimiento, mineralización ósea y/o a las calcificaciones extraesqueléticas que acompañan al paciente con enfermedad renal crónica (ERC. Está presente en casi la totalidad de pacientes en diálisis y con el trasplante renal puede no siempre mejorar. Se han identificado nuevos factores y hormonas; como klotho y factor de crecimiento de fibroblastos-23 (FGF-23 que interactúan con la vitamina D y con la paratohormona en el manejo renal del calcio y fósforo. Ciertos reportes indican que son marcadores precoces del desarrollo de EMO, incluso cuando la función renal está levemente disminuida y los niveles de paratohormona son normales. La EMO ha sido asociada con mayor mortalidad, principalmente por su vinculación con la calcificación vascular. Este proceso conlleva a un incremento de eventos cardiovasculares que constituyen la principal causa de morbimortalidad en pacientes con ERC, sobre todo aquellos que se encuentran en diálisis, independientemente de la modalidad que los pacientes sigan. La forma de presentación de la EMO puede ser de alto o bajo recambio. Aunque no está completamente definido qué es lo que determina que se exprese una en particular, se ha encontrado que la enfermedad de bajo recambio se relaciona con malnutrición, uso inadecuado de calcitriol y diálisis ineficiente. El conocimiento de la EMO es relevante por su asociación con las complicaciones mencionadas y porque constituye un parámetro para evaluar la terapia instalada

José Segundo de Lema : Arquitectura del siglo XIX en Aranjuez

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Magdalena Merlos Romero

2006-01-01

Full Text Available El arquitecto José Segundo de Lema es autor de varias obras en Aranjuez en el siglo XIX. Se valora el estilo del arquitecto, la tipología arquitectónica y su integración en el concepto urbano del real sitio. Se analizan la reforma del Hospital de San Carlos, el cementerio y varios palacios privados.The architect José Segundo de Lema is the autor of several works in Aranjuez in the XIXth Century. We value the architect’s style, the architectural typology and its integration in the urban concept of the Royal Site of Aranjuez. We analyse the reform of the San Carlos Hospital, the cemetery and several private palaces.

Transplante cardíaco infantil: perspectivas e sentimentos maternos Trasplante cardiaco infantil: perspectivas y sentimientos maternos Heart transplant in children: maternal perspectives and feelings

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Kiarelle Lourenço Penaforte

2009-12-01

Full Text Available Objetiva-se descrever as perspectivas maternas e sentimentos despertados pelo transplante cardíaco infantil. Estudo descritivo com abordagem qualitativa, desenvolvido no Hospital do Coração, de Messejana, em Fortaleza-CE, no período de agosto a novembro de 2007. Os sujeitos foram sete mães de crianças transplantadas. Utilizaram-se como técnicas a entrevista semiestruturada e a análise dos prontuários. Os dados foram submetidos à análise de conteúdo, em três etapas, segundo Bardin, organizados, analisados e interpretados à luz da literatura pertinente, vivência das pesquisadoras e experiência das entrevistadas. Da análise das falas, emergiram as unidades temáticas: necessidade do transplante; fonte de apoio; sentimentos externados pelas mães; a doação e perspectivas. Conclui-se que a doação é um momento de felicidade vivenciada por todas as mães, tratando-se da solução para vida de seus filhos, e a presença autêntica do enfermeiro nesta ocasião torna-se ainda mais essencial, pois humanizar faz parte do cuidar da enfermagem.El objetivo fue describir las perspectivas maternas y los sentimientos provocados por el trasplante cardiaco infantil. Estudio descriptivo con abordaje cualitativo, desarrollado en el Hospital del Corazón, de Messejana, en Fortaleza-CE, en el período de agosto a noviembre del 2007. Los sujetos del estudio fueron siete madres de niños con transplante . Se utilizó como técnica la entrevista semiestructurada y el análisis de los registros médicos. Los datos fueron sometidos al análisis del contenido, en tres etapas, según Bardin, siendo organizados, analizados e interpretados a la luz de la bibliografía pertinente, de la vivencia de las investigadoras y de la experiencia de las entrevistadas. Del análisis del discurso , surgieron las unidades temáticas la necesidad del trasplante; las fuente de ayuda; los sentimientos expresados por las madres; la donación y sus perspectivas. Se concluy

Cooperación jurídica internacional en materia de donación y trasplante de organos: hacia un nuevo paradigma

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Joaquín Cayón de las CUEVAS

2013-04-01

Full Text Available RESUMEN El trasplante de órganos puede contribuir decisivamente no sólo a salvar vidas sino también a mejorar la calidad de las mismas. Sin embargo, el problema fundamental al que se enfrenta este tipo de terapias es la desproporción entre la oferta y la demanda. El número de donantes es, por definición, muy limitado y la donación puede no resultar posible por motivos diversos tales como la falta de autorización familiar o la ausencia de condiciones necesarias. Así las cosas, la dificultad en el acceso a las terapias de trasplante constituye el reflejo de una de las desigualdades en salud. Por otra parte, la escasez de órganos hace pervivir el indeseable fenómeno de la comercialización internacional. Resulta evidente que el problema de la insuficiencia de donantes afecta a toda la comunidad trasplantadora internacional dado que las necesidades de trasplantes son equivalentes en las diferentes regiones del mundo. En este sentido, el futuro pasa por propiciar una progresiva integración de las políticas públicas en materia de donación y trasplantes de órganos, superando el actual estadio de cooperación intergubernamental, loable pero insuficiente, para adentrarnos gradualmente en un nuevo paradigma de coordinación internacional de ámbito regional, condicionado a la previa armonización de la legislación de las naciones afectadas, que permita cifras homologables de donantes. Este nuevo paradigma de coordinación debe instrumentar mecanismos de prevención del fenómeno del turismo de trasplantes pero también facilitar y potenciar el intercambio internacional de órganos, removiendo desigualdades en el acceso al tratamiento trasplantador. RESUMO O transplante de órgãos pode ser valiosa não só para salvar vidas, mas também para melhorar a qualidade dos pacientes. No entanto, o problema fundamental dessas terapias é o desequilíbrio entre oferta e demanda. O número de doadores é muito limitado e a doação pode não ser

Estudo da ocorrência de litíase renal e ureteral em gatos com doença renal crônica

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Marcela Malvini Pimenta

2014-06-01

Full Text Available Investigou-se a ocorrência de nefrolitíase e/ou ureterolitíase em 72 gatos portadores de doença renal crônica (DRC, classificados predominantemente no estágio II, segundo os critérios designados pela IRIS - International Renal Interest Society. Destes pacientes, 47 (65,27% apresentaram litíase renal e ou ureteral. Não houve diferença estatística entre o grupo de estudo (DRC com cálculo e o grupo controle (DRC sem cálculo em relação à idade (p=0,274. Apesar disso, os pacientes portadores de nefrolitíase e/ou ureterolitíase apresentaram maiores indícios de lesão renal, caracterizados por diferenças estatisticamente relevantes da densidade urinária (p=0,013 e pelo menor tamanho dos rins direito (p=0,009 e esquerdo (p=0,048. Encontrou-se similaridade entre os grupos em relação a outros parâmetros, tais como as concentrações plasmáticas de cálcio total, cálcio ionizado, fósforo, sódio, potássio e paratormônio intacto (PTHi. Os valores das concentrações séricas de ureia e bicarbonato diferiram entre os grupos, com valores de p=0,039 e p=0,037, respectivamente. Além disso, foi mensurada a pressão arterial, que se manteve inalterada na comparação entre o grupo de estudo e o grupo controle. Os resultados obtidos reforçam a necessidade de acompanhamento ultrassonográfico de todos os pacientes portadores de DRC, mesmo daqueles assintomáticos ou em estágios iniciais da doença.

Factores asociados a calidad de vida relacionada con la salud de pacientes trasplantados de riñón

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Carolina Pérez Blancas

2015-09-01

Full Text Available Introducción: El Trasplante Renal es la terapia renal sustitutiva que proporciona mayores beneficios a los pacientes con Insuficiencia Renal Crónica Terminal. Aún así, el paciente que ha recibido un injerto renal, sigue siendo un enfermo crónico que no tiene resueltos sus problemas de salud y cuya calidad de vida está asociada con diferentes factores que pueden influir en la misma. Objetivo: Conocer la producción científica sobre la CVRS del paciente TR. Metodología: Se realizó una búsqueda en las bases de datos de Pubmed, Science Direct, Google Académico, Scielo y Scopus. Se incluyeron artículos científicos escritos en inglés y español. Posteriormente se analizaron los artículos que trataban sobre la calidad de vida en el paciente trasplantado renal, excluyendo aquellos artículos que no presentaban resultados o no aportaban suficientes datos y aquellos que tenían como objeto de estudio pacientes pediátricos. Resultados: Se han incluido en esta revisión 42 artículos publicados entre el año 2000 y 2015. La mayoría de los estudios son trasversales y observacionales descriptivos y el Short Form-36 Health Survey es el instrumento más usado. Las variables estudiadas han sido género, edad, estado civil, nivel de estudios, datos bioquímicos, empleo, ingresos, tratamiento inmunosupresor, problemas psicológicos, diagnóstico principal, tiempo post TR, tiempo en diálisis, trasplante vivo vs cadáver y comorbilidades. Los datos que han mostrado correlación significativa sobre CVRS han sido género, estado civil, ingresos, nivel de estudios, datos bioquímicos, tratamiento, tiempo en diálisis y comorbilidades. Conclusiones: A la vista de estos resultados podemos afirmar que los factores que influyen de manera positiva sobre la CVRS son el sexo masculino, estar casado o tener pareja, alto nivel de estudios, niveles elevados de hemoglobina y hematocrito, y trasplante renal procedente de donante vivo. El TR presenta mejor CVRS

Análisis del impacto de los valores personales en la elección del Tratamiento Sustitutivo Renal

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Ana Isabel Aguilera Flórez

Full Text Available Resumen Una de las actividades que se realizan en el proceso educativo con herramientas de ayuda a la toma de decisión (HATD es ayudarles a explorar sus valores mediante las "tarjetas de valores". El objetivo del estudio fue, conocer los valores de las personas con Enfermedad Renal Crónica en la elección de modalidad de Tratamiento Sustitutivo Renal y analizar si existía relación entre los mensajes de las tarjetas y la modalidad de tratamiento. Estudio retrospectivo. Se incluyeron 281 pacientes que pasaron por el proceso de educación con HATD entre los años 2011-2016. Los datos se obtuvieron de los registros de enfermería de la historia clínica. Se estudiaron variables demográficas, tarjetas de valores y elección de tratamiento. La muestra fue de 281 pacientes. Las 3 tarjetas que obtuvieron un mayor porcentaje de elección fueron, Personal sanitario responsable del tratamiento (14,20%, Ser independiente (13,65%, Impacto para la familia (13,30%; según la modalidad de tratamiento elegida, HD: Impacto para la familia (15,94%, Personal sanitario responsable del tratamiento (15,58%, Ser independiente (13,04%. DP: Ser independiente (18,95%, Personal sanitario responsable del tratamiento (15,26%, Impacto para la familia (14,21%. Tratamiento médico conservador: Ser independiente (25,2%, Autonomía e Impacto para la familia (12,5%. Trasplante de donante vivo: Personal sanitario responsable tratamiento (30%, Ser independiente (30%, Autonomía (10%. Podemos concluir que la mayoría de los mensajes de las tarjetas, parecen estar en concordancia con la modalidad elegida. No hay valores propios de una modalidad de tratamiento sustitutivo renal sino personas con diferentes valores que marcan la toma de decisión.

Perspectivas futuras de tratamiento en la insuficiencia cardíaca: del trasplante de células a la regeneración cardíaca

OpenAIRE

Prosper, F. (Felipe); Herreros, J. (Jesús); Barba, J. (Joaquín)

2004-01-01

En los últimos años hemos asistido a un interés creciente por el tratamiento de la insuficiencia cardíaca mediante el trasplante de células madre. Mientras que los estudios con células madre de músculo (mioblastos) se iniciaron hace más de 10 años, la posibilidad de que las células madre de la médula ósea tengan un enorme potencial de diferenciación y proliferación ha estimulado la investigación con otros tipos de células madre. Estos estudios experimentales han demost...

Segundo Concurso Latinoamericano de Novela Alba Narrativa 2011

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Boletín Cultural y Bibliográfico Banco de la República

2007-10-01

Full Text Available El Fondo Cultural del Alba, a través del Centro Cultural Dulce María Loynaz, convoca al Segundo Concurso Latinoamericano de Novela Alba Narrativa 2011 , para autores menores de cuarenta años, con el propósito de estimular y promover a los jóvenes novelistas que escriben con una mirada latinoamericana y renovadora en los países de nuestra América.

Procesos de inferencia y aprendizaje de relaciones causales en el condicionamiento de segundo orden

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Javier Vila

2007-01-01

Full Text Available Los objetivos de este trabajo fueron en primer lugar, demostrar la fiabilidad y las condiciones necesarias del condicionamiento de segundo orden (CSO en tareas de aprendizaje causal (Experimento 1; en segundo lugar, mostrar que la extinción de la relación causal de primer orden, no produce el mismo efecto de extinción en la relación causal de segundo orden (Experimento 2. Las aportaciones de este estudio fueron por un lado, que durante la fase de extinción de la causa de primer orden, se conservó el nivel de excitación en la condición de control; y por otro, que en la fase de prueba se evaluaba el efecto de la extinción no sólo sobre las claves de segundo orden, sino también sobre todas las de primer orden, extinguidas o no. Los resultados comprobaron que la extinción y ruptura de la relación causal de primer orden, no genera la extinción de la relación de segundo orden (CSO una vez establecida, aunque sí produjo una atenuación de la fuerza de dicha relación causal. El conjunto de resultados es fácil de explicar desde los mismos modelos asociativos utilizados para explicar dicho efecto (CSO en condicionamiento animal, basados en el aprendizaje de relaciones independientes entre estímulos condicionados y estímulos incondicionados. De manera similar y desde una perspectiva cognitiva, los resultados sugieren que el individuo durante el proceso de aprendizaje del CSO no forma relaciones causales encadenadas, sino más bien relaciones relativamente independientes entre cada causa y sus efectos.

Edward C. Little Water Recycling Plant, El Segundo, CA: CA0063401

Science.gov (United States)

Joint EPA and Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board NPDES Permit and Waiver from Secondary Treatment for the West Basin Municipal Water District Edward C. Little Water Recycling Plant, El Segundo, CA: CA0063401

Doação e transplante de órgãos: produção científica da enfermagem brasileira Donación y transplante de órganos: producción científica de la enfermería brasileña Organ donation and transplantation: Brazilian nursing publications

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Emilia Aparecida Cicolo

2010-04-01

Full Text Available Estudo bibliográfico cujos objetivos foram identificar e caracterizar as produções científicas de enfermagem em doação e transplante de órgãos, no período de 1997 a 2007. Realizou-se busca das publicações nacionais nas bases de dados LILACS, MEDLINE, BDENF, PERIENF E DEDALUS, com as palavras-chave: "enfermagem e transplante" e "enfermagem e doação". Os 30 artigos encontrados foram analisados sob diversos aspectos, obtendo-se como resultados principais: a maioria originou-se do Sudeste, teve abordagem qualitativa, foi da autoria de enfermeiros assistenciais e abordou o tema transplante, especialmente renal e hepático. Conclui-se que se faz necessário um maior número de estudos científicos, desenvolvidos pela enfermagem de todo o país, sobre os diversos aspectos da doação e transplante de órgãos.Estudio bibliográfico cuyos objetivos fueron identificar y caracterizar las producciones científicas de enfermería sobre donación y trasplante de órganos, en el período de 1997 a 2007. Se buscaron publicaciones en las bases de datos LILACS, MEDLINE, BDENF, PERIENF Y DEDALUS, con las palabras clave: "enfermería y trasplante" y "enfermería y donación", identificándose 30 artículos. Los resultados encontrados mostraron que los trabajos se originaron principalmente en el Sudeste, el enfoque cualitativo fue el más utilizado, los enfermeros fueron los autores principales y los temas utilizados con más frecuencia fueron el trasplante renal y el hepático. Se concluye que es necesario más publicaciones de enfermería brasileña sobre donación y trasplante de órganos.The objectives of this bibliographic study were to identify and to characterize nursing scientific productions of organ donation and transplantation since 1997 to 2007. The LILACS, MEDLINE, BDENF, PERIENF AND DEDALUS databases were searched using the following keywords: "nursing and transplantation" and "nursing and donation", identifying 30 articles. The results

De mundejarismo de los Anales Toledanos Segundos

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Felipe MAÍLLO SALGADO

2009-12-01

Full Text Available Como es sabido los Anales Toledanos (Primeros, Segundos y Terceros, compuestos en su mayor parte durante el siglo XIII en distintos momentos y por diferentes manos, son piezas importantes de la historiografía medieval hispánica, tanto por recoger gran cantidad de noticias —por más que éstas sean escuetas— cuanto por estar todas ellas rigurosamente fechadas; de ahí que sean de gran utilidad para el historiador.De estos tres anales, los Segundos (A.T.II tienen unas peculiaridades que los distinguen fuertemente de los otros; sin embargo, en una primera hojeada el lector poco avisado vería que, por su aspecto formal, nada difieren de otros escritos del mismo género, un género éste cuya condición esencial radica en la consignación del evento fechado, esto es, se presenta en párrafos que comienzan o terminan —como es aquí el caso— con una fecha determinada. Nuestro imaginario lector, por otra parte, se encontraría con las peladas noticias típicas del género analístico, a saber: una serie de referencias que dan cuenta de fenómenos naturales (como son las sequías prolongadas o las excesivas lluvias, las heladas intempestivas, los terremotos, los eclipses..., que informan de las épocas de hambre o carestía, de los precios de los artículos, de prodigios, de acontecimientos locales, etc.; el todo amalgamado con noticias de carácter político-militar.

Targeting of regulated necrosis in kidney disease

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Diego Martin-Sanchez

2018-03-01

(p. ej., con determinados inhibidores de la caspasa pueden desencadenar una necrosis y, por lo tanto, una lesión renal mediada por inflamación. En segundo lugar, y lo que es más revolucionario, ha surgido el concepto de necrosis regulada. Se han descrito varias modalidades de necrosis regulada como necroptosis, ferroptosis, piroptosis y necrosis regulada por transición de permeabilidad mitocondrial. De forma análoga a la apoptosis, la necrosis regulada se modula a través de moléculas específicas que actúan como dianas terapéuticas. Al contrario que la apoptosis, la necrosis regulada puede ser extremadamente proinflamatoria y, lo que es importante para el trasplante renal, inmunogénica. Además, la necrosis regulada puede desencadenar una necrosis sincronizada, en la que todas las células del interior de un túbulo concreto mueren de manera sincronizada. Revisaremos las diferentes modalidades de necrosis regulada, la evidencia de una función en las diversas formas de lesión renal y las nuevas oportunidades de intervención terapéutica. Keywords: Apoptosis, Ferroptosis, Necroptosis, Kidney, Acute kidney injury, Chronic kidney disease, Transplantation, Acute rejection, Delayed graft function, Palabras clave: Apoptosis, Ferroptosis, Necroptosis, Riñón, Lesión renal aguda, Enfermedad renal crónica, Trasplante, Rechazo agudo, Función retardada del injerto

Crecimiento de Morus alba L. durante la etapa de establecimiento, a partir del trasplante de posturas Growth of Morus alba L. during the establishment stage, since seedling transplant

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Gertrudis Pentón

2012-06-01

Full Text Available El objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar el comportamiento morfoagronómico de la especie Morus alba L. var.Tigreada durante la primera etapa de establecimiento, a partir del trasplante de posturas. Para ello, se determinó la respuesta del cultivo al manejo de estas para el trasplante, se caracterizó el crecimiento y se determinaron las variables lineales que permiten cuantificar el área foliar de dicha variedad. Las posturas se mantuvieron en el vivero durante 120 días y se trasplantaron en el período lluvioso. Los surcos se orientaron de este a oeste, con un marco de siembra de 1,0 x 0,5 m. Se mantuvo un adecuado control de las malezas, las plagas y las enfermedades. No se regó y se aplicó materia orgánica en el momento del trasplante. Se establecieron dos formas de manejo de las posturas para el trasplante: deshoje total, y corte a la altura de 50 cm y deshoje total. Durante la etapa inicial de crecimiento posterior al trasplante, se obtuvo un ligero aumento en la capacidad de rebrote de las posturas cortadas y deshojadas. Ello no afectó el establecimiento de la especie, pues a los 135 días la producción de biomasa foliar varió entre 100 y 116 g/planta. El crecimiento en los primeros 155 días describió una curva sigmoidea, caracterizada por un ritmo lento durante los primeros 21 días; a ello le siguió un crecimiento intenso entre los 30 y 135 días, el cual se tornó nuevamente lento con el inicio de la época seca o invernal. Se demostró que la medición del largo de la hoja y su ajuste a través de los modelos no lineales Y = B0+B1X+B2X2 y Y = B0+B1X+B2X2+B3X3 permiten estimar el área foliar, y ello se cumple para la condición de que el largo del óvalo foliar mida entre 1,3 y 20,4 cm. La alta correlación encontrada hace apropiado este procedimiento de estimación.The objective of this study was to evaluate the morphoagronomic performance of the specie Morus alba L. var. Tigreada during the first establishment stage

Trasplante de Médula Ósea 10 Años de Experiencia en la Clínica de Marly”.

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Enrique Pedraza Mesa

2004-03-01

El desarrollo del programa necesitó implementar muchísimos aspectos tanto científicos como de enfermería, protocolos, mejorar el banco de sangre y el laboratorio clínico, la farmacia, ya que el trasplante utiliza una gran cantidad de medicamentos sumamente sofisticados y costosos que inicialmente tuvimos que importar directamente, tuvimos que mejorar el área física, hacer un laboratorio de criopreservación. Las células que se utilizan se obtienen de la sangre periférica de los propios pacientes que van a ser trasplantados o de un donante, en ese caso de un hermano idéntico, y estas células se llevan al laboratorio, se mezclan con un medio de cultivo y con un agente criopreservante y se congelan en nitrógeno líquido; por eso es necesario utilizar unas máquinas que llevan estas células a una temperatura de -170ºC...

Utilidad de la detección de células citomegálicas circulantes en pacientes inmunosuprimidos VIH negativos en el control de la infecci? por citomegalovirus.

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

María Eugenia Castaño

2005-03-01

Full Text Available Objetivo. Buscar la correlación entre la presencia de células citomegálicas circulantes con la antigenemia pp65 para citomegalovirus y el desarrollo de complicaciones clínicas inherentes a infección y enfermedad por citomegalovirus. Materiales y métodos. Entre diciembre de 2002 y julio de 2003 se procesaron 110 muestras de sangre periférica, obtenidas de 46 pacientes inmunosuprimidos. La antigenemia pp65 y la presencia de células citomegálicas circulantes se determinaron mediante inmuno- fluorescencia indirecta utilizando un estuche comercial para la detección del antígeno pp65 de citomegalovirus. En leucocitos de sangre periférica, la antigenemia fue positiva cuando se encontró una o más células con tinción fluorescente, multilobulada y homogénea en el núcleo celular. Se determinó la presencia de células citomegálicas circulantes cuando se observaron células de gran tamaño (35 a 50 mm con un patrón de tinción fluorescente extendido en todo el citoplasma celular en células mononucleares de sangre periférica. Resultados. Se encontraron ocho pruebas con antigenemia positiva, procedentes de siete pacientes (15%. De éstos, cuatro (57% también presentaron células citomegálicas circulantes, tres habían recibido un trasplante renal y uno un trasplante hepático. El número de células positivas en la antigenemia fue mayor en los pacientes con trasplante renal que en el resto de pacientes inmunosuprimidos (457 vs.1,96; p

Estimativa das necessidades energéticas em pacientes com doença renal crônica

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Juliana Cordeiro Dias Rodrigues

2013-02-01

Full Text Available Estabelecer as necessidades energéticas de pacientes com doença renal crônica é importante para que se possam tratar os distúrbios nutricionais encontrados nessa população. Segundo os guias de condutas voltados ao cuidado nutricional de pacientes com essa doença, a recomendação energética pode variar entre 30 e 40kcal/kg/dia. Contudo, trabalhos que avaliaram os componentes do gasto energético nos pacientes com doença renal crônica sugerem que as necessidades energéticas dessa população podem diferir do valor recomendado acima, a depender da condição clínica (presença de comorbidades, da modalidade de tratamento empregado e do nível de atividade física. Dessa forma, o presente trabalho tem como objetivo fazer uma revisão dos estudos sobre o gasto energético de pacientes com doença renal crônica, com o intuito de abordar as seguintes questões: (1 as atuais recomendações de energia para pacientes com doença renal crônica estão adequadas? (2 qual equação de predição poderia ser empregada para estimar as necessidades energéticas desse grupo de pacientes? Assim, esta revisão busca auxiliar o nutricionista ao estimar as necessidades energéticas de pacientes com doença renal crônica.

Bosniak classification of renal cystic lesions according to multidetector computed tomography findings; Classificacao de Bosniak das lesoes cisticas renais segundo achados na tomografia computadorizada multidetectores

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

Miranda, Christiana Maia Nobre Rocha de; Padilha, Igor Gomes; Farias, Lucas de Padua Gomes de; Rocha, Milzi Sarmento da, E-mail: maiachristiana@globo.com [Universidade Federal de Alagoas (UFAL), Maceio, AL (Brazil); Maranhao, Carol Pontes de Miranda; Santos, Carla Jotta Justo dos [Clinica de Medicina Nuclear e Radiologia de Maceio (MedRadiUS), Maceio, AL (Brazil)

2014-03-15

Renal cystic lesions are usually diagnosed in the radiologists' practice and therefore their characterization is crucial to determine the clinical approach to be adopted and prognosis. The Bosniak classification based on computed tomography findings has allowed for standardization and categorization of lesions in increasing order of malignancy (I, II, IIF, III and IV) in a simple and accurate way. The present iconographic essay developed with multidetector computed tomography images of selected cases from the archives of the authors' institution, is aimed at describing imaging findings that can help in the diagnosis of renal cysts. (author)

Premian record transmision de datos a 5,44 gigabits por segundo

CERN Multimedia

2003-01-01

"El Laboratorio Europeo para la Fisica de Particulas (CERN) y el Instituto de Tecnologia de California (EEUU) seran galardonados con un premio por haber conseguido batir el record de velocidad de transmision por Internet a 5,44 gigabits por segundo, informaron hoy, miercoles, fuentes de ambos organismos" (1/2 page).

Hemorragias obstétricas en el primer y segundo trimestre del embarazo

OpenAIRE

García Rodríguez, Blanca

2013-01-01

Se aborda el tema de las hemorragias obstétricas en el primer y segundo trimestre del embarazo. Diagnóstico precoz de las mismas, la identificación de factores de riesgo, las causas y el tratamiento terapéutico

Conocimientos y actitudes de los estudiantes de medicina de instituciones de educación superior de Barranquillla sobre donación y trasplante de órganos. Julio-noviembre de 1999

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Rafael Tuesca Molina

2002-01-01

Full Text Available Con el objetivo de identificar las actitudes y evaluar el conocimiento sobre donación y trasplante de órganos se realizó este estudio descriptivo transversal en la población de estudiantes de medicina de tres instituciones de educación superior de Barranquilla (Norte, Libre y San Martín tomando una muestra aleatoria de 993 participantes. La información se obtuvo mediante unas encuestas autodiligenciadas. La población de estudiantes encuestados presentó una media de 25 años y desviación estándar de 11.82 años. La razón de estudiantes por nivel (básico-clínico fue de 1.0:1. y larazóndemasculinidadfuede1,1:1.Conrespectoalconocimientoteóricoenlapoblaciónencuestada, se encontró una frecuencia modal de respuestas en el rango de regular de 69.8% y en el rango bueno de 19.7%. Al comparar el conocimiento con la institución educativa se encontró una diferencia significativa a favor de la Universidad Libre, donde el conocimiento positivo correspondió al 25.2%, con un chi cuadrado de 23.23 y un valor de p=0.0007, para 6 grados de libertad. Al comparar el conocimiento teórico entre los estudiantes del área básica con los del área clínica, estos últimos presentaron un mejor conocimiento (OR= 0.38 ICal 95% 0.27-0.53, con un chi cuadrado de 35.08 y p=0.0000. Con relación al marco legal, existe desconocimiento sobre las leyes que regulan la donaciónytrasplantedeórganos,ysepresentóuníndicededesconocimientode15:1.Lagranmayoría de los estudiantes encuestados desconoce la existencia del programa de donación y trasplante de órganos en Barranquilla (89.5%. Con respecto a la manera de obtener información sobre esta temática,el53.6%manifiestóquelahaadquiridoatravésdemediosmasivosdecomunicación,20.4% ha acudido a simposios o cursos sobre esta temática y el 12.7% ha consultado libros o revistas especializadassobreestetema. Los autores consideran ampliar la cátedra sobre donación y trasplante de órganos en los programas de

Record de velocidad en Internet permite enviar DVD en 7 segundos

CERN Multimedia

2003-01-01

"Un nuevo record de velocidad de transmision de datos ha sido alcanzado por el Laboratorio Europeo para la Fisica de Particulas (CERN) y el Instituto de Tecnologia de California, que es transmitir el contenido de un Disco de Video Digital (DVD) en unos 7 segundos, algo que puede revolucionar Internet" (1 page).

Probabilidad de retención de segundos molares permanentes mandibulares (Estudio piloto

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Paulo Sandoval Vidal

Full Text Available Objetivos: Determinar la frecuencia del segundo molar mandibular permanente (MM2 con probabilidad de impactación, en un grupo de pacientes de Ortodoncia de Temuco, Chile. Método: Estudio de corte transversal, con muestra por conveniencia. Se revisaron 2095 fichas de individuos de ambos sexos, con ausencia de patología sindrómica. Los datos recolectados se obtuvieron de radiografías panorámicas. Se midió el ángulo del segundo molar con respecto al plano oclusal, la invasión distal del primer molar y la distancia entre distal del primer molar y el borde anterior de la rama mandibular. Resultados: El promedio de edad de los pacientes relevados fue de 10 años. Se observó un 1,43% de probabilidad de retención de MM2 (n=30; en promedio y el plano el ángulo MM2 resultó de 27° el izquierdo y 26° el derecho; la invasión de MM2 en distal del primer molar resultó de 1,5 mm; el ángulo entre MM2 y el planos oclusal es de 123°; la distancia entre la cara distal del primer molar y el borde anterior de la rama mandibular fue 13 mm. Conclusiones: Existe una baja prevalencia de segundos molares mandibulares permanentes con probabilidad de impactación. La invasión a la cara distal del primer molar fue mayor en pacientes con riesgo de impactación

LA EXPORTACIÓN DE COMPONENTES HUMANOS EN EL DERECHO LATINOAMERICANO

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Gustavo Adolfo García Arango

2014-01-01

Full Text Available Este artículo presenta un trabajo de revisión jurídica sobre la normatividad relacionada con la exportación de órganos y tejidos humanos en varios países latinoamericanos, en tres bloques complementarios: primero, se hace un estudio general de algunos aspectos de la industria del trasplante de órganos; segundo, se realiza un comentario sobre la visión antropológica del comercio del cuerpo humano; y tercero, se exponen los resultados del rastreo jurídico a México, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Colombia, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Perú y Argentina respecto al tema en análisis.

Crianças e adolescentes com insuficiência renal em hemodiálise: percepção dos profissionais

OpenAIRE

Abreu,Isabella Schroeder; Nascimento,Lucila Castanheira; Lima,Regina Aparecida Garcia de; Santos,Claudia Benedita dos

2015-01-01

RESUMO Objetivo: identificar aspectos impactantes na qualidade de vida de crianças e adolescentes com insuficiência renal crônica em hemodiálise, sob a ótica de profissionais de saúde, como etapa essencial para a construção do módulo específico do instrumento DISABKIDS®. Método: estudo metodológico. Coleta de dados entre maio e junho de 2012, por meio de entrevistas individuais com 12 participantes, em dois centros de diálise. Analisou-se o material empírico segundo análise de conteúdo temá...

sup(99m)Tc-DMSA renal scintigraphy in renal failure due to various renal diseases

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

Hosokawa, S; Daijo, K; Okabe, T; Kawamura, J; Hara, A [Kyoto Univ. (Japan). Hospital

1979-08-01

Renal contours in renal failure were studied by means of sup(99m)Tc-dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) renoscintigraphy. Renal cortical images were obtained even in renal failure cases. Causes of renal failure were chronic glomerulonephritis in 7, bilateral renal tuberculosis in 2, chronic pyelonephritis in 3, bilateral renal calculi in 3, diabetic nephropathy in 2, polycystic kidney disease in 2 and stomach cancer in 1.

sup(99m)Tc-DMSA renal scintigraphy in renal failure due to various renal diseases

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Hosokawa, Shin-ichi; Daijo, Kazuyuki; Okabe, Tatsushiro; Kawamura, Juichi; Hara, Akira

1979-01-01

Renal contours in renal failure were studied by means of sup(99m)Tc-dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) renoscintigraphy. Renal cortical images were obtained even in renal failure cases. Causes of renal failure were chronic glomerulonephritis in 7, bilateral renal tuberculosis in 2, chronic pyelonephritis in 3, bilateral renal calculi in 3, diabetic nephropathy in 2, polycystic kidney disease in 2 and stomach cancer in 1. (author)

Recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after liver transplantation presenting as anastomotic biliary stricture Presentación del carcinoma hepatocelular recurrente tras el trasplante de hígado en forma de estenosis biliar anastomótica

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

S. Y. Chen

2008-07-01

Full Text Available A 52-year-old man visited our hospital complaining of anorexia and fatigue two months after receiving orthotopic liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma. A laboratory investigation demonstrated a clinical picture of obstructive jaundice. T-tube cholangiography showed biliary stricture over the anastomotic site. Percutaneous transluminal balloon dilatation and stenting was attempted but failed. Magnetic resonance cholangiography showed possible tumor recurrence over the site of the anastomotic biliary stricture. A biopsy sample was obtained via ultrasound-guided aspiration and histopathological study revealed inflammatory and fibrotic changes. With high suspicion of recurrence of the hepatocellular carcinoma, surgical exploration was performed and an intraoperative frozen section proved the recurrence. We thus diagnosed this case as a recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after liver transplantation. To our knowledge, there have been no previous reports of early tumor recurrence after liver transplantation being the cause of an anastomotic biliary stricture.Un varón de 52 años visitó nuestro hospital quejándose de anorexia y fatiga a los dos meses de haber recibido un trasplante hepático ortotópico a causa de un carcinoma hepatocelular. La analítica mostró un cuadro clínico de ictericia obstructiva. La colangiografía con tubo en T mostró una estenosis biliar sobre la anastomosis. Se intentó una dilatación transluminal percutánea con globo y colocación de endoprótesis, que fracasó. La colangiografía por resonancia magnética mostró una posible recurrencia tumoral sobre el lugar de la estenosis biliar anastomótica. Se extrajo una muestra de biopsia mediante aspiración bajo guía ecográfica y el estudio histopatológico mostró alteraciones inflamatorias y fibróticas. Al sospecharse la recurrencia del carcinoma hepatocelular, se realizó una exploración quirúrgica; un corte intraoperatorio congelado demostr

Renal computed angiography. Part I: Renal CT phlebography. Renal veins variants

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Al-Amin, M.; Krupev, M.; Hadjidekov, V.; Plachkov, I.

2012-01-01

The changing trend in renal surgery, transplantation and minimal invasive urology implies preprocedure evaluation of renal veins. Development of imaging methods offers new possibilities for venographic visualization. The goal of this study is to present authors experience in visualization of renal veins using 64 MDCT and to evaluate the utility in assessments of their variants. 128 patients (68 females and 60 males, mean age 53,3) with urological complaints underwent 64MDCT examination including CT angiography. Contrast enhancement includes 3-4ml/sec injection flow of 90 ml contrast medium followed by 20 ml saline at the same rate. In 23 out of 128 examined patients some of the common variants of the renal vein is found. 64 MDCT angiography visualize very well renal veins and becomes method of choice in preoperative assessment of renal vein anatomy. (authors)

Editorial: invitación al segundo congreso sudamericano de neurología

OpenAIRE

Revista, Facultad de Medicina

2011-01-01

Estimado colega: tenemos el agrado de invitarlo al Segundo Congreso Latino Americano de Neurocirugía que se celebrará en Santiago de Chile, en abril de 1947.Los temas oficiales han sido distribuidos a los diferentes servicios de Neurocirugía de Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Perú y Uruguay.

Aplicación de técnicas de simulación de bajo coste en un sistema de eLearning en la Organización Nacional de Trasplantes

OpenAIRE

Borro Escribano, Blanca

2010-01-01

La Organización Nacional de Trasplantes ha logrado desde su origen en el año 1989 que España pase a ser el país con mayor número de donaciones por millón de habitantes convirtiéndose en el centro de atención de todos aquellos países que tienen un sistema sanitario evolucionado. Estos países quieren aprender del ya conocido como “Modelo Español”, con el objetivo de disminuir las largas listas de espera de receptores. Este trabajo describe el diseño, planificación, sistematización y despl...

JUAN LUIS SEGUNDO (1925-1976

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Eduardo Hoornaert

1996-01-01

Full Text Available Juan Luís Segundo era um teólogo que sabia o que queria. Enquanto a maioria de seus colegas ensinava em seminários ou institutos de teologia, assessorava bispos ou encontros de clero, trabalhava com os assim chamados agentes de pastoral, engajava se nas "pastorais especiais", escrevia para revistas de divulgação pastoral, - sempre apoiados na plataforma da instituição grande -, ele ficou organizando seus seminários com leigos não-tão-pobres em Montevidéu, longe do mundo hierárquico, com uma metodologia que ele mesmo descreveu nas palavras introdutórias de sua "Teologia aberta para o leigo adulto" (1976/1, 10-12: seminários em fim-de-semana, com duração de dois ou três dias, divididos em blocos de quatro horas de concentração na seguinte seqüência, aliás bem conhecida: uma conferência inicial de quarenta minutos, grupos de reflexão por uma hora, mesa redonda, reflexão final pelo assessor, e depois oração.

GEOMETRIA E ARITMÉTICA COMBINAM COM EQUAÇÕES DO SEGUNDO GRAU?

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Francisco Quaranta

2014-01-01

Full Text Available Quando falamos em equação do segundo grau, é imediata a associação com a fórmula geral atribuída erroneamente à Bháskara no Brasil. Isto se deve ao uso exagerado e, muitas vezes, exclusivo dessa fórmula. O objetivo desse trabalho é incentivar e discutir a relevância e a abrangência de outros métodos de resolução de equações do segundo grau que atualmente tem sido deixado de lado pela maioria dos professores brasileiros, tais como: um método geométrico presente em “Os Elementos” de Euclides, o completamento de quadrados (onde demonstraremos a fórmula geral através do raciocínio geométrico – adição de áreas e o método da soma e produto (no qual apresentaremos um artifício que amplia o seu uso para raízes fracionárias.

Continuous renal replacement therapy improves renal recovery from acute renal failure.

Science.gov (United States)

Jacka, Michael J; Ivancinova, Xenia; Gibney, R T Noel

2005-03-01

Acute renal failure (ARF) occurs in up to 10% of critically ill patients, with significant associated morbidity and mortality. The optimal mode of renal replacement therapy (RRT) remains controversial. This retrospective study compared continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) and intermittent hemodialysis (IHD) for RRT in terms of intensive care unit (ICU) and hospital mortality, and renal recovery. We reviewed the records of all patients undergoing RRT for the treatment of ARF over a 12-month period. Patients were compared according to mode of RRT, demographics, physiologic characteristics, and outcomes of ICU and hospital mortality and renal recovery using the Chi square, Student's t test, and multiple logistic regression as appropriate. 116 patients with renal insufficiency underwent RRT during the study period. Of these, 93 had ARF. The severity of illness of CRRT patients was similar to that of IHD patients using APACHE II (25.1 vs 23.5, P = 0.37), but they required significantly more intensive nursing (therapeutic intervention scale 47.8 vs 37.6, P = 0.0001). Mortality was associated with lower pH at presentation (P = 0.003) and increasing age (P = 0.03). Renal recovery was significantly more frequent among patients initially treated with CRRT (21/24 vs 5/14, P = 0.0003). Further investigation to define optimal timing, dose, and duration of RRT may be beneficial. Although further study is needed, this study suggests that renal recovery may be better after CRRT than IHD for ARF. Mortality was not affected significantly by RRT mode.

CARACTERÍSTICAS DE LA CUENCA BAJA DEL RIO SEGUNDO

OpenAIRE

Morera Castro, Gerardo

2011-01-01

En este documento se representan las características naturales de la Cuenca Baja del río Segundo, especialmente características hidrográficas, climáticas y usos del suelo.   La cuenca ubicada en la Región Central de Costa Rica, tiene todas las dificultades inherentes a los procesos de usos intensivos del suelo, de urbanización e industrialización.  Desde la cuenca alta con procesos de deforestación y uso inadecuado del suelo hasta su cuenca con procesos urbanos e industriales sin contron ni p...

VALORACIÓN DEL RIESGO FINANCIERO (CFAR EN LAS EPS A TRAVÉS DE OPCIONES REALES: UNA APLICACIÓN AL NIVEL DE ATENCIÓN IV Financial Risk Valuation (CFARin EPS's through Real Options: An Application at the IV Assistance Level

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Mónica A. Arango Arango

2011-12-01

Full Text Available El número de pacientes tratados por insuficiencia renal en Colombia es cada vez mayor; por esta razón conocer los costos asociados a esta enfermedad es una necesidad manifiesta de las Entidades Promotoras de Salud con el fin de garantizar la estabilidad del Sistema de Seguridad Social en Salud. Este trabajo evalúa financieramente, mediante opciones reales, la posibilidad de hacer un trasplante de riñón en un paciente bajo tratamiento de insuficiencia renal y el Flujo de Caja en Riesgo al tener en cuenta esta opción. Se encontró que al hacer un análisis periódico de los costos asociados a continuar con el tratamiento, existen casos en los que es más eficiente hacer el trasplante, disminuyendo el valor presente de las erogaciones del paciente, mejorando el flujo de caja en riesgo y controlando los gastos futuros de la entidad que lo atiende.Number of patients treated for renal failure in Colombia is increasingly high; for this reason, knowing the costs associated to this disease is a clear need for Health Promoting Entities with the purpose of assuring stability of the Health Social Security System. Through real options, this article is a financial evaluation of the possibility of conducting a kidney transplant in a patient being under a renal failure treatment and the cash flow at risk when having this as an option. It was found that when a periodical analysis of costs associated to continuation of treatment is made, there are cases where transplant is a more efficient option to be executed since the present value of the patient's expenses is decreased, thus improving the cash flow at risk and controlling future expenses of the entity treating the patient.

Renal cell carcinoma in patient with crossed fused renal ectopia

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Ozgur Cakmak

2016-01-01

Full Text Available Primary renal cell carcinomas have rarely been reported in patients with crossed fused renal ectopia. We presented a patient with right to left crossed fused kidney harbouring renal tumor. The most frequent tumor encountered in crossed fused renal ectopia is renal cell carcinoma. In this case, partial nephrectomy was performed which pave way to preservation of the uninvolved both renal units. Due to unpredictable anatomy, careful preoperative planning and meticulous delineation of renal vasculature is essential for preservation of the uninvolved renal units.

Implementación y resultados de un nuevo programa de ECMO para trasplante de pulmón y distrés respiratorio agudo

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Eduardo San Roman

2015-06-01

Full Text Available RESUMEN Objetivo: El desarrollo de la membrana de oxigenación extracorpórea en América Latina representa un desafío para la especialidad. El objetivo de este artículo fue describir los resultados de un nuevo programa de membrana de oxigenación extracorpórea en una unidad de cuidados intensivos. Métodos: Estudio de cohorte retrospectivo. Incluye 22 pacientes que requirieron membrana de oxigenación extracorpórea desde Enero de 2011 hasta Junio de 2014. Se evaluaron características basales, indicaciones, duración de la corrida, días de ventilación mecánica, días de unidad de cuidados intensivos, complicaciones y mortalidad hospitalaria. Resultados: Quince pacientes requirieron membrana de oxigenación extracorpórea post-trasplante pulmonar y 7 pacientes por distrés respiratorio agudo. Todos los pacientes trasplantados fueron destetados de membrana de oxigenación extracorpórea, con una duración mediana de 3 días (Rango intercuantil - IQR: 2 - 5, de ventilación mecánica 15,5 días (IQR: 3 - 35, de estadía unidad de cuidados intensivos 31,5 días (IQR: 19 - 53 y de estadía hospitalaria 60 días (IQR: 36 - 89, con una mortalidad de 20%. Los pacientes con distrés respiratorio agudo tuvieron una mediana de duración de membrana de oxigenación extracorpórea de 9 días (IQR: 3 - 14, mediana de ventilación mecánica 25 días (IQR: 13 - 37, de estadía en terapia 31 días (IQR: 11 - 38, y hospitalaria 32 días (IQR: 11 - 41, y 57% de mortalidad. Las principales complicaciones fueron infecciones (80%, insuficiencia renal aguda (43%, sangrados en sitio quirúrgico y de inserción de cánulas (22%, plaquetopenia (60% y coagulopatía (30%. Conclusión: A pesar de encontrarnos transitando una curva de aprendizaje, consideramos la experiencia satisfactoria, con resultados y complicaciones comparables a las reportadas en la literatura.

Chronic renal failure due to unilateral renal agenesis and total renal dysplasia (=aplasia)

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Kroepelin, T.; Ziupa, J.; Wimmer, B.

1983-01-01

Three adult patients with unilateral renal agenesis/total dysplasia (= aplasia) and with an early chronic renal failure are presented. One patient had renal agenesis without ureter bud and ureteric ostium on one side, and reflux pyelonephritis on the other; one had small compact total renal dysplasia (= aplasia) on one side, while chronic uric acid nephropathy (chronic renal disease as a cause of gout) was diagnosed on the other; the third patient had a total large multicystic dysplasia on one side, and on the other a segmental large multicystic dysplasia. Radiological steps and radiodiagnostic criteria are discussed and the combination of urogenital and extraurogenital anomalies is referred to. (orig.)

Efficacy of ultrasonography-guided renal biopsy for the evaluation of renal dysfunction following renal transplantation

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Kim, Young Jae; Choi, Chul Soon; Min, Seon Jeong; Lee, Gyung Kyu; Lee, Eil Seong; Kang, Ik Won; Bae, Sang Hoon

2003-01-01

To evaluate the usefulness and complications of renal biopsy under ultrasonography-guidance in renal dysfunction after renal transplantation. Ultrasonography-guided renal biopsy was done in 47 patients with the transplanted kidney. The subjects consisted of 30 males and 17 females, age ranged from 16 to 66 years (average age=38 years). Biopsies were done once in 27 patients, twice in 17 patients, three times in 3 patients, a total of 70 biopsies. The success rate of renal biopsy for the accurate pathologic diagnosis and the incidence and types of complications following biopsy were evaluated. The success rate of renal biopsy for the accurate pathologic diagnosis was 96%(67/70). Pathologic diagnosis included 27 cases of acute rejection (39%), 8 cases of acute tubular necrosis (11%), 4 cases of acute rejection and acute tubular necrosis (6%), 4 cases of cyclosporin toxicity (6%), 4 cases of primary disease recurrence (6%), 4 cases of infection (6%) and others. Complications after renal biopsy included 15 cases of microscopic hematuria (21%), 1 case of gross hematuria with spontaneous cessation and 1 case of life threatening hemorrhage. Ultrasonography-guided renal biopsy is a safe and effective diagnostic method for the evaluation of renal dysfunction following renal transplantation.

Alterações fisiológicas da morte encefálica em potenciais doadores de órgãos e tecidos para transplantes Los cambios fisiológicos de la muerte cerebral en potenciales donadores de órganos y tejidos para trasplante Physiological changes of brain death in potential donors of organs and tissues for transplantation

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Sarah Gabriel Freire

2012-12-01

Full Text Available Objetivou-se descrever as alterações fisiológicas da morte encefálica em potenciais doadores de órgãos e tecidos para transplantes. Estudo exploratório descritivo com dados prospectivos e abordagem quantitativa realizado nas unidades de emergência e terapia intensiva adulto de um hospital de Pernambuco no período de abril a outubro de 2011. A população constou de 32 potenciais doadores de órgãos e tecidos para transplantes. Após aprovação do Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa, os dados foram coletados, tabulados e analisados pela estatística descritiva pelo software SPSS 15.0 e apresentados em forma de tabelas. As alterações fisiológicas foram: hipotensão arterial (100%, hipotermia (75,0%, hipernatremia (62,5%, diabetes insipidus (37,5%, hiperglicemia (32,3%, infecção (25,0%, hipertensão arterial (9,4% e úlcera de córnea (3,1%. Acredita-se que o conhecimento dessas alterações possibilita à equipe de saúde direcionar o cuidado ao potencial doador segundo as suas necessidades e, assim, manter o órgão/tecido viável para transplante.El objetivo del estudio fue describir los cambios fisiológicos de la muerte cerebral en los potenciales donadores de órganos y tejidos para trasplante. Investigación exploratoria, descriptiva, con datos prospectivos y enfoque cuantitativo, hecho en las unidades de emergencia y de cuidados intensivos de adultos de un hospital de Pernambuco en el periodo de abril a octubre de 2011. La población fue formada por 32 potenciales donadores de órganos y tejidos para trasplante. Después de la aprobación en el Comité Ético de Investigación, los datos han sido recogidos, tabulados y analizados mediante estadística descriptiva por el programa informático SPSS 15.0, siendo presentados en forma de tablas. Los cambios fisiológicos fueron: hipotensión (100%, hipotermia (75,0%, hipernatremia (62,5%, diabetes insípida (37,5%, infección (25,0%, hipertensión arterial (9,4% y la úlcera de c

Desarrollo de un instrumento para la evaluación del malestar emocional para pacientes renales en diálisis

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Helena García-Llana

Full Text Available Objetivo: Actualmente no existen herramientas validadas para evaluar el malestar emocional en pacientes con enfermedad renal crónica, pese a su alta prevalencia en todas las etapas de la patología. Este trabajo describe el desarrollo de un instrumento breve semiestructurado para la Evaluación del malestar Emocional de los pacientes renales en Diálisis (EE-D. Método: El EE-D incluye cinco preguntas con distintos formatos de respuesta (dicotómico, Likert y preguntas abiertas para evaluar tristeza, ansiedad, preocupaciones, recursos para afrontar la enfermedad, signos externos de malestar y observaciones. Los ítems de la primera versión se sometieron a un estudio interjueces (N= 10. Posteriormente se realizó un estudio piloto multicéntrico (N= 25 pacientes en 5 hospitales. Resultados: Tras el estudio interjueces un ítem fue eliminado, y otro añadido. Tras el piloto no hubo modificaciones. La puntuación media (sobre 10 fue 4,16 (DT: 3,41 en tristeza y 3,68 (DT: 3,48 en ansiedad. El 48% refirió preocupaciones familiares, el 44% preocupaciones sobre su estado emocional-psicológico y el 40% sobre su enfermedad/tratamientos. Los principales recursos identificados fueron la esperanza en la posibilidad de trasplante y el apoyo social. A juicio de enfermería el 24% presentan expresión facial de malestar y el 16% otros signos de malestar. Discusión: El EE-D muestra unas garantías psicométricas preliminares. Ha sido distribuido en las Unidades de Diálisis de todo el territorio nacional con el objetivo de su implementación clínica en un marco investigador, lo que permitirá el desarrollo de futuros estudios de validación multicéntricos.

SEGUNDO CENTENARIO DE LA INDEPENDENCIA

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Gustavo Malagón Londoño

2010-09-01

Full Text Available

La Academia Nacional de Medicina, no podía eximirse de hacer una celebración solemne del Segundo Centenario de la Independencia, lo cual tiene plena explicación por ser de su ámbito dos temas fundamentales: la salud y la educación que tuvieron marcada incidencia en los dos siglos transcurridos, y muy marcada en el más reciente. Los temas de salud y educación ofrecieron características históricas dignas de guardar en la memoria. La facultad de ciencias naturales de Mutis y su actividad destacada en el ejercicio y enseñanza de la medicina con asocio especialmente valioso de Miguel de Isla, marcaron el punto de referencia para el manejo de la salud a partir de las primeras décadas del siglo XIX.

El sabio Mutis inyectó a la formación del médico los primeros tintes de modernización por su afinidad con los intelectuales ilustrados, contra la tradición de la Corona aferrada al escolasticismo obscurantista y a los métodos de control sobre las finanzas de los hospitales que llevaba a extremos como el de que fueran administrados con exclusividad por las comunidades religiosas.

Aplasia pura de serie roja post-trasplante alogeneico de células progenitoras hematopoyeticas ABO incompatible

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

E. Bulliorsky

2002-12-01

Full Text Available El trasplante alogeneico de células progenitoras hematopoyéticas (TCPH con incompatibilidad ABO entre el donante y el receptor puede en ocasiones asociarse a trastornos en la progenie eritroide desarrollada a partir de la médula ósea trasplantada, caracterizado por un funcionamiento tardío, inadecuado e incompleto de la misma. En este contexto, la aplasia pura de serie roja es la complicación más severa. Se han intentado tratamientos para la aplasia pura de serie roja post-TCPH con eritropoyetina o plasmaféresis, con relativo éxito. Algunos autores han informado también la utilización de globulina antilinfocitaria, asumiendo que dicha aplasia selectiva de la serie roja en la médula ósea trasplantada es mediada por un mecanismo inmune. En este trabajo se describe un paciente portador de una leucemia aguda en quien se realizó un TCPH alogeneico (ABO incompatible con su donante. Teniendo niveles bajos de aglutininas contra el grupo sanguíneo de la donante, desarrolló una aplasia pura de serie roja post - TCPH. La misma no mejoró con tratamiento con eritropoyetina o con un refuerzo de progenitores hematopoyéticos de sangre periférica de la misma donante (boost, resolviéndose totalmente luego de un tratamiento exitoso con globulina antilinfocitaria de origen equino.

“Transcollateral” Renal Angioplasty for a Completely Occluded Renal Artery

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Chandra, Subash; Chadha, Davinder S.; Swamy, Ajay

2011-01-01

Percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty with stenting has been effective in the control of hypertension, renal function, and pulmonary edema caused by atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis. However, the role of the procedure has not been fully established in the context of chronic total occlusion of renal artery. We report the successful use of this procedure in 57-year-old male patient who reported for evaluation of a recent episode of accelerated hypertension. A renal angiogram in this patient showed ostial stenosis of the right renal artery, which was filling by way of the collateral artery. Renal angioplasty for chronic total occlusion of right renal artery was successfully performed in a retrograde fashion through a collateral artery, thereby leading to improvement of renal function and blood pressure control.

Influences of renal stone surgeries on renal function; Evaluation of renal function with sup 99m Tc-DMSA renal scintigraphy

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

Katayama, Yasushi (Niigata Univ. (Japan). School of Medicine)

1991-10-01

From 1984 to 1990, {sup 99m}Tc-DMSA renal scintigraphy was performed before and after nephrolithotomy (15 cases), pyelolithotomy (15 cases), percutaneous nephrolithotripsy (PNL: 15 cases) and extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL: 16 cases, 17 kidneys) in order to evaluate of influences of renal stone surgeries on split renal function. DMSA renal uptake change ratio of treated kidneys of nephrolithotomy (-24.94{+-}5.60%) was significantly lower than that of PNL (-0.06{+-}3.92%), pyelolithotomy (-4.08{+-}4.79%) (p<0.01) and ESWL (-7.72{+-}3.87%) (p<0.05). The average change ratios of contralateral kidneys were as follows: PNL 4.80{+-}4.21% nephrolithotomy 4.67{+-}4.73%, pyelolithotomy -1.46{+-}5.39% and ESWL -2.02{+-}4.44%. One to 3 weeks after PNL, the cold area on the renal image was found in 10 (66.7%) of 15 cases. In cases of ESWL, DMSA renal uptake decreased even 4-10 weeks (mean 7 weeks) after treatment. In conclusion, possibility of deterioration of renal function after ESWL was suggested. (author).

NGAL urinária em pacientes sem e com lesão renal aguda em unidade de terapia intensiva

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Mirian Watanabe

2014-12-01

Full Text Available Objetivo: Avaliar a eficácia diagnóstica e prognóstica da lipocalina associada à gelatinase neutrofílica urinária em pacientes de unidade de terapia intensiva. Métodos: Estudo do tipo coorte, prospectivo, longitudinal desenvolvido em uma unidade de terapia intensiva clínica especializada em cardiologia. Os pacientes foram estratificados segundo os grupos sem e com lesão renal aguda, acompanhados a partir das primeiras 24 horas de internação até a alta hospitalar ou óbito. A creatinina sérica, o fluxo urinário e a lipocalina associada à gelatinase neutrofílica urinária foram coletadas em dois períodos: 24 horas e 48 horas de admissão. Resultados: Foram avaliados 83 pacientes clínicos da unidade de terapia intensiva, com predomínio do gênero masculino (57,8%. Os pacientes foram agrupados em sem lesão renal aguda (N=18, com lesão renal aguda (N=28 ou com lesão renal aguda grave (N=37. Entre os pacientes com lesão renal aguda e lesão renal aguda grave, foram prevalentes os portadores de doenças crônicas, em uso de ventilação mecânica e em terapia de substituição renal, além daqueles com maiores taxas de permanência na unidade de terapia intensiva e hospitalar, e maior mortalidade. O grupo com lesão renal aguda não apresentou alteração significativa da creatinina sérica nas primeiras 24 horas na unidade de terapia intensiva, apesar dos níveis elevados de lipocalina associada à gelatinase neutrofilica urinária demonstrados nos grupos com lesão renal aguda e lesão renal aguda grave (p<0,001. Níveis elevados de lipocalina associada à gelatinase neutrofílica urinária na amostra foram associados ao óbito. Conclusão: A elevação nos níveis de lipocalina associada à gelatinase neutrofílica urinária antecede as variações da creatinina sérica em pacientes com lesão renal aguda e pode ser associada ao óbito.

Renal Osteodystrophy

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Aynur Metin Terzibaşoğlu

2004-12-01

Full Text Available Chronic renal insufficiency is a functional definition which is characterized by irreversible and progressive decreasing in renal functions. This impairment is in collaboration with glomeruler filtration rate and serum creatinine levels. Besides this, different grades of bone metabolism disorders develop in chronic renal insufficiency. Pathologic changes in bone tissue due to loss of renal paranchyme is interrelated with calcium, phosphorus vitamine-D and parathyroid hormone. Clinically we can see high turnover bone disease, low turnover bone disease, osteomalacia, osteosclerosis and osteoporosis in renal osteodystropy. In this article we aimed to review pathology of bone metabolism disorders due to chronic renal insufficiency, clinic aspects and treatment approaches briefly.

Fé antropológica como ponte entre fé e ideología em Juan Luis Segundo

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Alvori Ahlert

2007-01-01

Full Text Available Este texto busca a compreensão da ideología em sua relação com a fé na teologia latinoamericana a partir da concepção de fé antropológica na obra de Juan Luis Segundo. Acreditamos que a questão da ideología, e sua relação com a fé, continua sendo urna questão atual no pensamento cristão, face aos velhos e novos problemas humanos que o novo sáculo vem apresentando. Concentramos nossa análise nos escritos de Juan Luis Segundo, um dos principáis representantes dessa teologia, por ser este teólogo que, ao nosso ver, mais trabalhou, de forma explícita, a questão da ideología e sua relação com a fé no contexto latinoamericanoThis text searchs the understanding of the ideology in its relation with the faith in the Latin American theology from the conception of antropology faith in the workmanship of Juan Luis Segundo. We believe that the question of the ideology, and its relation with the faith, continue being a current question in the Christian thought, face to the old and new human problems that the new century comes presenting. We concentrate our analysis on the writings of Juan Luis Segundo, one of the main representatives of this theology, for being this theologian who, to ours to see, more worked, of explicit form, the question of the ideology and its relation with the faith in the Latin American context

CT differentiation of infiltrating renal cell carcinoma and renal urothelial tumor

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Choi, Hyo Kyeong; Goo, Dong Erk; Bang, Sun Woo; Lee, Moon Gyu; Cho, Kyoung Sik; Auh, Yong Ho

1994-01-01

It may be difficult to differentiate renal cell carcinoma involving collecting system from renal urothelial tumor invading into renal parenchyma. The purpose of this study was to assess the differences of CT findings between two conditions. CT findings of 5 cases of renal cell carcinoma involving the renal collecting systems and 10 cases of renal urothelial tumors invading the renal parenchyma were compared, and analyzed about the presence or absence of hydronephrosis, normal or abnormal CT nephrogram, renal contour changes due to mass and tentative diagnosis. The diagnoses were confirmed at surgery. Renal cell carcinoma showed hydronephrosis in only 20% and normal CT nephrogram and outward contour bulging in all cases. In contrast, renal urothelial tumor showed hydronephrosis(70%), abnormal CT nephrogram(60%), and preservation of reinform shape(100%). Renal contour changes and CT nephrogram may be useful in distinguishing both disease entities

Malformaciones congénitas renales en el paciente pediátrico de la provincia de Mayabeque

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Mercedes Silva Rojas

2014-08-01

Full Text Available Las anomalías congénitas del riñón y del tracto urinario representan un porciento importante de todas las anomalías identificadas en el periodo neonatal, dando lugar a una amplia variedad de desórdenes; por este motivo se implementó la presente investigación, con el objetivo de describir el comportamiento de las malformaciones congénitas renales en la edad pediátrica, ocurridas en la provincia de Mayabeque durante el segundo semestre del año 2013. Se realizó un estudio descriptivo prospectivo de corte transversal, con el universo de los niños atendidos en la consulta de nefrología pediátrica provincial del Hospital General Docente “Aleida Fernández Chardiet”, del municipio de Güines, en la referida provincia. La muestra quedó conformada por los 18 niños con malformaciones renales, que fueron atendidos de julio a diciembre de 2013. En el 50% de ellos se les realizó el diagnosticó durante el primer año de vida y predominó en el sexo masculino (66,6%. El 50% asistió a consulta por infección del tracto urinario y todos los pacientes presentaron alteraciones en el ultrasonido y la gammagrafía. Estos resultados permiten conocer el comportamiento de las malformaciones renales y tomar una conducta adecuada para mejorar la calidad de vida en estos pacientes

The renal scan in pregnant renal transplant patients

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Goldstein, H.A.; Ziessman, H.A.; Fahey, F.H.; Collea, J.V.; Alijani, M.R.; Helfrich, G.B.

1985-01-01

With the greater frequency of renal transplant surgery, more female pts are becoming pregnant and carrying to term. In the renal allograft blood vessels and ureter may be compressed resulting in impaired renal function and/or, hypertension. Toxemia of pregnancy is seen more frequently than normal. Radionuclide renal scan monitoring may be of significant value in this high risk obstetrical pt. After being maintained during the pregnancy, renal function may also deteriorate in the post partum period. 5 pregnant renal transplant pts who delivered live babies had renal studies with Tc-99m DTPA to assess allograft perfusion and function. No transplanted kidney was lost during or after pregnancy as a result of pregnancy. No congenital anomalies were associated with transplant management. 7 studies were performed on these 5 pts. The 7 scans all showed the uterus/placenta. The bladder was always distorted. The transplanted kidney was rotated to a more vertical position in 3 pts. The radiation dose to the fetus is calculated at 0.024 rad/mCi administered. This study demonstrates the anatomic and physiologic alterations expected in the transplanted kidney during pregnancy when evaluated by renal scan and that the radiation burden may be acceptable in management of these pts

Renal perfusion scintiscan

Science.gov (United States)

... Radionuclide renal perfusion scan; Perfusion scintiscan - renal; Scintiscan - renal perfusion Images Kidney anatomy Kidney - blood and urine flow Intravenous pyelogram References Rottenberg G, Andi AC. Renal ...

Study of acute renal insufficiency and chronic renal insufficiency using radioisotopes

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Raynaud, C.

1976-01-01

Radioisotopic renal function tests are of assistance to diagnose and follow-up the course of renal insufficiency. The radioisotopic renogram is useful in assessing the response to therapy of child obstructive uropathies and evaluating renal transplant function. The renal scan is helpful, in an emergency service, to differenciate chronic renal insufficiency from acute renal insufficiency. Hg renal uptake test provides informations on physiopathological problems. Among them, the following problems are emphasized: evolution of a nonfunctioning kidney, control of the success of a reparative surgery and of bilateral obstructive uropathies with unilateral symptoms [fr

A vontade segundo Jacotot e o desejo de cada um

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Netto Mônica Costa

2003-01-01

Full Text Available Relato circunstanciado da experiência de trabalho com o livro O mestre ignorante, de Jacques Rancière, num curso de formação continuada para educadores de jovens e adultos do estado do Rio de Janeiro no segundo semestre de 2002. A questão da vontade, envolvida no ato de aprendizagem, é abordada a partir das reações dos cursistas aos princípios de uma educação emancipadora, elaborados por Joseph Jacotot (França, século XIX, que são apresentados no livro.

Distal renal tubular acidosis in recurrent renal stone formers

DEFF Research Database (Denmark)

Osther, P J; Hansen, A B; Røhl, H F

1989-01-01

Renal acidification ability was examined in 90 recurrent renal stone formers, using fasting morning urinary pH levels followed by a short ammonium chloride loading test in subjects with pH levels above 6.0. Fifteen patients (16.6%) revealed a distal renal tubular acidification defect: one patient......, this has important therapeutic implications. The pathological sequence in renal stone formers with dRTA is discussed....

Screening renal stone formers for distal renal tubular acidosis

DEFF Research Database (Denmark)

Osther, P J; Hansen, A B; Røhl, H F

1989-01-01

A group of 110 consecutive renal stone formers were screened for distal renal tubular acidosis (RTA) using morning fasting urinary pH (mfUpH) levels followed by a short ammonium chloride loading test in patients with levels above 6.0. In 14 patients (12.7%) a renal acidification defect was noted...... RTA in renal stone formers. Regardless of whether the acidification defect is primary or secondary to stone formation, however, all renal stone formers with distal RTA can expect to benefit from prophylactic alkaline therapy and it is recommended that the screening procedure, which is easy to use...

Acute renal infarction Secondary to Atrial Fibrillation Mimicking Renal Stone Picture

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Salih, Salih Bin; Al-Durihim, H.; Al-Jizeeri, A.; Al-Maziad, G.

2006-01-01

Acute renal infarction presents in a similar clinical picture to that of a renal stone. We report a 55-year-old Saudi female, known to have atrial fibrillation secondary to mitral stenosis due to rheumatic heart disease. She presented with a two day history of right flank pain that was treated initially as renal stone. Further investigations confirmed her as a case of renal infarction. Renal infarction is under-diagnosed because the similarity of its presentation to renal stone. Renal infarction should be considered in the differential diagnosis of loin pain, particularly in a patient with atrial fibrillation. (author)

Eritrocitosis post trasplante renal y su tratamiento farmacológico: inhibidores de la enzima convertidora de angiotensina versus bloqueadores de los receptores de angiotensina en un caso

OpenAIRE

Duclos H,Jaime

2000-01-01

A 35 years old male is presented. Eight months after receiving a renal allograft his hypertension worsened and his packed red cell volume raised to 53.7%. Enalapril was started and a 500 ml phlebotomy was performed. In three occasions packed red cell volumes decreased excessively and enalapril was discontinued. Finally, the drug was replaced with losartan, normalizing blood pressure values and stabilizing packed red cell volumes. This case illustrates the different reductions in packed red ce...

The Effects of Renal Denervation on Renal Hemodynamics and Renal Vasculature in a Porcine Model.

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Willemien L Verloop

Full Text Available Recently, the efficacy of renal denervation (RDN has been debated. It is discussed whether RDN is able to adequately target the renal nerves.We aimed to investigate how effective RDN was by means of functional hemodynamic measurements and nerve damage on histology.We performed hemodynamic measurements in both renal arteries of healthy pigs using a Doppler flow and pressure wire. Subsequently unilateral denervation was performed, followed by repeated bilateral hemodynamic measurements. Pigs were terminated directly after RDN or were followed for 3 weeks or 3 months after the procedure. After termination, both treated and control arteries were prepared for histology to evaluate vascular damage and nerve damage. Directly after RDN, resting renal blood flow tended to increase by 29±67% (P = 0.01. In contrast, renal resistance reserve increased from 1.74 (1.28 to 1.88 (1.17 (P = 0.02 during follow-up. Vascular histopathology showed that most nerves around the treated arteries were located outside the lesion areas (8±7 out of 55±25 (14% nerves per pig were observed within a lesion area. Subsequently, a correlation was noted between a more impaired adventitia and a reduction in renal resistance reserve (β: -0.33; P = 0.05 at three weeks of follow-up.Only a small minority of renal nerves was targeted after RDN. Furthermore, more severe adventitial damage was related to a reduction in renal resistance in the treated arteries at follow-up. These hemodynamic and histological observations may indicate that RDN did not sufficiently target the renal nerves. Potentially, this may explain the significant spread in the response after RDN.

The Effects of Renal Denervation on Renal Hemodynamics and Renal Vasculature in a Porcine Model

Science.gov (United States)

Verloop, Willemien L.; Hubens, Lisette E. G.; Spiering, Wilko; Doevendans, Pieter A.; Goldschmeding, Roel; Bleys, Ronald L. A. W.; Voskuil, Michiel

2015-01-01

Rationale Recently, the efficacy of renal denervation (RDN) has been debated. It is discussed whether RDN is able to adequately target the renal nerves. Objective We aimed to investigate how effective RDN was by means of functional hemodynamic measurements and nerve damage on histology. Methods and Results We performed hemodynamic measurements in both renal arteries of healthy pigs using a Doppler flow and pressure wire. Subsequently unilateral denervation was performed, followed by repeated bilateral hemodynamic measurements. Pigs were terminated directly after RDN or were followed for 3 weeks or 3 months after the procedure. After termination, both treated and control arteries were prepared for histology to evaluate vascular damage and nerve damage. Directly after RDN, resting renal blood flow tended to increase by 29±67% (P = 0.01). In contrast, renal resistance reserve increased from 1.74 (1.28) to 1.88 (1.17) (P = 0.02) during follow-up. Vascular histopathology showed that most nerves around the treated arteries were located outside the lesion areas (8±7 out of 55±25 (14%) nerves per pig were observed within a lesion area). Subsequently, a correlation was noted between a more impaired adventitia and a reduction in renal resistance reserve (β: -0.33; P = 0.05) at three weeks of follow-up. Conclusion Only a small minority of renal nerves was targeted after RDN. Furthermore, more severe adventitial damage was related to a reduction in renal resistance in the treated arteries at follow-up. These hemodynamic and histological observations may indicate that RDN did not sufficiently target the renal nerves. Potentially, this may explain the significant spread in the response after RDN. PMID:26587981

La investigación de segundo orden en ciencias sociales y su potencial predictivo: el caso del proyecto de Identidad y tolerancia

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Silvia Molina

2001-01-01

Full Text Available En ciencias sociales existe el prejuicio de que no existen leyes. En este artículo se desarrolla una metodología apropiada para poner a prueba tal prejuicio.Tal metodología es producto de una perspectiva lógica basada en la cibernética de segundo orden. La investigación de segundo orden en ciencias sociales ha sido más definida teóricamente que aplicada. Este artículo trata sobre su aplicación. En él se presentan los elementos básicos de la metodología de segundo orden y luego se muestra de qué manera se la utilizó en el caso concreto de la investigación que sobre Identidad e intolerancia dirige la autora.

Renal pathological implications in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with renal involvement.

Science.gov (United States)

Li, Li; Zhang, Xiuhui; Li, Zhicheng; Zhang, Rui; Guo, Ruikun; Yin, Qinghua; Yang, Lichuan; Yue, Rongzheng; Su, Baihai; Huang, Songmin; Xu, Huan; He, Cijiang; Liu, Fang

2017-01-01

To investigate the renal pathological implications in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with renal involvement. A total of 328 type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients with renal involvement who underwent a renal biopsy and received follow-up for at least one year were recruited in our study. The patients were divided into the diabetic nephropathy (DN), non-diabetic renal disease (NDRD), and NDRD superimposed on DN groups based on the pathological diagnosis. Renal outcomes were defined by the initiation of renal replacement therapy or doubling of the serum creatinine. Kaplan-Meier analysis was used to compare renal survival, and Cox proportional hazard analysis was used to determine the predictors of renal outcomes in the DN group. Renal biopsy findings revealed that 188 patients (57.32%) had pure DN, 121 patients (36.89%) had NDRD alone, and 19 patients (5.79%) had NDRD superimposed on DN. The most frequent subclassification of NDRD was membranous nephropathy (MN). Compared with the NDRD and NDRD superimposed on DN groups, patients with pure DN had poorer renal function and lower renal survival rates. In the DN group, the five-year renal survival rates of glomerular classes of I, IIa, IIb, III and IV were 100%, 84.62%, 60%, 47.5% and 33.33%, respectively. Multivariate Cox proportional hazard analysis showed that the glomerular lesions, proteinuria and serum creatinine were independent risk factors for renal outcomes, while interstitial fibrosis/inflammation and arteriolar hyalinosis were not independently associated with renal outcomes in the DN group. Making an accurate pathologic diagnosis by renal biopsy is crucial for diabetes mellitus (DM) patients with renal involvement. The findings of our present study indicated that patients with pure DN had poorer renal outcomes than patients with NDRD or NDRD superimposed on DN. The classification of glomerular lesions, proteinuria and serum creatinine were independent risk factors for renal outcomes in the DN group

Detection of acute renal allograft rejection by analysis of renal tissue proteomics in rat models of renal transplantation

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Dai Yong

2008-01-01

Full Text Available At present, the diagnosis of renal allograft rejection requires a renal biopsy. Clinical management of renal transplant patients would be improved if rapid, noninvasive and reliable biomarkers of rejection were available. This study is designed to determine whether such protein biomarkers can be found in renal-graft tissue proteomic approach. Orthotopic kidney transplantations were performed using Fisher (F344 or Lewis rats as donors and Lewis rats as recipients. Hence, there were two groups of renal transplant models: one is allograft (from F344 to Lewis rats; another is syngrafts (from Lewis to Lewis rats serving as control. Renal tissues were collected 3, 7 and 14 days after transplantation. As many as 18 samples were analyzed by 2-D Electrophoresis and mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-TOF-MS. Eleven differentially expressed proteins were identified between groups. In conclusion, proteomic technology can detect renal tissue proteins associated with acute renal allograft rejection. Identification of these proteins as diagnostic markers for rejection in patients′ urine or sera may be useful and non-invasive, and these proteins might serve as novel therapeutic targets that also help to improve the understanding of mechanism of renal rejection.

Renal sympathetic denervation: MDCT evaluation of the renal arteries.

LENUS (Irish Health Repository)

Hutchinson, Barry D

2013-08-01

Percutaneous transluminal renal sympathetic denervation is a new treatment of refractory systemic hypertension. The purpose of this study was to assess the clinical utility of MDCT to evaluate the anatomic configuration of the renal arteries in the context of renal sympathetic denervation.

Relationship between renal cortex and parenchyma thickness and renal function: study with CT measurement

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Xu Yufeng; Tang Guangjian; Jiang Xuexiang

2006-01-01

Objective: To study the relationship between renal morphology and renal function, and to assess the value of CT as a criterion to grade renal function. Methods: Enhancement CT were performed in 89 patients with no local renal disease whose split renal glomerular filtration rates (GFR) were measured by renal dynamic imaging with 99 Tc m -DTPA. The 178 kidneys were divided into normal renal function, mild and severe renal impairment groups according to renal function. Differences between three groups respect to the mean thickness of renal cortex and parenchyma were assessed by ANOVA. Using Pearson's correlation test, the correlation between the renal cortex, parenchyma thicknesses and renal GFR were examined. The value of CT in predicting renal function was assessed by using ROC analysis. Results: The renal cortex thicknesses of normal renal function, mild and severe renal impairment groups were (5.9±1.1), (4.6± 1.1), and (3.3±1.0) mm respectively, and the renal parenchyma thicknesses were (26.3±4.2), (21.3±4.6), (16.2±4.6) mm. There were significant differences of renal cortex, parenchyma thicknesses between 3 groups (cortex F=54.78, P<0.01; parenehyma F=43.90, P<0.01). The thicknesses of renal cortex (r=0.752, P<0.01), parenchyma (r=0.738, P<0.01) had positive linear correlation with renal function. ROC analysis of the renal cortex thicknesses measured by CT in predicting mild and severe renal impairment showed that the Az was 0.860 and 0.905 respectively, whereas that of parenchyma was 0.868 and 0.884. Conclusion: The thicknesses of renal cortex, parenchyma measured by CT can reflect renal function. CT was a supplementary method to assess renal function. (authors)

Glomerular Filtration Rate Estimation in Renal and Non-Renal Solid Organ Transplantation

DEFF Research Database (Denmark)

Hornum, Mads; Feldt-Rasmussen, Bo

2017-01-01

Following transplantation (TX) of both renal and non-renal organs, a large proportion of patients have renal dysfunction. There are multiple causes for this. Chronic nephrotoxicity and high doses of calcineurin inhibitors are important factors. Preoperative and perioperative factors like...... or estimates of renal function in these patients, in order to accurately and safely dose immunosuppressive medication and perform and adjust the treatment and prophylaxis of renal dysfunction. This is a short overview and discussion of relevant studies and possible caveats of estimated glomerular filtration...... rate methods for use in renal and non-renal TX....

Cistitis hemorrágica relacionada al trasplante de médula ósea: primer reporte de casos en el país

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Juan Nunura

2004-06-01

Full Text Available Objetivo: Determinar la incidencia, características clínicas y complicaciones de la cistitis hemorrágica (CH. Material y Métodos: Estudio descriptivo sobre pacientes transplantados de médula ósea en la Unidad de Trasplante de Médula Ósea del Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati Martins, desde noviembre 1994 hasta octubre 2003, y que desarrollaron cistitis hemorrágica. Resultados: En 9 años fueron transplantados 170 pacientes, desarrollando cistitis hemorrágica 8 de ellos (incidencia acumulada 4,7%. El cuadro clínico se caracterizó por disuria más hematuria macroscópica o microscópica. La presentación tardía fue la más frecuente. En 4 pacientes, la cistitis hemorrágica fue severa. Dos de los tres pacientes que desarrollaron el cuadro de cistitis hemorrágica en dos oportunidades, fallecieron. Conclusiones: La mitad de los pocos pacientes que desarrollan CH en la Unidad, lo hacen bajo la forma severa y, si presentan la CH por segunda vez, su pronóstico se complica.

Superselective transcatheter renal arterial embolization for acute renal bleeding in patients with renal insufficiency: its clinical efficacy and safety

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Hu Tingyang; Zhou Bing; Yu Wenqiang; Luo Zuyan; Mao Yingmin; Chen Fanghong; Li Bo; Yuan Jianhua

2010-01-01

Objective: To discuss the clinical efficacy and complications of super selective renal arterial embolization in treating acute renal arterial bleeding in patients with renal insufficiency, and to evaluate the influence of the treatment on the renal function. Methods: During the period of January 2000 December 2009, super selective renal arterial embolization was performed in our institution for acute renal bleeding in 13 patients with renal insufficiency. The complete clinical and imaging materials of all patients were properly collected. The clinical effectiveness, the renal function, the extent of embolization and the complications were observed and the relationship between each other was analyzed. Results: The embolization procedure was successfully completed in all patients with a technical success rate of 100%. The mean embolized territory was 22% of a single kidney. Three days after the procedure, the hemoglobin level, hematocrit, blood pressure and heart rate were considerably improved in all patients. Compared to the corresponding preoperative data, all the differences were statistically significant (P 0.05), while the blood urea nitrogen was markedly decreased (P=0.011). Post embolization syndrome occurred in 5 patients and progressive aggravation of the renal function was observed in one patient, who had to receive hemodialysis finally. The embolized territory in patients occurring complications was larger than that in patients without occurring complications (U=1.500, P=0.006). Conclusion: Super selective renal arterial embolization is an effective and safe treatment for acute renal arterial bleeding in patients with renal insufficiency, the therapy will not significantly worsen the renal function. Appropriate and reasonable extent of embolization, as small as possible, is the key point for reducing the complications. (authors)

Intoxicação por carambola em paciente com insuficiência renal crônica: relato de caso Star fruit intoxication in a chronic renal failure patient: case report

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Fábio Gonzaga Moreira

2010-12-01

Full Text Available A insuficiência renal crônica é doença de elevada morbidade e mortalidade e sua incidência e prevalência em estágio terminal têm aumentado progressivamente a cada ano. Segundo a Sociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia, as principais causas de insuficiência renal crônica são hipertensão arterial, glomerulonefrite e diabetes mellitus. Diversos fatores elevam o risco de mortalidade em pacientes com nefropatia crônica, principalmente idade, presença de diabetes e número de comorbidades associadas. Para pacientes com menos de 50 anos de idade a taxa de sobrevida em 5 anos é de 62% e para aqueles acima desta idade e com diagnóstico de diabetes mellitus a sobrevida é de apenas 23%. A carambola, fruta originária da Ásia e muito difundida na maioria dos países tropicais, tem sido reportada como contendo uma neurotoxina capaz de provocar graves alterações neurológicas em pacientes com histórico de nefropatia crônica. Dentre estas alterações podemos observar desde quadros leves, como soluços e confusão mental, até quadros mais sérios, como convulsões e morte. Essa neurotoxina parece apresentar especificamente inibição sobre o sistema de condução GABAérgico. Descrevemos o caso de um paciente nefropata crônico que, após ingestão de carambola, inicia quadro de mal-estar, náuseas e vômitos, seguidos de episódios convulsivos reentrantes e vai a óbito mesmo com o tratamento hemodialítico convencional.Chronic renal failure is a high morbidity and mortality condition, with its terminal phase incidence and prevalence steadily growing year after year. According to the Sociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia [Brazilian Society of Nephrology], the main causes of renal failure are arterial hypertension, glomerulonephritis and diabetes mellitus. Several factors are implied on chronic renal failure patients' risk of mortality, particularly age, diabetes and associated co-morbidities. For patients below 50 years old, the 5 years

Detection of acute renal allograft rejection by analysis of Renal TissueProteomics in rat models of renal transplantation

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Dai, Y.; Lv, T.; Wang, K.; Li, D.; Huang, Y.; Liu, J.

2008-01-01

At present, the diagnosis of renal allograft rejection requires a renalbiopsy. Clinical management of renal transplant patients would be improved ifrapid, noninvasive and reliable biomarkers of rejection were available. Thisstudy is designed to determine whether such protein biomarkers can be foundin renal graft tissue proteomic approach. Orthotopic kidney transplantationswere performed using Fisher (F344) or Lewis rats as donors and Lewis rats asrecipients. Hence, there were two groups of renal transplant models: one isallograft (from F344 to Lewis rats); another is syngrafts (from Lewis toLewis rats) serving as control. Renal tissues were collected 3, 7 and 14 daysafter transplantation. As many 18 samples were analyzed by 2-DElectrophoresis and mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-TOF-MS). Elevendifferentially expressed proteins were identified between groups. Inconclusion, proteomic technology can detect renal tissue proteins associatedwith acute renal allograft rejection. Identification of these proteins asdiagnostic markers for rejection in patient's urine or sera may be useful andnon-invasive, and these proteins might serve as novel therapeutic targetsthat also help to improve the understanding of mechanisms of renal rejection.(author)

Anatomic Patterns of Renal Arterial Sympathetic Innervation: New Aspects for Renal Denervation.

Science.gov (United States)

Imnadze, Guram; Balzer, Stefan; Meyer, Baerbel; Neumann, Joerg; Krech, Rainer Horst; Thale, Joachim; Franz, Norbert; Warnecke, Henning; Awad, Khaled; Hayek, Salim S; Devireddy, Chandan

2016-12-01

Initial studies of catheter-based renal arterial sympathetic denervation to lower blood pressure in resistant hypertensive patients renewed interest in the sympathetic nervous system's role in the pathogenesis of hypertension. However, the SYMPLICITY HTN-3 study failed to meet its prespecified blood pressure lowering efficacy endpoint. To date, only a limited number of studies have described the microanatomy of renal nerves, of which, only two involve humans. Renal arteries were harvested from 15 cadavers from the Klinikum Osnabruck and Schuchtermann Klinik, Bad Rothenfelde. Each artery was divided longitudinally in equal thirds (proximal, middle, and distal), with each section then divided into equal superior, inferior, anterior, and posterior quadrants, which were then stained. Segments containing no renal nerves were given a score value = 0, 1-2 nerves with diameter 4 nerves or nerve diameter ≥600 µm a score = 3. A total of 22 renal arteries (9 right-sided, 13 left-sided) were suitable for examination. Overall, 691 sections of 5 mm thickness were prepared. Right renal arteries had significantly higher mean innervation grade (1.56 ± 0.85) compared to left renal arteries (1.09 ± 0.87) (P renal artery has significantly higher innervation scores than the left. The anterior and superior quadrants of the renal arteries scored higher in innervation than the posterior and inferior quadrants did. The distal third of the renal arteries are more innervated than the more proximal segments. These findings warrant further evaluation of the spatial innervation patterns of the renal artery in order to understand how it may enhance catheter-based renal arterial denervation procedural strategy and outcomes. The SYMPLICITY HTN-3 study dealt a blow to the idea of the catheter-based renal arterial sympathetic denervation. We investigated the location and patterns of periarterial renal nerves in cadaveric human renal arteries. To quantify the density of the

Renal Blood Flow, Glomerular Filtration Rate, and Renal Oxygenation in Early Clinical Septic Shock.

Science.gov (United States)

Skytte Larsson, Jenny; Krumbholz, Vitus; Enskog, Anders; Bragadottir, Gudrun; Redfors, Bengt; Ricksten, Sven-Erik

2018-06-01

Data on renal hemodynamics, function, and oxygenation in early clinical septic shock are lacking. We therefore measured renal blood flow, glomerular filtration rate, renal oxygen consumption, and oxygenation in patients with early septic shock. Prospective comparative study. General and cardiothoracic ICUs. Patients with norepinephrine-dependent early septic shock (n = 8) were studied within 24 hours after arrival in the ICU and compared with postcardiac surgery patients without acute kidney injury (comparator group, n = 58). None. Data on systemic hemodynamics and renal variables were obtained during two 30-minute periods. Renal blood flow was measured by the infusion clearance of para-aminohippuric acid, corrected for renal extraction of para-aminohippuric acid. Renal filtration fraction was measured by renal extraction of chromium-51 labeled EDTA. Renal oxygenation was estimated from renal oxygen extraction. Renal oxygen delivery (-24%; p = 0.037) and the renal blood flow-to-cardiac index ratio (-21%; p = 0.018) were lower, renal vascular resistance was higher (26%; p = 0.027), whereas renal blood flow tended to be lower (-19%; p = 0.068) in the septic group. Glomerular filtration rate (-32%; p = 0.006) and renal sodium reabsorption (-29%; p = 0.014) were both lower in the septic group. Neither renal filtration fraction nor renal oxygen consumption differed significantly between groups. Renal oxygen extraction was significantly higher in the septic group (28%; p = 0.022). In the septic group, markers of tubular injury were elevated. In early clinical septic shock, renal function was lower, which was accompanied by renal vasoconstriction, a lower renal oxygen delivery, impaired renal oxygenation, and tubular sodium reabsorption at a high oxygen cost compared with controls.

The 64-MSCT study of relationship between renal corticomedullary differentiation, contrast between renal cortex and medulla, renal cortex and medulla CT peak value with the single renal function in hydronephrotic kidney

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Wang Yunhua; Hou Weiwei; Liu Ruihong; He Jianjun; Zhi Ke

2009-01-01

Objective: To study 64-MSCT perfusion imaging features about renal corticomedullary differentiation, contrast between renal cortex and medulla (CMC), renal cortex and medulla CT peak value in normal and hydronephrotic kidneys, and to explore the relationship between them and the unilateral renal function. Methods: Thirty-six patients with obstructive nephrohydrosis underwent 64-MSCT perfusion scanning. The split renal glomerular filtration rates (GFR) of their kidneys were measured by SPECT renal dynamic imaging. The 72 kidneys were divided into groups of normal renal function group, mild and severe renal impairment groups according to GFR. Renal corticomedullary differentiation on CT images was graded as clear, obscure, part clear. The CT intensity of cortex and medulla was measured in order to calculate contrast between renal cortex and medulla (CMC). Using Pearson correlation test, the correlation between them and renal GFR were examined. Results: (1) In the 24 kidneys of normal group, all kidneys showed clear CMD. In the 21 kidneys of mild renal impairment group, 14 kidneys showed clear CMD, 2 showed obscure CMD and 5 showed part clear of CMD. In the 27 kidneys of severe renal impairment group, 7 kidneys showed clear CMD, 5 showed obscure CMD and 15 showed part clear of CMD. (2)The CMC of normal group was 0.62 ± 0.20, while it was 0.52 ± 0.14 and 0.37 ± 0.11 for mild renal impairment group and severe renal impairment group CMC respectively. The CMC had positive linear correlation with GFR (r=0.536,P<0.05). (3) The renal cortex and medulla CT peak value of normal group were (133 ± 22) and (104 ± 16) HU; The renal cortex and medulla CT peak value of mild renal impairment group were (91 ± 29) and (76 ± 25) HU; The renal cortex and medulla CT peak value of severe renal impairment group were (68 ± 24) and (57 ± 21) HU(F=42.76 and 32.68,P<0.05). The renal cortex and medulla CT peak value had positive linear correlation with GFR (r=0.672 and 0.623, P<0

Multiple Renal Artery Pseudoaneurysms in Patients Undergoing Renal Artery Embolization Following Partial Nephrectomy: Correlation with RENAL Nephrometry Scores

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Gupta, Nakul; Patel, Anish; Ensor, Joe; Ahrar, Kamran; Ahrar, Judy; Tam, Alda; Odisio, Bruno; Huang, Stephen; Murthy, Ravi; Mahvash, Armeen; Avritscher, Rony; McRae, Stephen; Sabir, Sharjeel; Wallace, Michael; Matin, Surena; Gupta, Sanjay

2017-01-01

PurposeTo describe the incidence of multiple renal artery pseudoaneurysms (PSA) in patients referred for renal artery embolization following partial nephrectomy and to study its relationship to RENAL nephrometry scores.Materials and MethodsThe medical records of 25 patients referred for renal artery embolization after partial nephrectomy were retrospectively reviewed for the following parameters: size and number of tumors, RENAL nephrometry scores, angiographic abnormalities, technical and clinical outcomes, and estimated glomerular filtration rates (eGFRs) after embolization.ResultsTwenty-four patients had primary renal tumors, while 1 patient had a pancreatic tumor invading the kidney. Multiple tumors were resected in 4 patients. Most patients (92 %) were symptomatic, presenting with gross hematuria, flank pain, or both. Angiography revealed PSA with (n = 5) or without (n = 20) AV fistulae. Sixteen patients (64 %) had multiple PSA involving multiple renal vessels. Higher RENAL nephrometry scores were associated with an increasing likelihood of multiple PSA. Multiple vessels were embolized in 14 patients (56 %). Clinical success was achieved after one (n = 22) or two (n = 3) embolization sessions in all patients. Post-embolization eGFR values at different time points after embolization were not significantly different from the post-operative eGFR.ConclusionA majority of patients requiring renal artery embolization following partial nephrectomy have multiple pseudoaneurysms, often requiring selective embolization of multiple vessels. Higher RENAL nephrometry score is associated with an increasing likelihood of multiple pseudoaneurysms. We found transarterial embolization to be a safe and effective treatment option with no long-term adverse effect on renal function in all but one patient with a solitary kidney.

Multiple Renal Artery Pseudoaneurysms in Patients Undergoing Renal Artery Embolization Following Partial Nephrectomy: Correlation with RENAL Nephrometry Scores

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

Gupta, Nakul [Houston Methodist Hospital (United States); Patel, Anish [The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (United States); Ensor, Joe [Houston Methodist Research Institute, The Houston Methodist Cancer Center (United States); Ahrar, Kamran; Ahrar, Judy; Tam, Alda; Odisio, Bruno; Huang, Stephen; Murthy, Ravi; Mahvash, Armeen; Avritscher, Rony; McRae, Stephen; Sabir, Sharjeel; Wallace, Michael [The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Interventional Radiology (United States); Matin, Surena [The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Urology (United States); Gupta, Sanjay, E-mail: sgupta@mdanderson.org [The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Interventional Radiology (United States)

2017-02-15

PurposeTo describe the incidence of multiple renal artery pseudoaneurysms (PSA) in patients referred for renal artery embolization following partial nephrectomy and to study its relationship to RENAL nephrometry scores.Materials and MethodsThe medical records of 25 patients referred for renal artery embolization after partial nephrectomy were retrospectively reviewed for the following parameters: size and number of tumors, RENAL nephrometry scores, angiographic abnormalities, technical and clinical outcomes, and estimated glomerular filtration rates (eGFRs) after embolization.ResultsTwenty-four patients had primary renal tumors, while 1 patient had a pancreatic tumor invading the kidney. Multiple tumors were resected in 4 patients. Most patients (92 %) were symptomatic, presenting with gross hematuria, flank pain, or both. Angiography revealed PSA with (n = 5) or without (n = 20) AV fistulae. Sixteen patients (64 %) had multiple PSA involving multiple renal vessels. Higher RENAL nephrometry scores were associated with an increasing likelihood of multiple PSA. Multiple vessels were embolized in 14 patients (56 %). Clinical success was achieved after one (n = 22) or two (n = 3) embolization sessions in all patients. Post-embolization eGFR values at different time points after embolization were not significantly different from the post-operative eGFR.ConclusionA majority of patients requiring renal artery embolization following partial nephrectomy have multiple pseudoaneurysms, often requiring selective embolization of multiple vessels. Higher RENAL nephrometry score is associated with an increasing likelihood of multiple pseudoaneurysms. We found transarterial embolization to be a safe and effective treatment option with no long-term adverse effect on renal function in all but one patient with a solitary kidney.

Efecto de la edad al trasplante y de la concentración de azúcar in vitro sobre la adaptación y el crecimiento de vitroplantas de papa (Solanum tuberosum L. vars. atlantic y 1625 frito lay en invernadero.

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Rafael Orozco

2016-03-01

Full Text Available La aclimatización y posterior crecimiento y desarrollo in vivo de plantas propagadas in vitro constituye una de las etapas culminantes del proceso de micropropagación de una especie. Esta investigación se desarrolló con el objetivo de determinar el efecto de diferentes edades al trasplante (15, 20 y 25 días de cultivo y el preacondicionamiento in vitro con tres niveles de azúcar comercial (15, 30 y 45 g L-1 sobre el crecimiento y desarrollo en invernadero de vitroplantas de papa (Solanum tuberosum L. vars. Atlantic y 1625 Frito Lay. En el primer caso se usó el medio de cultivo MS (1962 suministrado por laboratorios Gibco, a razón de 17 g L-1 y suplementado con vitaminas y aminoácidos del mismo medio. En el segundo caso se usó el medio Hyponex a razón de 2.25 g L-1 suplementado con las vitaminas y aminoácidos del medio MS. Los resultados indican que es posible trasplantar a suelo plantas de ambas variedades en cualquiera de las tres edades, sin afectar el rendimiento de minitubérculos. Sin embargo, la tasa de fotosíntesis aparente (TFA se vio favorecida al incrementarse la edad. Respecto a la influencia del preacondicionamiento in vitro con diferentes concentraciones de azúcar, las plantas de la variedad Atlantic ganaron altura, peso seco de raíz y peso fresco y seco de minitubérculos con 15 g L-1 de azúcar, mientras que en plantas de la variedad 1625, este efecto se dio en la concentración de 30 g L-1; el número de minitubérculos no fue favorecido con las concentraciones de azúcar empleadas en el medio Hyponex, pero sí en el medio MS (1962. En este último caso, la TFA sufrió una ganancia gradual al aumentar la concentración de azúcar.

Pabellón de trasplantes en el hospital general de Edimburgo, Gran Bretaña

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Womersley, P.

1970-11-01

Full Text Available The set of buildings includes a medical wing, an administrative wing, and a slightly elevated passage, which connects the Nuffield Foundation with the Hospital, through which patients and donants are taken from the Hospital to the Pavillion. The body of the building, which is tower shaped, has stairs, a lift, water tanks; and in the semi-basement there are mechanical, sanitary, and air conditioning installations. This pavillion has been specially designed to carry out human transplants, mainly kidneys, and meets present complex technical needs in this branch of surgery. From the aesthetic aspect, the total designs gives the visitor the impression of safety and airiness, and induces a sensation of confidence.El conjunto construido consta de: un ala médica; un ala administrativa; y un paso ligeramente elevado, que une Nuffield con el Hospital, utilizado para el traslado de pacientes y donantes desde el Hospital al Pabellón. El cuerpo de edificio, con aspecto de «torre», contiene: la escalera, el ascensor, el depósito de agua, etc.; el semisótano alberga: los equipos mecánicos y los servicios de las instalaciones sanitarias, aire acondicionado, etc. Ha sido especialmente diseñado para realizar operaciones de trasplante de órganos humanos, en particular de riñon, y satisface adecuadamente las complejas exigencias técnicas que reclamaban los recientes avances en esta rama de la cirugía. Desde el punto de vista estético, el conjunto construido produce en el espectador una sensación segura y etérea, que lo hace sumamente atractivo.

The renal quantitative scintillation camera study for determination of renal function

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Thompson, I.M. Jr.; Boineau, F.G.; Evans, B.B.; Schlegel, J.U.

1983-01-01

The renal quantitative scintillation camera study assesses glomerular filtration rate and effective renal plasma flow based upon renal uptake of 99mtechnetium-iron ascorbate and 131iodine-hippuran, respectively. The method was compared to inulin, para-aminohippuric acid and creatinine clearance studies in 7 normal subjects and 9 patients with various degrees of reduced renal function. The reproducibility of the technique was determined in 15 randomly selected pediatric patients. The values of glomerular filtration rate and effective renal plasma flow were not significantly different from those of inulin and para-aminohippuric acid studies. The reproducibility of the technique was comparable to that of inulin and para-aminohippuric acid studies. Patient acceptance of the technique is excellent and the cost is minimal. Renal morphology and excretory dynamics also are demonstrated. The technique is advocated as a clinical measure of renal function

Inhibiting aerobic glycolysis suppresses renal interstitial fibroblast activation and renal fibrosis.

Science.gov (United States)

Ding, Hao; Jiang, Lei; Xu, Jing; Bai, Feng; Zhou, Yang; Yuan, Qi; Luo, Jing; Zen, Ke; Yang, Junwei

2017-09-01

Chronic kidney diseases generally lead to renal fibrosis. Despite great progress having been made in identifying molecular mediators of fibrosis, the mechanism that governs renal fibrosis remains unclear, and so far no effective therapeutic antifibrosis strategy is available. Here we demonstrated that a switch of metabolism from oxidative phosphorylation to aerobic glycolysis (Warburg effect) in renal fibroblasts was the primary feature of fibroblast activation during renal fibrosis and that suppressing renal fibroblast aerobic glycolysis could significantly reduce renal fibrosis. Both gene and protein assay showed that the expression of glycolysis enzymes was upregulated in mouse kidneys with unilateral ureter obstruction (UUO) surgery or in transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1)-treated renal interstitial fibroblasts. Aerobic glycolysis flux, indicated by glucose uptake and lactate production, was increased in mouse kidney with UUO nephropathy or TGF-β1-treated renal interstitial fibroblasts and positively correlated with fibrosis process. In line with this, we found that increasing aerobic glycolysis can remarkably induce myofibroblast activation while aerobic glycolysis inhibitors shikonin and 2-deoxyglucose attenuate UUO-induced mouse renal fibrosis and TGF-β1-stimulated myofibroblast activation. Furthermore, mechanistic study indicated that shikonin inhibits renal aerobic glycolysis via reducing phosphorylation of pyruvate kinase type M2, a rate-limiting glycolytic enzyme associated with cell reliance on aerobic glycolysis. In conclusion, our findings demonstrate the critical role of aerobic glycolysis in renal fibrosis and support treatment with aerobic glycolysis inhibitors as a potential antifibrotic strategy. Copyright © 2017 the American Physiological Society.

RENAL CRYOABLATION

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

A. V. Govorov

2012-01-01

Full Text Available Renal cryoablation is an alternative minimally-invasive method of treatment for localized renal cell carcinoma. The main advantages of this methodology include visualization of the tumor and the forming of "ice ball" in real time, fewer complications compared with other methods of treatment of renal cell carcinoma, as well as the possibility of conducting cryotherapy in patients with concomitant pathology. Compared with other ablative technologies cryoablation has a low rate of repeat sessions and good intermediate oncological results. The studies of long-term oncological and functional results of renal cryoablation are presently under way.

Renal artery pulsatility index and renal volume: Normal fetuses versus growth-retarded fetuses

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Lee, Kyung Soon; Woo, Bock Hi

2001-01-01

To evaluate the blood flow velocity waveform of the renal artery and renal volume of growth-retarded fetuses and to compare them with those of normal fetuses. Pulsatility index of the renal artery and renal volume measured by three-dimensional ultrasonography were obtained from seventy eight normal fetuses at the gestational age from twenty five to thirty nine weeks and eighteen intrauterine growth retarded fetuses whose weight was below ten percentile at birth. We studied changes of the pulsatility index of the renal artery and renal volume according to the gestational age and compared with those of growth-retarded fetuses. Pulsatility index (PI) of the fetal renal artery decreased throughout the gestational period (r=0.703, p<0.0001). In growth-retarded fetuses, despite of abnormal doppler velocity waveform of the middle cerebral artery, which was showing fetal hypoxia, the renal PI was not increased significantly. The fetal renal volume increased throughout the gestational period (r=0.834, p<0.0001) whereas in growth-retarded fetuses, all renal volume was below fifth percentile of normal fetuses. In growth-retarded fetuses, fetal renal volume was decreased significantly without change of the renal vascular flow. Therefore, the fetal renal volume measured by three-dimensional ultrasonography may be a helpful parameter in the diagnosis of growth-retarded fetuses.

Renal artery pulsatility index and renal volume: Normal fetuses versus growth-retarded fetuses

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

Lee, Kyung Soon; Woo, Bock Hi [Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Seoul (Korea, Republic of)

2001-06-15

To evaluate the blood flow velocity waveform of the renal artery and renal volume of growth-retarded fetuses and to compare them with those of normal fetuses. Pulsatility index of the renal artery and renal volume measured by three-dimensional ultrasonography were obtained from seventy eight normal fetuses at the gestational age from twenty five to thirty nine weeks and eighteen intrauterine growth retarded fetuses whose weight was below ten percentile at birth. We studied changes of the pulsatility index of the renal artery and renal volume according to the gestational age and compared with those of growth-retarded fetuses. Pulsatility index (PI) of the fetal renal artery decreased throughout the gestational period (r=0.703, p<0.0001). In growth-retarded fetuses, despite of abnormal doppler velocity waveform of the middle cerebral artery, which was showing fetal hypoxia, the renal PI was not increased significantly. The fetal renal volume increased throughout the gestational period (r=0.834, p<0.0001) whereas in growth-retarded fetuses, all renal volume was below fifth percentile of normal fetuses. In growth-retarded fetuses, fetal renal volume was decreased significantly without change of the renal vascular flow. Therefore, the fetal renal volume measured by three-dimensional ultrasonography may be a helpful parameter in the diagnosis of growth-retarded fetuses.

Obesity and renal hemodynamics

NARCIS (Netherlands)

Bosma, R. J.; Krikken, J. A.; van der Heide, J. J. Homan; de Jong, P. E.; Navis, G. J.

2006-01-01

Obesity is a risk factor for renal damage in native kidney disease and in renal transplant recipients. Obesity is associated with several renal risk factors such as hypertension and diabetes that may convey renal risk, but obesity is also associated with an unfavorable renal hemodynamic profile

Does the presence of accessory renal arteries affect the efficacy of renal denervation?

Science.gov (United States)

Id, Dani; Kaltenbach, Benjamin; Bertog, Stefan C; Hornung, Marius; Hofmann, Ilona; Vaskelyte, Laura; Sievert, Horst

2013-10-01

This study sought to assess the efficacy of catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation in patients with accessory renal arteries and to compare the blood pressure (BP)-lowering effect with that observed in patients with bilateral single renal arteries after renal denervation. Catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation causes significant BP reductions in patients with resistant hypertension. Seventy-four patients were included in this study. Patients were assigned to 2 main groups: a bilateral single renal arteries group I (n = 54) and an accessory renal arteries group II (n = 20). Group II consisted of 9 patients whose accessory renal arteries were all denervated (group IIa), and 11 patients whose accessory renal arteries were not, or only incompletely, denervated (group IIb). The primary endpoint was the change in office systolic BP after 6 months. The procedure was successful in all patients. Group I: mean BP at baseline was 166.2/89.4 ± 20.5/14.6 mm Hg and decreased by -16.6 (p renal denervation in patients with accessory renal arteries is less pronounced than in patients with bilateral single renal arteries. Copyright © 2013 American College of Cardiology Foundation. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Radiopharmaceuticals for renal studies

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Verdera, Silvia

1994-01-01

Between the diagnostic techniques using radiopharmaceuticals in nuclear medicine it find renal studies.A brief description about renal glomerular filtration(GFR) and reliability renal plasma flux (ERPF),renal blood flux measurement agents (RBF),renal scintillation agents and radiation dose estimates by organ physiology was given in this study.tabs

Glomerular Filtration Rate Estimation in Renal and Non-Renal Solid Organ Transplantation

DEFF Research Database (Denmark)

Hornum, Mads; Feldt-Rasmussen, Bo

2017-01-01

Following transplantation (TX) of both renal and non-renal organs, a large proportion of patients have renal dysfunction. There are multiple causes for this. Chronic nephrotoxicity and high doses of calcineurin inhibitors are important factors. Preoperative and perioperative factors like hyperten......Following transplantation (TX) of both renal and non-renal organs, a large proportion of patients have renal dysfunction. There are multiple causes for this. Chronic nephrotoxicity and high doses of calcineurin inhibitors are important factors. Preoperative and perioperative factors like...... hypertension, hypotension, drugs and infections may play a causative role as well. Organ-specific causes include hepatorenal syndrome, cirrhosis, low cardiac function, low respiratory function and diabetes developed both before and after TX. It is important to be able to perform precise and valid measurements...... rate methods for use in renal and non-renal TX....

Treatment of non-neoplastic renal hemorrhage with segmental embolization of renal artery

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Zhu Bing

2007-01-01

Objective: To explore the value of segmental embolization of renal artery in dealing with non- neoplastic renal hemorrhage. Methods: Four cases of non-neoplastic hemorrhage, including 2 with bleeding after renal acupuncture biopsy, 2 with bleeding after nephrolithotomy and 1 with congenital renal arteriovenous malformation, were treated with superselective segmental embolization of renal artery. 2 were embolized with coil, 1 with alcohol plus coil and 1 with PVA parcels. Results: Hematuria disappeared in 1-3 days. There was no recurrence in 7-45 months follow up and no complications induced by embolization. Conclusion: It is a safe and reliable therapy to treat non-neoplastic renal hemorrhage with segmental embolization of renal artery. (authors)

Evolución clínica de los enfermos renales crónicos en tratamiento sustitutivo con infección por VIH

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Ramón Saracho

2015-09-01

A pesar del uso de las nuevas combinaciones de antivirales, la incidencia de pacientes VIH+ en diálisis se ha incrementado, su mortalidad supera todavía al resto de pacientes, y tienen una tasa de trasplante muy baja. Se hace necesario profundizar en el conocimiento de esta enfermedad para mejorar los resultados.

Bilateral renal artery variation

OpenAIRE

Üçerler, Hülya; Üzüm, Yusuf; İkiz, Z. Aslı Aktan

2014-01-01

Each kidney is supplied by a single renal artery, although renal artery variations are common. Variations of the renal arteryhave become important with the increasing number of renal transplantations. Numerous studies describe variations in renalartery anatomy. Especially the left renal artery is among the most critical arterial variations, because it is the referred side forresecting the donor kidney. During routine dissection in a formalin fixed male cadaver, we have found a bilateral renal...

[Aortic dissection spread to the renal arteries: role of renal volumetry after angioplasty].

Science.gov (United States)

Vautrin, E; Thony, F; Chavanon, O; Hannachi, I; Barone-Rochette, G; Pierre, H; Baguet, J-P

2012-06-01

Type A or B aortic dissection can extend to renal arteries, causing a renal ischemia which treatment is usually endovascular. The aim of our study is to show the interest of the renal volumetry in the follow-up of these patients. Twenty-two patients (16 men, mean age 63.4±11.8years, BMI 25.2±3.4kg/m(2)) with a type A or B aortic dissection spread to one or to both renal arteries and followed at Grenoble university hospital were consecutively included. All patients underwent renal angiography with aorto-renal pressure gradients measurements and follow-up by renal volumetry (scanner Siemens(®)). A renal ischemia was defined by a decrease of 20% or more of the volumetry. Sixteen patients (73%) were hypertensive before the aortic dissection among which ten (62%) were treated. Eight patients (36%) have a significant renal pressure gradient among which five (62%) underwent renal endovascular therapy. The renal volumetry of these five patients remained unchanged while six of 17 patients (36%) without angioplasty have a decreasing volumetry. Renal volumetry appeared an effective and attractive option for the follow-up of the patients with aortic dissection spread to the renal arteries. These results should be taken into account to put the indication of an endovascular treatment. Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.

¿Qué significa tener especialistas con el título de Segundo Grado?

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

José Suárez Lezcano

2015-12-01

Full Text Available La Salud Pública cubana es uno de los logros más significativos y trascendentales de la Revolución Cubana. El Sistema Cubano de Salud tiene, entre sus eslabones para los graduados de Doctor en Medicina o Doctor en Estomatología, la obtención de los títulos de Especialista de Primer Grado y de Segundo Grado. Pero, ¿qué diferencia uno del otro? El Especialista de Segundo Grado es aquel que ha demostrado un dominio de excelencia en su especialidad; su nivel de desarrollo de habilidades y sus conocimientos lo ubican al más alto nivel de la Ciencia a nivel internacional. Y eso se demuestra con varios hechos: - Todo Especialista de Segundo Grado ha presentado, al menos, diez trabajos sobre su especialidad en congresos, simposios, jornadas y en actividades científicas de nivel municipal, provincial, nacional o internacional. - Ha recibido cursos o adiestramientos nacionales o extranjeros, provinciales y municipales, con una duración total equivalente como mínimo a 200 horas. - Ha participado como profesor en cursos de postgrado de su especialidad u otras afines, con no menos de 60 horas acumuladas impartidas personalmente. - Ha presentado, para la evaluación por el tribunal, de los ejemplares completos de, al menos, dos trabajos publicados en revistas científico-técnicas cubanas, provinciales o nacionales, impresas o electrónicas con sello del Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio Ambiente (CITMA y extranjeras publicadas en Base de datos LILACS y SCIELO. En dos de sus publicaciones es el primer autor. Hay muchos profesionales que tienen consideradas como publicaciones su participación como autor en la elaboración de planes y programas de estudios, en patentes obtenidas o informes de registro sobre ensayos clínicos realizados, con el correspondiente aval del Centro Nacional Coordinador de Ensayos Clínicos (CENCEC o del Centro para el Control Estatal de la Calidad de los Medicamentos (CECMED; también hay profesionales que han

BILATERAL DUPLICATION OF RENAL ARTERIES

OpenAIRE

Prajkta A Thete; Mehera Bhoir; M.V.Ambiye

2014-01-01

Routine dissection of a male cadaver revealed the presence of bilateral double renal arteries. On the right side the accessory renal artery originated from the abdominal aorta just above the main renal artery. On the left side the accessory renal artery originated from the abdominal aorta about 1 cm above the main renal artery. Knowledge of the variations of renal vascular anatomy has importance in exploration and treatment of renal trauma, renal transplantation, renal artery embolization, su...

Matemáticas, materiales manipulativos y rutinas Proyecto para segundo de Primaria

OpenAIRE

Fraile-Bravo, Maria

2017-01-01

Este trabajo presenta un proyecto que pretende crear una rutina de trabajo en el aula de segundo de primaria, en la cual se trabajen las matemáticas con materiales manipulativos. Esta forma de trabajar tiene el objetivo de mejorar la competencia matemática de los alumnos y fomentar un espacio en el que los alumnos operen con las matemáticas de manera concreta para después llegar al concepto abstracto correspondiente. Todo lo desarrollado en el proyecto se halla fundamentado en ...

DISPONIBILIDAD DEL RECURSO HÍDRICO EN LA MICROCUENCA DEL RÍO SEGUNDO. REGIÓN CENTRAL DE COSTA RICA

OpenAIRE

Hernando-Echeverría, Ligia; Ruíz-Hernández, Amalia; Solís-Zamora, Kathya

2012-01-01

La microcuenca del río Segundo es parte de la principal zona de explotación hídrica, en la región Central de Costa Rica. Razón por la cual se realiza un diagnóstico de la disponibilidad del recur-so hídrico en  la microcuenca del río Segundo, e  identifcar  las áreas con mayor problemática de disponibilidad de recurso hídrico. Para ello se calculó un balance hídrico mensual, según uso del suelo, unidad geomorfológica y zona climática. Con base en este balance se calculó y clasifcó la disponib...

Computed tomography of renal cell carcinoma in patients with terminal renal impairment

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Ferda, Jiri; Hora, Milan; Hes, Ondrej; Reischig, Tomas; Kreuzberg, Boris; Mirka, Hynek; Ferdova, Eva; Ohlidalova, Kristyna; Baxa, Jan; Urge, Tomas

2007-01-01

Purpose: An increased incidence of renal tumors has been observed in patients with end-stage-renal-disease (ESRD). The very strong association with acquired renal cystic disease (ACRD) and increased incidence of the renal tumors (conventional renal cell carcinoma (CRCC), papillary renal cell carcinoma (PRCC) or papillary renal cell adenoma (PRCA)) was reported. This study discusses the role of computed tomography (CT) in detecting renal tumors in patients with renal impairment: pre-dialysis, those receiving dialysis or with renal allograft transplants. Materials and methods: Ten patients (nine male, one female) with renal cell tumors were enrolled into a retrospective study; two were new dialysis patients, three on long-term dialysis, and five were renal transplant recipients with history of dialysis. All patients underwent helical CT, a total of 11 procedures were performed. Sixteen-row detector system was used five times, and a 64-row detector system for the six examinations. All patients underwent nephrectomy of kidney with suspected tumor, 15 nephrectomies were performed, and 1 kidney was assessed during autopsy. CT findings were compared with macroscopic and microscopic assessments of the kidney specimen in 16 cases. Results: Very advanced renal parenchyma atrophy with small cysts corresponding to ESRD was found in nine patients, chronic pyelonephritis in remained one. A spontaneously ruptured tumor was detected incidentally in one case, patient died 2 years later. In the present study, 6.25% (1/16) were multiple PRCA, 12.5% (2/16) were solitary PRCC, 12.5% tumors (2/16) were solitary conventional renal cell carcinomas (CRCC's), 12.5% tumors (2/16) were multiple conventional renal cell carcinomas (CRCC's), 25% (4/16) were CRCC's combined with multiple papillary renal cell carcinomas with adenomas (PRCC's and PRCA's), and 25% (4/16) of the tumors were multiple PRCC's combined with PRCA's without coexisting CRCC's. Bilateral renal tumors were found in our study

Traumatic renal infarction

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Yashiro, Naobumi; Ohtomo, Kuni; Kokubo, Takashi; Itai, Yuji; Iio, Masahiro

1986-01-01

Four cases of traumatic renal artery occlusion were described and illustrated. In two cases, direct blows to the abdomen compressed the renal artery against the vertebral column. Clinically, they were severely injured with macroscopic hematuria. Aortograms showed abrupt truncation of renal arteries. In the other two, rapid deceleration caused sudden displacement of the kidney producing an intimal tear with resultant thrombosis. Although they showed little injury without macrohematuria, aortograms revealed tapered occlusion of renal arteries. One of them developed hypertension. ''Rim sign'' of post-contrast CT and hypertension resulted from traumatic renal artery occlusion were reviewed. (author)

Imaging chronic renal disease and renal transplant in children

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Carmichael, Jim; Easty, Marina

2010-01-01

At Great Ormond Street Hospital we have the highest number of paediatric renal transplant patients in Europe, taking cases from across the United Kingdom and abroad. Our caseload includes many children with rare complicating medical problems and chronic renal failure related morbidity. This review aims to provide an overview of our experience of imaging children with chronic renal failure and transplants. (orig.)

Radionuclide evaluation of renal transplants

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Yang Hong; Zhao Deshan

2000-01-01

Radionuclide renal imaging and plasma clearance methods can quickly quantitate renal blood flow and function in renal transplants. They can diagnose acute tubular necrosis and rejection, renal scar, surgical complications such as urine leaks, obstruction and renal artery stenosis after renal transplants. At the same time they can assess the therapy effect of renal transplant complications and can also predict renal transplant survival from early post-operative function studies

Desigualdades sociais e tuberculose: analise segundo raca/cor, Mato Grosso do Sul

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Paulo Cesar Basta

2013-10-01

Full Text Available OBJETIVO Analisar características sociodemográficas e clínico-epidemiológicas dos casos de tuberculose e fatores associados ao abandono e ao óbito na vigência do tratamento. MÉTODOS Estudo epidemiológico baseado em dados notificados de tuberculose em indígenas e não indígenas, segundo raça/cor, em Mato Grosso do Sul, entre 2001 e 2009. Realizou-se análise descritiva dos casos de acordo com as variáveis sexo, faixa etária, zona de residência, exames empregados para o diagnóstico, forma clínica, tratamento supervisionado e situação de encerramento, segundo raça/cor. Utilizou-se análise univariada e múltipla por meio de regressão logística para identificar preditores de abandono e óbito, e odds ratio como medida de associação. Foi construída série histórica de incidência, segundo raça/cor. RESULTADOS Registraram-se 6.962 casos novos de tuberculose no período, 15,6% entre indígenas. Houve predomínio em homens e adultos (20 a 44 anos em todos os grupos. A maior parte dos doentes indígenas residia na zona rural (79,8% e 13,5% dos registros nos indígenas ocorreram em 45 anos (OR = 3,0; IC95% 1,2;7,8 e com a forma mista (OR = 2,3; IC95% 1,1;5,0 apresentaram associação com óbito. Apesar de representarem 3,0% da população, os indígenas foram responsáveis por 15,6% das notificações no período. CONCLUSÕES Houve importantes desigualdades em relação ao adoecimento por tuberculose entre as categorias estudadas. As incidências nos indígenas foram consistentemente maiores, chegando a exceder em mais de seis vezes as médias nacionais. Entre pretos e pardos, piores resultados no tratamento foram observados, pois apresentaram chance de abandono duas vezes maior que os indígenas. O mau desempenho do programa também esteve fortemente associado ao abandono e ao óbito. Acredita-se que, enquanto não se reduzir a pobreza, as desigualdades nos indicadores em saúde permanecerão.

CALCINOSIS CUTIS METASTÁSICA: CALCIFILAXIS (ARTERIOLOPATÍA URÉMICA CALCIFICADA. A PROPÓSITO DE UN CASO. [METASTATIC CALCINOSIS CUTIS: CALCIPHYLAXIS (CALCIFIED UREMIC ARTERIOLOPATHY. A CASE REPORT

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Lourdes Bolla de Lezcano

2013-07-01

Full Text Available Resumen La calcifilaxis es un síndrome clínico caracterizado por una calcificación vascular progresiva que ocasiona la aparición de lesiones violáceas, frecuentemente dolorosas, en la piel de pacientes con insuficiencia renal crónica, diálisis o trasplante renal, asociado usualmente a niveles elevados de hormona paratiroidea. Se presenta el caso clínico de una mujer de 44 años, diabética con insuficiencia renal crónica, en hemodiálisis desde hace 2 años, que fue diagnosticada de calcifilaxis tras sospecha clínica y biopsia de lesiones cutáneas. Abstract Calciphylaxis is a clinical syndrome characterized by progressive vascular calcification that causes the appearance of purplish lesions, often painful, in the skin of patients with chronic renal failure, dialysis or kidney transplantation, usually associated with elevated levels of parathyroid hormone. We report a case of a 44-year-old diabetic woman with chronic renal failure on hemodialysis for 2 years. She was diagnosed with calciphylaxis after clinical suspicion and biopsy of skin lesions.

Factores diagnósticos endoscópicos y pronósticos relacionados con el Helicobacter Pylori en la enfermedad injerto contra huésped tras el trasplante alogénico de células hematopoyéticas

OpenAIRE

Velasco Guardado, Antonio

2016-01-01

[ES] INTRODUCCIÓN: El trabajo consta de tres artículos originales relacionados por un lado con el diagnóstico endoscópico e histológico en la Enfermedad de Injerto contra Huésped (EICH) tras el trasplante alogénico de células hematopoyéticas (TACH) y por otro sobre el papel que juega la infección por Helicobacter pylori (HP) en dicha enfermedad. El tracto gastrointestinal es la principal diana de la Enfermedad de Injerto contra Huésped. Su diagnóstico se basa en los hallazgos endoscópicos e ...

Renal Replacement Therapy Modality in the ICU and Renal Recovery at Hospital Discharge.

Science.gov (United States)

Bonnassieux, Martin; Duclos, Antoine; Schneider, Antoine G; Schmidt, Aurélie; Bénard, Stève; Cancalon, Charlotte; Joannes-Boyau, Olivier; Ichai, Carole; Constantin, Jean-Michel; Lefrant, Jean-Yves; Kellum, John A; Rimmelé, Thomas

2018-02-01

Acute kidney injury requiring renal replacement therapy is a major concern in ICUs. Initial renal replacement therapy modality, continuous renal replacement therapy or intermittent hemodialysis, may impact renal recovery. The aim of this study was to assess the influence of initial renal replacement therapy modality on renal recovery at hospital discharge. Retrospective cohort study of all ICU stays from January 1, 2010, to December 31, 2013, with a "renal replacement therapy for acute kidney injury" code using the French hospital discharge database. Two hundred ninety-one ICUs in France. A total of 1,031,120 stays: 58,635 with renal replacement therapy for acute kidney injury and 25,750 included in the main analysis. None. PPatients alive at hospital discharge were grouped according to initial modality (continuous renal replacement therapy or intermittent hemodialysis) and included in the main analysis to identify predictors of renal recovery. Renal recovery was defined as greater than 3 days without renal replacement therapy before hospital discharge. The main analysis was a hierarchical logistic regression analysis including patient demographics, comorbidities, and severity variables, as well as center characteristics. Three sensitivity analyses were performed. Overall mortality was 56.1%, and overall renal recovery was 86.2%. Intermittent hemodialysis was associated with a lower likelihood of recovery at hospital discharge; odds ratio, 0.910 (95% CI, 0.834-0.992) p value equals to 0.0327. Results were consistent across all sensitivity analyses with odds/hazards ratios ranging from 0.883 to 0.958. In this large retrospective study, intermittent hemodialysis as an initial modality was associated with lower renal recovery at hospital discharge among patients with acute kidney injury, although the difference seems somewhat clinically limited.

Technical aspects of renal denervation in end-stage renal disease patients with challenging anatomy.

Science.gov (United States)

Spinelli, Alessio; Da Ros, Valerio; Morosetti, Daniele; Onofrio, Silvia D; Rovella, Valentina; Di Daniele, Nicola; Simonetti, Giovanni

2014-01-01

We describe our preliminary experience with percutaneous renal denervation in end-stage renal disease patients with resistant hypertension and challenging anatomy, in terms of the feasibility, safety, and efficacy of this procedure. Four patients with end-stage renal disease patients with resistant hypertension (mean hemodialysis time, 2.3 years) who had been taking at least four antihypertensive medications underwent percutaneous renal denervation. Renal artery eligibility included the absence of prior renal artery interventions, vessel stenosis renal denervation is a feasible approach for end-stage renal disease patients with resistant hypertension with encouraging short-term preliminary results in terms of procedural efficacy and safety.

Renal rescue of dopamine D2 receptor function reverses renal injury and high blood pressure

Science.gov (United States)

Konkalmatt, Prasad R.; Asico, Laureano D.; Zhang, Yanrong; Yang, Yu; Drachenberg, Cinthia; Zheng, Xiaoxu; Han, Fei; Jose, Pedro A.; Armando, Ines

2016-01-01

Dopamine D2 receptor (DRD2) deficiency increases renal inflammation and blood pressure in mice. We show here that long-term renal-selective silencing of Drd2 using siRNA increases renal expression of proinflammatory and profibrotic factors and blood pressure in mice. To determine the effects of renal-selective rescue of Drd2 expression in mice, the renal expression of DRD2 was first silenced using siRNA and 14 days later rescued by retrograde renal infusion of adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector with DRD2. Renal Drd2 siRNA treatment decreased the renal expression of DRD2 protein by 55%, and DRD2 AAV treatment increased the renal expression of DRD2 protein by 7.5- to 10-fold. Renal-selective DRD2 rescue reduced the expression of proinflammatory factors and kidney injury, preserved renal function, and normalized systolic and diastolic blood pressure. These results demonstrate that the deleterious effects of renal-selective Drd2 silencing on renal function and blood pressure were rescued by renal-selective overexpression of DRD2. Moreover, the deleterious effects of 45-minute bilateral ischemia/reperfusion on renal function and blood pressure in mice were ameliorated by a renal-selective increase in DRD2 expression by the retrograde ureteral infusion of DRD2 AAV immediately after the induction of ischemia/reperfusion injury. Thus, 14 days after ischemia/reperfusion injury, the renal expression of profibrotic factors, serum creatinine, and blood pressure were lower in mice infused with DRD2 AAV than in those infused with control AAV. These results indicate an important role of renal DRD2 in limiting renal injury and preserving normal renal function and blood pressure. PMID:27358912

Tc-99m-DMSA renal uptake rate and renal volume of elderly persons

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Ohishi, Yukihiko; Machida, Toyohei; Kido, Akira

1987-01-01

Renal function of erderly persons was evaluated by the radionuclide renal function test based on the renal uptake rate and the renal volume determined by Tc-99m-DMSA transectional tomographic images using single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). Forty-three erderly cases (13 healthy persons and 30 patients with various types of renal disorders) aged between 60 and 87 on an average of 70 were studied and compared with results obtained from 20 healthy adults (18 - 45 years old). Renal volume was calculated from the summation of voxels in the region districted by equi-count threshold level (percentage to maximum count) on each section of the SPECT image. Attenuation correction was made by GE-STAR protocol utilizing Sorrenson's precorrection method. The renal uptake rate was expressed as a percentage of the total radioactivity detected within the renal volume, against an amount of dose injected. In the 26 kidneys of 13 healthy elderly persons, Tc-99m-DMSA renal uptake was 23 ± 5 %, which was significantly lower (p < 0.01) than that of healthy adults being 27 ± 2 %. A correlation coefficient between renal volume and uptake of 79 kidneys of 43 elderly persons was 0.5081 (p < 0.01). Creatinine clearance (Ccr) was better correlated with the total renal uptake (r = 0.6471, p < 0.01) than with the total renal volume (r = 0.3592, p < 0.01). This method is considered to be useful for clinical purpose as a test of renal function for elderly persons since it requires neither blood nor urine samples. (author)

Blood Pressure Response to Main Renal Artery and Combined Main Renal Artery Plus Branch Renal Denervation in Patients With Resistant Hypertension.

Science.gov (United States)

Fengler, Karl; Ewen, Sebastian; Höllriegel, Robert; Rommel, Karl-Philipp; Kulenthiran, Saaraaken; Lauder, Lucas; Cremers, Bodo; Schuler, Gerhard; Linke, Axel; Böhm, Michael; Mahfoud, Felix; Lurz, Philipp

2017-08-10

Single-electrode ablation of the main renal artery for renal sympathetic denervation showed mixed blood pressure (BP)-lowering effects. Further improvement of the technique seems crucial to optimize effectiveness of the procedure. Because sympathetic nerve fibers are closer to the lumen in the distal part of the renal artery, treatment of the distal main artery and its branches has been shown to reduce variability in treatment effects in preclinical studies and a recent randomized trial. Whether this optimized technique improves clinical outcomes remains uncertain. We report a 2-center experience of main renal artery and combined main renal artery plus branches renal denervation in patients with resistant hypertension using a multielectrode catheter. Twenty-five patients with therapy-resistant hypertension underwent renal sympathetic denervation with combined main renal artery and renal branch ablation and were compared to matched controls undergoing an ablation of the main renal artery only. BP change was assessed by ambulatory measurement at baseline and after 3 months. At baseline, BP was balanced between the groups. After 3 months, BP changed significantly in the combined ablation group (systolic/diastolic 24-hour mean and daytime mean BP -8.5±9.8/-7.0±10.7 and -9.4±9.8/-7.1±13.5 mm Hg, P renal artery and branches appears to improve BP-lowering efficacy and should be further investigated. © 2017 The Authors. Published on behalf of the American Heart Association, Inc., by Wiley.

Renal angiographic and computed tomographic evaluation of local extension of renal cell carcinoma

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Masuda, Fujio; Onishi, Tetsuro; Sasaki, Tadamasa; Arai, Yoshikazu; Shoji, Ryo

1981-01-01

In 23 cases of renal cell carcinoma, the degree of local invasion of carcinoma was diagnosed using renal angiography and CT, and compared with the findings obtained by operation or autopsy. Among 5 cases in which the tumor was confined to the renal capsule, accurate diagnosis could be established with renal angiography in 4 cases and with CT in all of 5 cases. Both renal angiography and CT provided correct diagnosis in 7 of 8 cases in which the tumor showed infiltration extending to the perinephric fat. Out of 5 cases with tumor invasion of renal vein or inferior vena cava, diagnosis could be established correctly by renal angiography and CT in 3 cases. Among the remaining 2 cases the diagnosis could be established by renal angiography and CT in one each case. Among 5 cases with metastases to the regional lymph nodes, diagnosis could be established by renal angiography in only 2 cases, while all of 5 cases could be diagnosed by CT. In 3 cases where the tumor invaded an ajacent organ beyond Gerota's fastia, renal angiography could diagnose in none of the 3 cases while with CT all of 3 cases could successfully be diagnosed. The consistency of degree of local invasion as revealed by renal angiography and CT was seen in 15 of 23 cases (65%) for renal agniography and 20 of 23 cases (87%) for CT, indicating superiority of CT in this respect. In particular, CT appears to be more superior to renal angiography for determining whether the tumor confined to Gerota's fastia or it infiltrated over it. Both combined use of renal angiography and CT, the degree of infiltration of tumor could be diagnosed correctly in 22 of 23 cases (96%). (author)

Avaliação da sensibilidade e especificidade dos exames não invasivos no diagnóstico da estenose de artéria renal

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Flavio Antonio de Oliveira Borelli

2013-11-01

Full Text Available FUNDAMENTO: O envelhecimento e a aterosclerose estão relacionados à hipertensão renovascular em indivíduos idosos. Independentemente das comorbidades, a estenose de artéria renal é, por si só, importante causa de morbidade e mortalidade cardiovascular. OBJETIVO: Definir a sensibilidade, a especificidade, o valor preditivo positivo e o valor preditivo negativo dos exames não invasivos utilizados no diagnóstico de estenose da artéria renal. MÉTODOS: Um grupo de 61 pacientes recrutados permitiram a análise de 122 artérias e a definição de sensibilidade, especificidade e da contribuição relativa de cada exame realizado (Doppler, cintilografia e angiotomografia, comparados a arteriografia renal. RESULTADOS: A média das idades foi de 65,43 (desvio padrão: 8,7 anos. Das variáveis relacionadas à população do estudo e comparadas à arteriografia, duas estiveram correlacionadas à estenose da artéria renal, à disfunção renal e aos triglicerídeos. A mediana do ritmo de filtração glomerular foi de 52,8 mL/min/m². O Doppler identificou sensibilidade de 82,90%, especificidade de 70%, valor preditivo positivo de 85% e valor preditivo negativo de 66,70%. Para a tomografia, encontraram-se sensibilidade de 66,70%, especificidade de 80%, valor preditivo positivo de 87,50% e valor preditivo negativo de 55,20%. Esses achados permitiram identificar os exames que melhor detectavam a estenose. CONCLUSÃO: A tomografia e o Doppler mostraram qualidade e grande possibilidade no diagnóstico de estenose da artéria renal, com vantagem para o segundo, pois não há necessidade do uso de meio de contraste na avaliação de uma doença que, frequentemente, ocorre em diabéticos e associa-se à disfunção renal e à disfunção ventricular esquerda grave.

Clinical application of calculated split renal volume using computed tomography-based renal volumetry after partial nephrectomy: Correlation with technetium-99m dimercaptosuccinic acid renal scan data.

Science.gov (United States)

Lee, Chan Ho; Park, Young Joo; Ku, Ja Yoon; Ha, Hong Koo

2017-06-01

To evaluate the clinical application of computed tomography-based measurement of renal cortical volume and split renal volume as a single tool to assess the anatomy and renal function in patients with renal tumors before and after partial nephrectomy, and to compare the findings with technetium-99m dimercaptosuccinic acid renal scan. The data of 51 patients with a unilateral renal tumor managed by partial nephrectomy were retrospectively analyzed. The renal cortical volume of tumor-bearing and contralateral kidneys was measured using ImageJ software. Split estimated glomerular filtration rate and split renal volume calculated using this renal cortical volume were compared with the split renal function measured with technetium-99m dimercaptosuccinic acid renal scan. A strong correlation between split renal function and split renal volume of the tumor-bearing kidney was observed before and after surgery (r = 0.89, P volumetry had a strong correlation with the split renal function measured using technetium-99m dimercaptosuccinic acid renal scan. Computed tomography-based split renal volume measurement before and after partial nephrectomy can be used as a single modality for anatomical and functional assessment of the tumor-bearing kidney. © 2017 The Japanese Urological Association.

Assessment of relative individual renal function based on DMSA uptake corrected for renal size

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Estorch, M.; Camacho, V.; Tembl, A.; Mena, I.; Hernandez, A.; Flotats, A.; Carrio, I.; Torres, G.; Prat, L.

2002-01-01

Decreased relative renal DMSA uptake can be a consequence of abnormal kidney size, associated with normal or impaired renal function. The quantification of relative renal function based on DMSA uptake in both kidneys is an established method for the assessment of individual renal function. Aim: To assess relative renal function by means of quantification of renal DMSA uptake corrected for kidney size. Results were compared with relative renal DMSA uptake without size correction, and were validated against the absolute renal DMSA uptake. Material and Methods: Four-hundred-forty-four consecutive patients (147 adults, mean age 14 years) underwent a DMSA study for several renal diseases. The relative renal function, based on the relative DMSA uptake uncorrected and corrected for renal size, and the absolute renal DMSA uptake were calculated. In order to relate the relative DMSA uptake uncorrected and corrected for renal size with the absolute DMSA uptake, subtraction of uncorrected (SU) and corrected (SC) relative uptake percentages of each pair of kidneys was obtained, and these values were correlated to the matched subtraction percentages of absolute uptake (SA). If the individual relative renal function is normal (45%-55%), the subtraction value is less or equal to 10%. Results: In 227 patients (51%) the relative renal DMSA uptake value was normal either uncorrected or corrected for renal size (A), and in 149 patients (34%) it was abnormal by both quantification methods (B). Seventy-seven patients (15%) had the relative renal DMSA uptake abnormal only by the uncorrected method (C). Subtraction value of absolute DMSA uptake percentages was not significantly different of subtraction value of relative DMSA uptake percentages corrected for renal size when relative uncorrected uptake was abnormal and corrected normal. where * p<0.0001, and p=NS. Conclusion: When uncorrected and corrected relative DMSA uptake are abnormal, the absolute uptake is also impaired, while when

Adesão de portadores de insuficiência renal crônica ao tratamento de hemodiálise Adhesión de portadores de insuficiencia renal crónica al tratamiento de hemodiálisis Adherence of chronic renal insufficiency patients to hemodialysis

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Antônio Cláudio Madeiro

2010-01-01

Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Avaliar a adesão do cliente com insuficiência renal crônica (IRC ao tratamento de hemodiálise. MÉTODO: Estudo descritivo, quantitativo, realizado em uma unidade de hemodiálise, Fortaleza-CE, alvo foi composta de 45 clientes em hemodiálise, que participaram de uma entrevista. RESULTADOS: Constatou-se como reações dos clientes diante do diagnóstico de IRC: 58% negativas, 33% indiferentes e 9% positivas. Reações diante da hemodiálise: 73,4% negativas, 13,3% indiferentes e 13,3% positivas. Principais dificuldades de adesão: transporte; tempo das sessões; dor da punção da fístula; fatores financeiros; dependência de acompanhantes e déficit de conhecimento. Estratégias de adesão: medo da morte; fé em Deus; esperança de transplante e suporte familiar. CONCLUSÃO: Constatou-se que o cliente portador de IRC adere ao tratamento para sobreviver, mas muitos não se adaptam.OBJETIVO: Evaluar la adhesión del cliente, con insuficiencia renal crónica (IRC, al tratamiento de hemodiálisis. MÉTODO: Se trata de un estudio descriptivo cuantitativo, realizado en una unidad de hemodiálisis, en Fortaleza-CE; la población objeto fue compuesta de 45 clientes que realizaban hemodiálisis, los que fueron entrevistados. RESULTADOS: Delante del diagnóstico se constató como reacciones de los clientes de IRC: 58% negativas, 33% indiferentes y 9% positivas. Las reacciones delante de la hemodiálisis fueron: 73,4% negativas, 13,3% indiferentes y 13,3% positivas. Las principales dificultades en la adhesión fueron: transporte; tiempo de las sesiones; dolor de la punción de la fístula; factores financieros; dependencia de acompañantes; y, déficit de conocimiento. Las estrategias de adhesión fueron: miedo a la muerte; fe en Dios; esperanza de trasplante; y, soporte familiar. CONCLUSIÓN: Se constató que el cliente portador de IRC adhiere al tratamiento para sobrevivir, sin embargo muchos no se adaptan.OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the

Alteraciones renales en la drepanocitosis Renal disorders in sickle cell disease

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Aramís Núñez-Quintana

2011-06-01

Full Text Available La drepanocitosis está asociada con un amplio espectro de alteraciones renales que tienen su base en la falciformación de los eritrocitos en los vasos de la médula renal, que conduce a fenómenos de isquemia, microinfartos y anomalías de la función tubular. Se producen también alteraciones glomerulares funcionales reversibles de la autorregulación renal (hiperfiltración, que pueden conducir a cambios anatómicos irreversibles con glomeruloesclerosis segmentaria focal. Estas anomalías se expresan tempranamente como microalbuminuria, proteinuria y de forma mas tardía, como síndrome nefrótico e insuficiencia renal crónica. Medidas terapéuticas como el uso de inhibidores de la enzima convertidora de la angiotensina II, de los bloqueadores del receptor de la angiotensina II, asociados o no con la hidroxiurea, pueden prevenir o retardar el daño glomerular. En el presente trabajo se exponen de forma resumida aspectos relacionados con la fisiopatología del daño renal en la drepanocitosis y su tratamiento.Sickle cell disease is associated with a wide range of renal disorders resulting from the falciformation of erythrocytes in vessels of the renal medulla, leading to ischemia, microinfarctions and tubular function abnormalities. Reversible glomerular functional renal self-regulation disorders (hyperfiltration also occur, which may lead to irreversible anatomical changes with focal segmental glomerular sclerosis. These anomalies are expressed at an early stage as microalbuminuria and proteinuria, and at a later stage as nephrotic syndrome and chronic renal failure. Therapeutic measures such as the use of angiotensin-II converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin-II receptor blockers, associated or not with hydroxyurea, may either prevent or delay glomerular damage. The paper succinctly presents the physiopathology of renal damage in drepanocytosis and its treatment.

A Renal Perforating Artery Mistaken for Arterial Bleeding after Percutaneous Renal Biopsy: A Case Report

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Kim, Ye Lim; Lee, Chang Hee; Kim, Kyeong Ah; Park, Cheol Min

2009-01-01

Perirenal hematoma after a renal biopsy is a common complication that usually resolves spontaneously, but this rarely requires transfusions or surgical/radiological intervention. We report here on a case of a renal perforating artery that was mistaken for renal arterial bleeding in a 53-year-old woman who was complicated with perirenal hematoma after undergoing a percutaneous renal biopsy. On the color and pulsed wave Doppler ultrasonography, linear blood flow was seen in the perirenal hematoma, which extended perpendicularly from the renal parenchyma into the perirenal space, and this linear blood flow exhibited an arterial pulse wave. On CT angiography, the renal perforating artery was demonstrated as a curvilinear vessel coursing tangentially to the renal margin and we decided that it was a pseudolesion caused by the renal perforating artery. A renal perforating artery may be mistaken for renal arterial bleeding after a percutaneous renal biopsy. A renal perforating artery and arterial bleeding can be differentiated by the location and shape seen on a color Doppler examination and the pulse waves characteristics

A Renal Perforating Artery Mistaken for Arterial Bleeding after Percutaneous Renal Biopsy: A Case Report

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

Kim, Ye Lim; Lee, Chang Hee; Kim, Kyeong Ah; Park, Cheol Min [Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul (Korea, Republic of)

2009-12-15

Perirenal hematoma after a renal biopsy is a common complication that usually resolves spontaneously, but this rarely requires transfusions or surgical/radiological intervention. We report here on a case of a renal perforating artery that was mistaken for renal arterial bleeding in a 53-year-old woman who was complicated with perirenal hematoma after undergoing a percutaneous renal biopsy. On the color and pulsed wave Doppler ultrasonography, linear blood flow was seen in the perirenal hematoma, which extended perpendicularly from the renal parenchyma into the perirenal space, and this linear blood flow exhibited an arterial pulse wave. On CT angiography, the renal perforating artery was demonstrated as a curvilinear vessel coursing tangentially to the renal margin and we decided that it was a pseudolesion caused by the renal perforating artery. A renal perforating artery may be mistaken for renal arterial bleeding after a percutaneous renal biopsy. A renal perforating artery and arterial bleeding can be differentiated by the location and shape seen on a color Doppler examination and the pulse waves characteristics

Renal venogram

Science.gov (United States)

... be black. Other structures will be shades of gray. Veins are not normally seen in an x- ... Venogram - kidney; Renal vein thrombosis - venogram Images Kidney anatomy Kidney - blood and urine flow Renal veins References ...

Anti-inflammatory profile of paricalcitol in kidney transplant recipients

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Javier Donate-Correa

2017-11-01

Full Text Available Background and objectives: Paricalcitol, a selective vitamin D receptor activator, is used to treat secondary hyperparathyroidism in kidney transplant patients. Experimental and clinical studies in non-transplant kidney disease patients have found this molecule to have anti-inflammatory properties. In this exploratory study, we evaluated the anti-inflammatory profile of paricalcitol in kidney-transplant recipients. Methods: Thirty one kidney transplant recipients with secondary hyperparathyroidism completed 3 months of treatment with oral paricalcitol (1 μg/day. Serum concentrations and gene expression levels of inflammatory cytokines in peripheral blood mononuclear cells were analysed at the beginning and end of the study. Results: Paricalcitol significantly decreased parathyroid hormone levels with no changes in calcium and phosphorous. It also reduced serum concentrations of interleukin (IL-6 and tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α by 29% (p < 0.05 and 9.5% (p < 0.05 compared to baseline, respectively. Furthermore, gene expression levels of IL-6 and TNF-α in peripheral blood mononuclear cells decreased by 14.1% (p < 0.001 and 34.1% (p < 0.001, respectively. The ratios between pro-inflammatory cytokines (TNF-α and IL-6 and anti-inflammatory cytokines (IL-10, both regarding serum concentrations and gene expression, also experienced a significant reduction. Conclusions: Paricalcitol administration to kidney transplant recipients has been found to have beneficial effects on inflammation, which may be associated with potential clinical benefits. Resumen: Antecedentes y objetivos: El paricalcitol, un activador selectivo del receptor de la vitamina D, se utiliza en el tratamiento del hiperparatiroidismo secundario en el receptor de trasplante renal. Estudios tanto clínicos como experimentales realizados en pacientes renales no trasplantados muestran propiedades antiinflamatorias para esta molécula. En

[Anatomy character of renal artery and treatment of living-donor renal transplantation].

Science.gov (United States)

Zhang, Lei; Fei, Ji-guang; Chen, Li-zhong; Wang, Chang-xi; Deng, Su-xiong; Qiu, Jiang; Li, Jun; Chen, Guo-dong; Huang, Gang

2009-12-15

To study the anatomy characters of renal artery and the treatment of multiple arteries in living donor renal grafts. Records of 142 living donors were analyzed in our center. We analyzed the anatomic structure of renal arteries by DSA and CTA pre-transplantation. Thirty-one kidneys with multiple arteries were transplanted after reconstruction. Then clinical effects were compared between multiple-renal-arteries group (n=31) and single-renal-artery group (n=111). The incidence of multiple renal artery was 30.99%, and there was no difference between both sides (left kidney 22.54%, right kidney 22.13%). If the multiple artery occurred in left or right kidney, the incidence of the multiple artery occurred in the other side was 56.25% and 60.00%, respectively. The diameter of left main renal artery was more magnanimous (P=0.001) and the first branch was more closed to abdominal aorta (P=0.004). Operation time and warm/cool ischemia time were longer in the multiple-renal-arteries group. However, estimated blood loss, delayed graft function, acute rejection and flow rate of arcuate artery were similar in both groups, the same as serum creatinine and serum creatinine clearance rate on day 7, 1 month and 3 month post-operation. It was shown by repeated measures ANOVA that graft with multiple arteries didn't affect the tendency of renal function at early time post-operation. Comprehending the character of renal artery and accurate treatment of multiple artery anastomosis are critical for the effect of the living kidney transplantation.

Preemptive Renal Transplantation-The Best Treatment Option for Terminal Chronic Renal Failure.

Science.gov (United States)

Arze Aimaretti, L; Arze, S

2016-03-01

Renal transplantation is the best therapeutic option for end-stage chronic renal disease. Assuming that it is more advisable if performed early, we aimed to show the clinical, social, and economic advantages in 70% of our patients who were dialyzed only for a short period. For this purpose, we retrospectively collected data over 28 years in 142 kidney transplants performed in patients with renal transplantation with renal failure, especially in developing countries such as Bolivia, where until last year, full public support for renal replacement therapy was unavailable. Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Albumin uptake by renal lymphatics with and without obstruction of the renal vein

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Threefoot, S.A.; Pearson, J.E. Jr.; Georgiardis, A.

1989-01-01

Experiments involving injection of radio-iodinated albumin into the left renal arteries or left ureters of dogs indicate that the renal lymphatics are capable of a major contribution in returning to the circulation albumin (or other large molecules) escaping from renal capillaries. I-131-albumin was injected into the jugular vein of controls or into the left renal artery or in retrograde manner into the left ureter of female dogs. Experimental groups included those with no obstruction, occlusion of left renal veins or left renal lymphatics, or both. Collections were made from the right femoral artery, both renal veins, thoracic duct and both ureters at frequent intervals for 2 to 4 hours. Data analysis included I-131 concentration, specific activity, rate of recovery and selected ratios. After renal arterial injection, the percentage of I131 recovered in thoracic duct lymph of dogs without renal venous obstruction was 5 to 10 times that recovered in those that received injections into the jugular vein. In dogs with renal venous obstruction, recovery from the thoracic duct was 10 to 1,000 times that in control dogs. Most of the differences occurred during the first hour, after which time as recirculation and redistribution occurred the rates of appearance in thoracic duct lymph in each group were similar. The differences in the ratios of concentration in thoracic duct lymph to concentration in femoral arterial blood were also much greater when the renal vein was obstructed than in dogs with no obstruction. The greater return of albumin through the thoracic duct in those with impeded renal venous outflow was probably related to both sequestered concentration and increased intrarenal pressure

Incidental renal neoplasms

DEFF Research Database (Denmark)

Rabjerg, Maj; Mikkelsen, Minne Nedergaard; Walter, Steen

2014-01-01

On the basis of associations between tumor size, pathological stage, histological subtype and tumor grade in incidentally detected renal cell carcinoma vs symptomatic renal cell carcinoma, we discussed the need for a screening program of renal cell carcinoma in Denmark. We analyzed a consecutive...... series of 204 patients with renal tumors in 2011 and 2012. The tumors were classified according to detection mode: symptomatic and incidental and compared to pathological parameters. Eighty-nine patients (44%) were symptomatic, 113 (55%) were incidental. Information was not available in two patients...

Renal function study assessed by 99mTc-DMSA renal scintigraphy before and after PNL

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Sakurai, Masaki; Hioki, Takuichi; Okuno, Toshiyuki; Sugimura, Yoshiki; Yamakawa, Kensuke; Yanagawa, Makoto; Tajima, Kazuhiro; Tochigi, Hiromi; Kawamura, Juichi

1990-01-01

99m Tc-DMSA renal scintigraphy was carried out in 54 patients with unilateral renal stones before and after PNL. Four to 8 weeks after PNL the DMSA renal uptake significantly decreased to 17.2±6.0% from 18.2±6.7% before PNL. DMSA renal uptake did not change in the contralateral side. Since in some patients changes in the DMSA renal uptake of 5-7% were observed after PNL not only in the PNL side but also in the contralateral side, the renal function was assessed by the formula: DMSA renal uptake in the PNL side/DMSA renal uptake in the contralateral side, and the change of this ratio was evaluated in 44 patients, in whom the renal DMSA uptake in the PNL side was less than two times that in the contralateral side. The DMSA renal uptake ratio decreased to 95.6±8.7% from the base line 4-8 weeks after PNL. This change was statistically significant. Some functional risks such as massive bleeding with PNL, the fever after PNL and the number of nephrostomy tract did not affect the decrease in the renal function. In 29 patients in whom renal function was reevaluated one year after PNL, the DMSA renal uptake ratio significantly decreased to 94.2±9.6% from the base line 4-8 weeks after PNL. But the ratio significantly improved to 99.6±11.6% about one year after PNL. In two patients with a cold area on the renal image, the renal function of the operated side still remained at about 80% levels from the base line even one year after PNL. It is concluded that although renal function slightly decreased 4-8 weeks after PNL, it is expected to improve within one year after PNL. But in the case with a cold area on the renal image, the complete functional recovery would not be expected. 99m Tc-DMSA renal scintigraphy is a useful adjunct to evaluate the renal function before and after PNL. (author)

Renal artery and parenchymal changes after renal denervation: assessment by magnetic resonance angiography

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

Sanders, Margreet F.; Vink, Eva E.; Blankestijn, Peter J. [University Medical Center Utrecht, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, PO Box 85500, Utrecht (Netherlands); Doormaal, Pieter Jan van; Habets, Jesse; Vonken, Evert-Jan; Leiner, Tim [University Medical Center Utrecht, Department of Radiology, Utrecht (Netherlands); Beeftink, Martine M.A.; Verloop, Willemien L.; Voskuil, Michiel [University Medical Center Utrecht, Department of Cardiology, Utrecht (Netherlands); Bots, Michiel L. [University Medical Center Utrecht, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, Utrecht (Netherlands); Fadl Elmula, Fadl Elmula M. [Oslo University Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Cardiology, Ullevaal, Oslo (Norway); Hammer, Frank [Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Department of Radiology, Brussels (Belgium); Hoffmann, Pavel [Oslo University Hospital, Section for Interventional Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Ullevaal, Oslo (Norway); Jacobs, Lotte; Staessen, Jan A. [University of Leuven, Studies Coordinating Centre, Research Unit Hypertension and Cardiovascular Epidemiology, KU Leuven Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Leuven (Belgium); Mark, Patrick B.; Taylor, Alison H. [University of Glasgow, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, Glasgow, Scotland (United Kingdom); Persu, Alexandre; Renkin, Jean [Universite Catholique de Louvain, Pole of Cardiovascular Research, Institut de Recherche Experimentale et Clinique, Brussels (Belgium); Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Cardiology Department, Brussels (Belgium); Roditi, Giles [Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Department of Radiology, Glasgow (United Kingdom); Spiering, Wilko [University Medical Centre Utrecht, Department of Vascular Medicine, Utrecht (Netherlands); Collaboration: on behalf of the European Network COordinating research on Renal Denervation (ENCOReD) Consortium

2017-09-15

Relatively little is known about the incidence of long-term renal damage after renal denervation (RDN), a potential new treatment for hypertension. In this study the incidence of renal artery and parenchymal changes, assessed with contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) after RDN, is investigated. This study is an initiative of ENCOReD, a collaboration of hypertension expert centres. Patients in whom an MRA was performed before and after RDN were included. Scans were evaluated by two independent, blinded radiologists. Primary outcome was the change in renal artery morphology and parenchyma. MRAs from 96 patients were analysed. Before RDN, 41 renal anomalies were observed, of which 29 mostly mild renal artery stenoses. After a median time of 366 days post RDN, MRA showed a new stenosis (25-49% lumen reduction) in two patients and progression of pre-existing lumen reduction in a single patient. No other renal changes were observed and renal function remained stable. We observed new or progressed renal artery stenosis in three out of 96 patients, after a median time of 12 months post RDN (3.1%). Procedural angiographies showed that ablations were applied near the observed stenosis in only one of the three patients. (orig.)

Alteraciones glucémicas en los pacientes con enfermedad renal crónica

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

G. De’Marziani

2016-03-01

Se propone la realización de PTOG en todo paciente con ERC, ya que permite la detección de todo el rango de disglucemias desconocidas, evitando el subdiagnóstico y favoreciendo la realización de tratamientos para evitar su progresión, en caso de estar ante la presencia de un grupo de riesgo para DM (GAA o TAG, así como la elección de la medicación más adecuada para el trasplante o el inicio del tratamiento de nuevos casos de DM no diagnosticada, para disminuir la morbimortalidad.

Renal Function in Hypothyroidism

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Khalid, S.; Khalid, M; Elfaki, M.; Hassan, N.; Suliman, S.M.

2007-01-01

Background Hypothyroidism induces significant changes in the function of organ systems such as the heart, muscles and brain. Renal function is also influenced by thyroid status. Physiological effects include changes in water and electrolyte metabolism, notably hyponatremia, and reliable alterations of renal hemodynamics, including decrements in renal blood flow, renal plasma flow, glomerular filtration rate (GFR). Objective Renal function is profoundly influenced by thyroid status; the purpose of the present study was to determine the relationship between renal function and thyroid status of patients with hypothyroidism. Design and Patients In 5 patients with primary hypothyroidism and control group renal functions are measured by serum creatinine and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) using modified in diet renal disease (MDRD) formula. Result In hypothyroidism, mean serum creatinine increased and mean estimated GFR decreased, compared to the control group mean serum creatinine decreased and mean estimated GFR Increased. The hypothyroid patients showed elevated serum creatinine levels (> 1.1mg/dl) compared to control group (p value .000). In patients mean estimated GFR decreased, compared to mean estimated GFR increased in the control group (p value= .002).

Renal Sinus Fat Invasion and Tumoral Thrombosis of the Inferior Vena Cava-Renal Vein: Only Confined to Renal Cell Carcinoma

OpenAIRE

Turker Acar; Mustafa Harman; Serkan Guneyli; Sait Sen; Nevra Elmas

2014-01-01

Epithelioid angiomyolipoma (E-AML), accounting for 8% of renal angiomyolipoma, is usually associated with tuberous sclerosis (TS) and demonstrates aggressive behavior. E-AML is macroscopically seen as a large infiltrative necrotic tumor with occasional extension into renal vein and/or inferior vena cava. However, without history of TS, renal sinus and venous invasion E-AML would be a challenging diagnosis, which may lead radiologists to misinterpret it as a renal cell carcinoma (RCC). In this...

Acute renal failure in children

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Vergesslich, K.A.; Balzar, E.; Weninger, M.; Ponhold, W.; Sommer, G.; Wittich, G.R.; Vienna Univ.

1987-01-01

Acute renal failure (ARF) may be due to obstructive uropathy or renal parenchymal disease. Twenty-five children with acute renal failure secondary to renal parenchymal disease underwent ultrasonographic examination of the kidneys. Changes of renal size and cortical echogenicity were correlated with renal function. All patients presented with bilaterally enlarged kidneys with the exception in renal function resulted in normalization of renal size. With regard to cortical echogenicity two groups were formed. Group A comprised 11 patients whose kidneys had the same echogenicity as the liver, while in group B the kidneys were more echogenic (14 patients). Cortical echogenicity was always increased. Determination of creatinine levels showed a statistically significant difference between group A (3.32 mg% ± 1.40 S.D.) and group B (5.95 mg% ± 1.96 S.D.), p < 0.001. Changes in renal function were paralleled by rapid changes in renal size and cortical echogenicity. (orig.)

The species of Canomaculina, Myelochroa, Parmeunella, and Parmeunopsis (Parmeliaceae, Lichenized Ascomycotina from the "segundo planalto" in the state of Paraná, Brazil Espécies de Canomaculina, Myelochroa, Parmelinella e Parmelinopsis (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycotina Liquenizados do segundo planalto do Estado do Paraná, Brasil

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Sionara Eliasaro

2000-08-01

Full Text Available The present study describes the species of Canomaculina Elix & Hale, Myelochroa (Asahina Elix & Hale, Parmelinella Elix & Hale and Parmelinopsis Elix & Hale occuring in the "Segundo Planalto" in the State of Paraná. Keys Identification are given. Six species are reported for the first time for Paraná. Parmelinella wallichiana is cited for the first time for the American continent.Este estudo descreve as espécies de Canomaculina Elix & Hale, Myelochroa (Asahina Elix & Hale, Parmelinella Elix & Hale e Parmelinopsis Elix & Hale ocorrentes no Segundo Planalto do Estado do Paraná. São apresentadas chaves para a identificação das espécies. Seis espécies são citadas pela primeira vez para o Estado do Paraná. Parmelinella wallichiana é citada pela primeira vez para o Continente Americano.

Renal tolerance for iopromide (ultravist) in patients with chronic renal failure. Preliminary report

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Golebiowski, M.; Pruszynski, B.

1993-01-01

The authors present the renal tolerance for nonionic low-osmotic contrast agent iopromide (ultravist) on the ground of literature and of angiographic examinations in 10 patients with chronic renal failure. One patient only had significant temporary deterioration of renal function. The presented results showed that analyzed agent is less nephrotoxic than high osmolality contrast agents. The use of iopromide is strongly recommended in patients with chronic renal failure. The risk of depression of renal function after administration of contrast material is minimized. (author)

Effect of Shenkang injection combined with hemodialysis treatment on renal function, renal anemia and cytokine levels in patients with chronic renal failure

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Rui Liu

2016-10-01

Full Text Available Objective: To study the effect of Shenkang injection combined with hemodialysis treatment on renal function, renal anemia and cytokine levels in patients with chronic renal failure. Methods: A total of 68 patients with chronic renal failure who received hemodialysis treatment in our hospital during between October 2013 and February 2016 were selected and randomly divided into two groups, the observation group received Shenkang injection treatment in the process of dialysis, and the control group only received conventional symptomatic and supportive treatment. 8 weeks after treatment, serum was collected to determine the levels of renal function indexes, nutritional status indexes, anemia indexes and cytokines, and urine was collected to determine renal function indexes. Results: β2-MG, UA, Cr, phosphorus, IL-17, IL-23, CTGF, TGF-β1, FGF-2 and FGF-23 levels in serum as well as NGAL, KIM-1 and RBP levels in urine of observation group were significantly lower than those of control group, and TP, Alb, PA, calcium, Hb, EPO, Fe, TRF and FER levels in serum were significantly higher than those of control group. Conclusion: Shenkang injection combined with hemodialysis treatment helps to improve renal function, nutritional status and renal anemia, and reduce the synthesis of inflammation and renal interstitial fibrosis-related cytokines in patients with chronic renal failure.

Anatomic variations of the renal vessels: focus on the precaval right renal artery.

Science.gov (United States)

Bouali, Ourdia; Labarre, David; Molinier, François; Lopez, Raphaël; Benouaich, Vincent; Lauwers, Frédéric; Moscovici, Jacques

2012-07-01

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of precaval right renal artery and to investigate the distribution of renal arteries and veins. We discuss a theory of development of renal vascular variants. We retrospectively reviewed 120 arterial phase contrast material-enhanced spiral computerized tomography scans of the abdomen (1- to 2-mm section thickness) performed during a two-month period. Forty percent of the study group (48 patients) had one artery and one vein on each side, with typical course. There was a 9.17% prevalence of precaval right renal artery: 10 patients had a lower pole accessory artery in precaval position and one patient had the main and the accessory arteries that pass anterior to the inferior vena cava. In these cases, associated variations of renal vessels were higher than in the patients without precaval artery variant. There were multiple arteries in 28.3% of the right kidneys and in 26.7% of the left ones. Variants of the right renal vein consisted in multiple veins in 20% (24 cases). We detected no case of multiple left renal veins, but we described variations of its course (circum- or retroaortic vein) in 9.17% (11 cases). Twenty-six patients (21.7%) had associated variations of the renal pedicle. The current technical support allows for a minimally invasive study of vessels anatomy. In our study the prevalence of a precaval right renal artery appears to be higher than previously reported (9.17%). Knowledge on anatomical variations of right renal artery and associated renal vessels variations has major clinical implications.

Renal shear wave velocity by acoustic radiation force impulse did not reflect advanced renal impairment.

Science.gov (United States)

Takata, Tomoaki; Koda, Masahiko; Sugihara, Takaaki; Sugihara, Shinobu; Okamoto, Toshiaki; Miyoshi, Kenichi; Matono, Tomomitsu; Hosho, Keiko; Mae, Yukari; Iyama, Takuji; Fukui, Takeaki; Fukuda, Satoko; Munemura, Chishio; Isomoto, Hajime

2016-12-01

Acoustic radiation force impulse is a noninvasive method for evaluating tissue elasticity on ultrasound. Renal shear wave velocity measured by this technique has not been fully investigated in patients with renal disease. The aim of the present study was to compare renal shear wave velocity in end-stage renal disease patients and that in patients without chronic kidney disease and to investigate influencing factors. Renal shear wave velocities were measured in 59 healthy young subjects (control group), 31 subjects without chronic kidney disease (non-CKD group), and 39 end-stage renal disease patients (ESRD group). Each measurement was performed 10 times at both kidneys, and the mean value of eight of 10 measurements, excluding the maximum and minimum values, was compared. Renal shear wave velocity could be measured in all subjects. Renal shear wave velocity in the control group was higher than in the non-CKD group and in the ESRD group, and no difference was found between the non-CKD group and the ESRD group. Age and depth were negatively correlated to the renal shear wave velocity. In multiple regression analysis, age and depth were independent factors for renal shear wave velocity, while renal impairment was not. There was no difference between the non-CKD group and the ESRD group, even when ages were matched and depth was adjusted. Renal shear wave velocity was not associated with advanced renal impairment. However, it reflected alteration of renal aging, and this technique may be useful to detect renal impairment in the earlier stages. © 2015 Asian Pacific Society of Nephrology.

Renal parenchyma thickness: a rapid estimation of renal function on computed tomography

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Kaplon, Daniel M.; Lasser, Michael S.; Sigman, Mark; Haleblian, George E.; Pareek, Gyan

2009-01-01

Purpose: To define the relationship between renal parenchyma thickness (RPT) on computed tomography and renal function on nuclear renography in chronically obstructed renal units (ORUs) and to define a minimal thickness ratio associated with adequate function. Materials and Methods: Twenty-eight consecutive patients undergoing both nuclear renography and CT during a six-month period between 2004 and 2006 were included. All patients that had a diagnosis of unilateral obstruction were included for analysis. RPT was measured in the following manner: The parenchyma thickness at three discrete levels of each kidney was measured using calipers on a CT workstation. The mean of these three measurements was defined as RPT. The renal parenchyma thickness ratio of the ORUs and non-obstructed renal unit (NORUs) was calculated and this was compared to the observed function on Mag-3 lasix Renogram. Results: A total of 28 patients were evaluated. Mean parenchyma thickness was 1.82 cm and 2.25 cm in the ORUs and NORUs, respectively. The mean relative renal function of ORUs was 39%. Linear regression analysis comparing renogram function to RPT ratio revealed a correlation coefficient of 0.48 (p * RPT ratio. A thickness ratio of 0.68 correlated with 20% renal function. Conclusion: RPT on computed tomography appears to be a powerful predictor of relative renal function in ORUs. Assessment of RPT is a useful and readily available clinical tool for surgical decision making (renal salvage therapy versus nephrectomy) in patients with ORUs. (author)

Renal ornithine decarboxylase activity, polyamines, and compensatory renal hypertrophy in the rat

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Humphreys, M.H.; Etheredge, S.B.; Lin, Shanyan; Ribstein, J.; Marton, L.J.

1988-01-01

The authors determined the role of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) in compensatory renal hypertrophy (CRH) by relating renal ODC activity and polyamine content to kidney size, expressed as a percent of body weight, 1 wk after unilateral nephrectomy (UN). In normal rats, renal ODC activity increased after UN; 1 wk later the remaining kidney weight had increased. Renal concentration of putrescine, the product of ODC's decarboxylation of ornithine, was increased 3, 8, and 48 h after UN, but concentrations of polyamines synthesized later in the pathway, spermidine and spermine, were not appreciably affected. Pretreatment with difluoromethylornithine (DFMO), an irreversible inhibitor of ODC inhibited both base-line renal ODC activity and putrescine concentration as well as increases stimulated by UN, although concentrations of spermidine and spermine were not decreased. In hypophysectomized rats, both increased renal ODC activity and CRH occurred as well, indicating that these two consequences of UN do not require intact pituitary function. Thus stimulation of renal ODC activity and putrescine content do not appear critical to the process of CRH after UN

Enfermedad crónica: satisfacción vital y estilos de personalidad adaptativos

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

María José Sánchez Elena

2014-01-01

Full Text Available La satisfacción vital es el principal indicador del bienestar subjetivo, importante parámetro de salud pública. Se pretende conocer si el padecimiento de distintas enfermedades crónicas implica diferencias en dicho indicador, así como identificar qué características de personalidad resultan más adaptativas en cada caso. Este estudio transversal cuenta con una muestra de 160 personas pertenecientes a cinco grupos (personas en tratamiento de hemodiálisis, con trasplante renal, con artritis reumatoide, con espondilitis anquilosante y control a las que se les administró el inventario de estilos de personalidad normal de Millon (2001 y la escala de satisfacción vital de Diener Emmons, Larsen y Griffing (1985. El grupo de hemodiálisis presenta los niveles más bajos de satisfacción vital; las variables de personalidad explican gran parte de la varianza en satisfacción en todos los grupos excepto en el de trasplante. Dichos factores de personalidad facilitarían la prevención terciaria al mejorar el ajuste psicológico y evitar la comorbilidad.

Renal pelvis urothelial carcinoma of the upper moiety in complete right renal duplex: a case report.

Science.gov (United States)

Zhang, Yiran; Yu, Quanfeng; Zhang, Zhihong; Liu, Ranlu; Xu, Yong

2015-01-01

Urothelial carcinoma (UC) originated from renal pelvis is the common tumor of the urinary system, however, neoplasia of the renal pelvis in duplex kidneys is extremely rare, especially in the complete renal and ureteral duplex cases. We present the first case of renal pelvis UC of the upper moiety in a complete right renal duplex. This male patient has bilateral complete renal and ureteral duplex. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of renal pelvis UC in a complete renal duplex system. After this experience we feel that the diagnosis of renal pelvis UC in duplex kidneys is not so easy, and once the diagnosis is determined, the whole renal duplex units and bladder cuff or ectopic orifice should be excised radically.

Organ donation and transplantation in Mexico. A transplantation health professionals’ perspective

OpenAIRE

Hernández-Ibarra, Luis Eduardo; Mercado-Martínez, Francisco J; Martínez-Castañeda, Anabel

2017-01-01

Resumen Objetivo: Explorar la donación y trasplante de órganos en México desde la perspectiva del personal de salud de trasplantes. Material y métodos: Investigación cualitativa. Participaron 26 profesionales de trasplantes en siete estados de México. Fueron realizadas entrevistas semi-estructuradas en los hospitales. Se hizo análisis crítico del discurso. Resultados: Según los participantes, el trasplante de vivo relacionado ofrece beneficios para el receptor y donador. Diversos factor...

Un método para determinar los coeficientes no lineales de segundo orden en cerámicas piezoeléctricas

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

García, J. E.

1999-10-01

Full Text Available The use of piezoelectric materials is limited by their nonlinear behavior. Their measurement is rather cumbersome due to that their behavior depends on both second and third order terms. Second order terms can be isolated by the measurement of second harmonic generation. A method for discriminate the different nonlinear second order coefficients is proposed. A Langevin transducer, which has four alternating poled rings in order to behave as an electrical biport, is modeled. The system is defined by two parameters: the electrical load connected to the second port and the excitation frequency. For each experience the modulus and the phase of the current must be measured in both ports at the frequency ν and 2 ν. The system must be fully characterized as a linear electrical biport at both frequencies. Taking into account that in the equivalent circuit the nonlinearity appears as four voltage generators, and that only two variables can be measured at frequency 2ν for each experience, at least two experiences, different enough, must be done to determine all four coefficients.

El uso de materiales piezocerámicos está limitado por su comportamiento no lineal. Sus medidas son complicadas debido a que su comportamiento depende de los términos de segundo y tercer orden. La generación de segundo armónico es un buen método para aislar los términos de segundo orden de los de tercer orden. Se propone un método que permite discriminar los coeficientes no lineales de segundo orden. Se modela un transductor de Langevin, trabajando alrededor de la frecuencia de resonancia, en el cual se han colocado cuatro anillos cerámicos con polarización alternada, tomando la forma de un transformador o bipuerto eléctrico. El sistema está definido por dos parámetros: la impedancia eléctrica conectada al segundo puerto y la frecuencia de excitación. Para cada experiencia la corriente debe ser medida, en módulo y fase, a frecuencias ν y 2ν. Teniendo en

OBSTETRIC RENAL FAILURE

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Rajeshwari

2015-11-01

Full Text Available Renal failure in obstetrics is rare but important complication, associated with significant mortality and long term morbidity.1,2 It includes acute renal failure due to obstetrical complications or due to deterioration of existing renal disease. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the etiology and outcome of renal failure in obstetric patients. METHODS: We prospectively analyzed 30 pregnant and puerperal women with acute renal failure or pre-existing renal disease developing renal failure during pregnancy between November 2007 to sep-2009. Patients who presented/developed ARF during the hospital stay were included in this study. RESULTS: Among 30 patients, mean age was 23 years and 33 years age group. 12 cases (40% patients were primigravidae and 9(30% patients were multigravidae and 9 cases (30% presented in post-partum period. Eighteen cases (60% with ARF were seen in third trimester, followed by in postpartum period 9 cases (30%. Most common contributing factors to ARF were Pre-eclampsia, eclampsia and HELLP syndrome 60%, sepsis 56.6%, post abortal ARF 10%. DIC 40%. Haemorrhage as the aetiology for ARF was present 46%, APH in 20% and PPH in 26.6%. The type of ARF was renal in (63% and prerenal (36%; Oliguric seen in 10 patients (33% and high mortality (30%. Among the 20 pregnant patients with ARF, The average period of gestation was 33±2 weeks (30 -36 weeks, 5 cases (25% presented with intrauterine fetal demise and 18 cases (66% had preterm vaginal delivery and 2 cases (10% had induced abortion. And the average birth weight was 2±0.5 kg (1.5 kg. Eight cases (26% required dialysis. 80% of patients recovered completely of renal functions. 63% patients recovered without renal replacement therapy whereas 17% required dialysis. the maternal mortality was 20%, the main reason for mortality was septic shock and multi organ dysfunction (66%. CONCLUSION: ARF related pregnancy was seen commonly in the primigravidae and in the third trimester, the most

Therapeutic embolization in pediatric patients. Report of two cases from Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe (Medellín, Colombia Embolización terapéutica en pacientes pediátricos. Informe de dos casos en el Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe, Medellín, Colombia

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

David Andrés Espinal

2009-11-01

Full Text Available

We report the cases of two pediatric patients in whom therapeutic embolization was carried out to control life-threatening situations. The first one was a male, aged two and half years, with massive hemoptysis. The second one was a ten-year old girl with massive proteinuria due to nephritic syndrome that was causing hypoproteinemia and malnutrition. For this situation she could not be programmed for renal transplantation. No complications arose during the procedures and in both patients the outcome was favorable.

Cirugía del corazón univentricular en segundo estadio: técnicas y resultados

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Félix Serrano

2008-10-01

Los resultados iniciales del segundo estadio son satisfactorios, lográndose supervivencias hospitalarias cercanas al 100% en las series más recientes, independientemente del tipo de técnica empleada. Es muy importante el estrecho seguimiento de estos pacientes para establecer el momento idóneo para el tercer estadio y conseguir mejores resultados a largo plazo.

Renal nerves dynamically regulate renal blood flow in conscious, healthy rabbits.

Science.gov (United States)

Schiller, Alicia M; Pellegrino, Peter R; Zucker, Irving H

2016-01-15

Despite significant clinical interest in renal denervation as a therapy, the role of the renal nerves in the physiological regulation of renal blood flow (RBF) remains debated. We hypothesized that the renal nerves physiologically regulate beat-to-beat RBF variability (RBFV). This was tested in chronically instrumented, healthy rabbits that underwent either bilateral surgical renal denervation (DDNx) or a sham denervation procedure (INV). Artifact-free segments of RBF and arterial pressure (AP) from calmly resting, conscious rabbits were used to extract RBFV and AP variability for time-domain, frequency-domain, and nonlinear analysis. Whereas steady-state measures of RBF, AP, and heart rate did not statistically differ between groups, DDNx rabbits had greater RBFV than INV rabbits. AP-RBF transfer function analysis showed greater admittance gain in DDNx rabbits than in INV rabbits, particularly in the low-frequency (LF) range where systemic sympathetic vasomotion gives rise to AP oscillations. In the LF range, INV rabbits exhibited a negative AP-RBF phase shift and low coherence, consistent with the presence of an active control system. Neither of these features were present in the LF range of DDNx rabbits, which showed no phase shift and high coherence, consistent with a passive, Ohm's law pressure-flow relationship. Renal denervation did not significantly affect nonlinear RBFV measures of chaos, self-affinity, or complexity, nor did it significantly affect glomerular filtration rate or extracellular fluid volume. Cumulatively, these data suggest that the renal nerves mediate LF renal sympathetic vasomotion, which buffers RBF from LF AP oscillations in conscious, healthy rabbits. Copyright © 2016 the American Physiological Society.

Cardio-renal syndrome

OpenAIRE

Gnanaraj, Joseph; Radhakrishnan, Jai

2016-01-01

Cardio-renal syndrome is a commonly encountered problem in clinical practice. Its pathogenesis is not fully understood. The purpose of this article is to highlight the interaction between the cardiovascular system and the renal system and how their interaction results in the complex syndrome of cardio-renal dysfunction. Additionally, we outline the available therapeutic strategies to manage this complex syndrome.

Renal hemodynamic effects of activation of specific renal sympathetic nerve fiber groups.

Science.gov (United States)

DiBona, G F; Sawin, L L

1999-02-01

To examine the effect of activation of a unique population of renal sympathetic nerve fibers on renal blood flow (RBF) dynamics, anesthetized rats were instrumented with a renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) recording electrode and an electromagnetic flow probe on the ipsilateral renal artery. Peripheral thermal receptor stimulation (external heat) was used to activate a unique population of renal sympathetic nerve fibers and to increase total RSNA. Total RSNA was reflexly increased to the same degree with somatic receptor stimulation (tail compression). Arterial pressure and heart rate were increased by both stimuli. Total RSNA was increased to the same degree by both stimuli but external heat produced a greater renal vasoconstrictor response than tail compression. Whereas both stimuli increased spectral density power of RSNA at both cardiac and respiratory frequencies, modulation of RBF variability by fluctuations of RSNA was small at these frequencies, with values for the normalized transfer gain being approximately 0.1 at >0.5 Hz. During tail compression coherent oscillations of RSNA and RBF were found at 0.3-0.4 Hz with normalized transfer gain of 0.33 +/- 0.02. During external heat coherent oscillations of RSNA and RBF were found at both 0.2 and 0.3-0.4 Hz with normalized transfer gains of 0. 63 +/- 0.05 at 0.2 Hz and 0.53 +/- 0.04 to 0.36 +/- 0.02 at 0.3-0.4 Hz. Renal denervation eliminated the oscillations in RBF at both 0.2 and 0.3-0.4 Hz. These findings indicate that despite similar increases in total RSNA, external heat results in a greater renal vasoconstrictor response than tail compression due to the activation of a unique population of renal sympathetic nerve fibers with different frequency-response characteristics of the renal vasculature.

Trasplante de mucosa oral en la reconstrucción de las vías lagrimales Oral mucosa transplants in restoration of lacrimal canaliculi

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Bernardo Canto Vidal

2000-06-01

Full Text Available Se realizaron 143 intervenciones de las vías lagrimales, mediante la técnica quirúrgica de trasplante de mucosa oral con 55 injertos libres y 88 tubulares, a partir del año 1995. Para ello se tuvo en cuenta el examen clínico y radiológico y el tipo de afectación. Con la utilización de las técnicas de injerto libre o tubular de la mucosa se puede restablecer la fisiología lagrimal en los pacientes con mutilaciones por traumatismos o presencia de tumores con disminución del riesgo quirúrgico; además se recomienda por novedosa, práctica y por los buenos resultados obtenidos.143 interventions of lacrimal canaliculi were carried out, throgh surgical technique of oral mucosa transplant (55 free grafts and 88 tutular ones since 1995, bearing in min radiological and clinical examination and type of invelvement. Using technique of free or tubular graft, it is possible restore lacrimal physiology in patients with mutilations from trauma or prevence of tumors thus decreasing surgical risk; this tachnique is recommended by its novelty, usefulness . and by good results obtained.

Renal computed angiography. Part I: Renal CT arteriography in hypertension

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Al-Amin, M.; Hadjidekov, V.

2012-01-01

Visualization of renal vasculature is needed in several clinical condition among which hypertension is dominant. CT angiography now day replaces catheter angiography as non-invasive method. The goal of this study is to present initial authors experience in visualization of renal arteries using 64 MDCT and to evaluated the utility in hypertensive patients. MDCT assures excellent assessment of renal arteries conditions. Multiplanar reconstruction and allow better delineation in tortuous vessels course and anatomic variants. (authors)

Renal sympathetic nervous system and the effects of denervation on renal arteries.

Science.gov (United States)

Kannan, Arun; Medina, Raul Ivan; Nagajothi, Nagapradeep; Balamuthusamy, Saravanan

2014-08-26

Resistant hypertension is associated with chronic activation of the sympathetic nervous system resulting in various comorbidities. The prevalence of resistant hypertension is often under estimated due to various reasons. Activation of sympathetic nervous system at the renal- as well as systemic- level contributes to the increased level of catecholamines and resulting increase in the blood pressure. This increased activity was demonstrated by increased muscle sympathetic nerve activity and renal and total body noradrenaline spillover. Apart from the hypertension, it is hypothesized to be associated with insulin resistance, congestive heart failure and obstructive sleep apnea. Renal denervation is a novel procedure where the sympathetic afferent and efferent activity is reduced by various techniques and has been used successfully to treat drug-resistant hypertension improvement of various metabolic derangements. Renal denervation has the unique advantage of offering the denervation at the renal level, thus mitigating the systemic side effects. Renal denervation can be done by various techniques including radiofrequency ablation, ultrasound guided ablation and chemical ablation. Various trials evaluated the role of renal denervation in the management of resistant hypertension and have found promising results. More studies are underway to evaluate the role of renal denervation in patients presenting with resistant hypertension in different scenarios. Appropriate patient selection might be the key in determining the effectiveness of the procedure.

ERK Regulates Renal Cell Proliferation and Renal Cyst Expansion in inv Mutant Mice

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Okumura, Yasuko; Sugiyama, Noriyuki; Tanimura, Susumu; Nishida, Masashi; Hamaoka, Kenji; Kohno, Michiaki; Yokoyama, Takahiko

2009-01-01

Nephronophthisis (NPHP) is the most frequent genetic cause of end-stage kidney disease in children and young adults. Inv mice are a model for human nephronophthisis type 2 (NPHP2) and characterized by multiple renal cysts and situs inversus. Renal epithelial cells in inv cystic kidneys show increased cell proliferation. We studied the ERK pathway to understand the mechanisms that induce cell proliferation and renal cyst progression in inv kidneys. We studied the effects of ERK suppression by administering PD184352, an oral mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MEK) inhibitor on renal cyst expansion, extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase (ERK) activity, bromo-deoxyuridine (BrdU) incorporation and expression of cell-cycle regulators in invΔC kidneys. Phosphorylated ERK (p-ERK) level increased along with renal cyst enlargement. Cell-cycle regulators showed a high level of expression in invΔC kidneys. PD184352 successfully decreased p-ERK level and inhibited renal cyst enlargement. The inhibitor also decreased expression of cell-cycle regulators and BrdU incorporation in renal epithelial cells. The present results showed that ERK regulated renal cell proliferation and cyst expansion in inv mutants

Renal artery stenosis

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Desberg, A.; Paushter, D.M.; Lammert, G.K.; Hale, J.; Troy, R.; Novic, A.; Nally, J. Jr.

1989-01-01

Renal artery disease is a potentially correctable cause of hypertension. Previous studies have suggested the utility of duplex sonography in accurately detecting and grading the severity of renal artery stenosis. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate color flow Doppler for this use. Forty-three kidneys were examined by color-flow Doppler and conventional duplex sampling in patients with suspected renovascular hypertension or those undergoing aortography for unrelated reasons. Doppler tracings were obtained from the renal arteries and aorta with calculation of the renal aortic ratio (RAR) and resistive index (RI). Results of Doppler sampling with color flow guidance were compared with aortograms in a blinded fashion

Predictors of renal recovery in patients with pre-orthotopic liver transplant (OLT) renal dysfunction.

Science.gov (United States)

Iglesias, Jose; Frank, Elliot; Mehandru, Sushil; Davis, John M; Levine, Jerrold S

2013-07-13

Renal dysfunction occurs commonly in patients awaiting orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) for end-stage liver disease. The use of simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation has increased in the MELD scoring era. As patients may recover renal function after OLT, identifying factors predictive of renal recovery is a critical issue, especially given the scarcity of available organs. Employing the UNOS database, we sought to identify donor- and patient-related predictors of renal recovery among 1720 patients with pre-OLT renal dysfunction and transplanted from 1989 to 2005. Recovery of renal function post-OLT was defined as a composite endpoint of serum creatinine (SCr) ≤1.5 mg/dL at discharge and survival ≥29 days. Pre-OLT renal dysfunction was defined as any of the following: SCr ≥2 mg/dL at any time while awaiting OLT or need for renal replacement therapy (RRT) at the time of registration and/or OLT. Independent predictors of recovery of renal function post-OLT were absence of hepatic allograft dysfunction, transplantation during MELD era, recipient female sex, decreased donor age, decreased recipient ALT at time of OLT, decreased recipient body mass index at registration, use of anti-thymocyte globulin as induction therapy, and longer wait time from registration. Contrary to popular belief, a requirement for RRT, even for prolonged periods in excess of 8 weeks, was not an independent predictor of failure to recover renal function post-OLT. These data indicate that the duration of renal dysfunction, even among those requiring RRT, is a poor way to discriminate reversible from irreversible renal dysfunction.

Dynamic renal scintigraphy in aortic disorders

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Terae, Satoshi; Itoh, Kazuo; Tsukamoto, Eriko; Nakada, Kunihiro; Fujimori, Kenji; Hashimoto, Masato; Tanabe, Tatsuzo; Furudate, Masayori; Irie, Goro

1986-01-01

Dynamic renal scintigraphy has been reviewed for evaluation of renal arterial involvement in aortic disorders such as arteriosclerosis obliterans, abdominal aortic aneurysm and dissecting aneurysm. As a diagnostic finding and parameters, we used blood perfusion images of both kidneys and relative split renal function index obtained with analysis of the time-activity curves which were generated using a renal region of interest. In the diagnosis of unilateral renal arterial involvement, sensitivity and specificity of blood perfusion images were 100 % (9/9) and 77 % (10/13) and those of relative split renal function index were 78 % (7/9) and 92 % (12/13), respectively. Dynamic renal scintigraphy was useful for evaluating unilateral renal arterial involvement in aortic diseases. However, scintigraphic diagnosis of bilateral renal arterial involvement were difficult. And in a severe case, we could not differentiate renal parenchymal damage due to renovascular involvement from senile renal dysfunction or hypertensive renal disease which is often a cause of aortic disorders. (author)

Renal Function in Hypothyroidism

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Khalid, A. S; Ahmed, M.I; Elfaki, H.M; Hassan, N.; Suliman, S. M.

2006-12-01

Background hypothyroidism induces significant changes in the function of organ systems such as the heart, muscles and brain. Renal function is also influenced by thyroid status. Physiological effects include changes in water and electrolyte metabolism, notably hyponatraemia, and reliable alterations of renal hemodynamics, including decrements in renal blood flow, renal plasma flow, glomerular filtration rate (GFR). Objective renal function is profoundly influenced by thyroid status, the purpose of the present study was to determine the relationship between renal function and thyroid status of patients with hypothyroidism. Design and patients in 5 patients with primary hypothyroidism and control group renal functions are measured by serum creatinine and glomerular filtration rate(GFR) using modified in diet renal disease (MDRD) formula. Result in hypothyroidism, mean serum creatinine increased and mean estimated GFR decreased, compared to the control group mean serum creatinine decreased and mean estimated GFR increased. The hypothyroid patients showed elevated serum creatinine levels(>1.1 mg/d1) compared to control group (p value= 000). In patients mean estimated GFR increased in the control group (p value=.002).Conclusion thus the kidney, in addition to the brain, heart and muscle, is an important target of the action of thyroid hormones.(Author)

Perioperative acute renal failure.

LENUS (Irish Health Repository)

Mahon, Padraig

2012-02-03

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Recent biochemical evidence increasingly implicates inflammatory mechanisms as precipitants of acute renal failure. In this review, we detail some of these pathways together with potential new therapeutic targets. RECENT FINDINGS: Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin appears to be a sensitive, specific and reliable biomarker of renal injury, which may be predictive of renal outcome in the perioperative setting. For estimation of glomerular filtration rate, cystatin C is superior to creatinine. No drug is definitively effective at preventing postoperative renal failure. Clinical trials of fenoldopam and atrial natriuretic peptide are, at best, equivocal. As with pharmacological preconditioning of the heart, volatile anaesthetic agents appear to offer a protective effect to the subsequently ischaemic kidney. SUMMARY: Although a greatly improved understanding of the pathophysiology of acute renal failure has offered even more therapeutic targets, the maintenance of intravascular euvolaemia and perfusion pressure is most effective at preventing new postoperative acute renal failure. In the future, strategies targeting renal regeneration after injury will use bone marrow-derived stem cells and growth factors such as insulin-like growth factor-1.

Spiral CT in kidney: assumption of renal function by objective evaluation of renal cortical enhancement

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Choi, Bo Yoon; Lee, Jong Seok; Lee, Joon Woo; Myung, Jae Sung; Sim, Jung Suk; Seong, Chang Kyu; Kim, Seung Hyup; Choi, Guk Myeong; Chi, Seong Whi

2000-01-01

To correlate the degree of renal cortical enhancement, objectively evaluated by means of spiral CT with the serum level of creatinine, and to determine the extent to which this degree of enhancement may be used to detect renal parenchymal disease. Eighty patients (M:F = 50:30; age + 25-19, (mean 53) years) with available serum level of creatinine who underwent spiral CT between September and October 1999 were included in this study. In fifty patients the findings suggested hepatic or biliary diseases such as hepatoma, biliary cancer, or stone, while in thirty, renal diseases such as cyst, hematoma, or stone appeared to be present. Spiral CT imaging of the cortical phase was obtained at 30-40 seconds after the injection of 120 ml of non-ionic media at a rate of 3 ml/sec. The degree of renal cortical enhancement was calculated by dividing the CT attenuation number of renal cortex at the level of the renal hilum by the CT attenuation number of aorta at the same level. The degree of renal cortical enhancement was compared with the serum level of creatinine, and the degree of renal cortical enhancement in renal parenchymal disease with that of the normal group. Among eighty patients there were five with renal parenchymal disease and 75 with normal renal function. The ratio of the CT attenuation number of renal cortex to that of aorta at the level of the renal hilum ranged between 0.49 and 0.99 (mean, 0.79; standard deviation, 0.15). while the serum level of creatinine ranged between 0.6 and 3.2 mg/dl. There was significant correlation (coefficient of -0.346) and a statistically significant probability of 0.002 between the ratio of the CT attenuation numbers and the serum level of creatinine. There was a significant difference (statistically significant probability of less than 0.01) between those with renal parenchymal disease and the normal group. The use of spiral CT to measure the degree of renal cortical enhancement provides not only an effective index for

O EVANGELHO SEGUNDO DONA LAURICENA ANÁLISE E INTERPRETAÇÃO DE UMA CRISTOLOGIA POPULAR

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Geraldo Luiz De Mori

1993-01-01

Full Text Available Refletir tecnologicamente sobre a inspiração de um texto teológico poético-popular coletado na periferia de Belo Horizonte é a intenção do presente trabalho. "História de Jesus" foi o título que a autora deu ao texto. Sugestivamente se pode adiantar o resultado da reflexão, denominando-o de "Evangelho segundo Dona Lauricena".

Studies on the evaluation of renal function in urological renal disorders with 99mTc-DMSA renal uptake, 1

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Takeda, Masayuki

1987-01-01

The change of normal value of 99m Tc-dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) renal uptake with age was investigated, and the correlation between total renal uptake of 99m Tc-DMSA and 24-hour endogenous creatinine clearance was studied in each age group separately. (1) 99m Tc-DMSA renal uptake was measured in 107 normal controls without renal or urinary tract diseases between 0 and 67 years old and normal values were analyzed in each age group. The normal value was highest in the age group of 0 ∼ 9 years old and was gradually decreased with age. Over 20 years old, the normal value hardly changed. (2) The lower limit of normal values of 99m Tc-DMSA renal uptake in each kidney was 19.62, 13.89, 13.18, 11.58, 12.00, 10.24 % in the age groups of 0 ∼ 9, 10 ∼ 19, 20 ∼ 29, 30 ∼ 39, 40 ∼ 49, 50 ∼ 59 years old, respectively. (3) Correlations between total renal uptake and 24-hour endogenous creatinine clearance were investigated in each age group in 248 patients between 0 and 79 years old. Positive linear correlations were found in the age groups of 0 ∼ 9, 10 ∼ 19, 20 ∼ 29, 30 ∼ 39, 40 ∼ 49, 50 ∼ 59, 60 ∼ 69, 70 ∼ 79 years old, and especially above 50 years old closer correlations were found. It is concluded that although 99m Tc-DMSA renal uptake is a useful method for renal function test through life, the change with age must be considered in the evaluation of its value. (author)

Eppur Si Muove: The dynamic nature of physiological control of renal blood flow by the renal sympathetic nerves.

Science.gov (United States)

Schiller, Alicia M; Pellegrino, Peter Ricci; Zucker, Irving H

2017-05-01

Tubuloglomerular feedback and the myogenic response are widely appreciated as important regulators of renal blood flow, but the role of the sympathetic nervous system in physiological renal blood flow control remains controversial. Where classic studies using static measures of renal blood flow failed, dynamic approaches have succeeded in demonstrating sympathetic control of renal blood flow under normal physiological conditions. This review focuses on transfer function analysis of renal pressure-flow, which leverages the physical relationship between blood pressure and flow to assess the underlying vascular control mechanisms. Studies using this approach indicate that the renal nerves are important in the rapid regulation of the renal vasculature. Animals with intact renal innervation show a sympathetic signature in the frequency range associated with sympathetic vasomotion that is eliminated by renal denervation. In conscious rabbits, this sympathetic signature exerts vasoconstrictive, baroreflex control of renal vascular conductance, matching well with the rhythmic, baroreflex-influenced control of renal sympathetic nerve activity and complementing findings from other studies employing dynamic approaches to study renal sympathetic vascular control. In this light, classic studies reporting that nerve stimulation and renal denervation do not affect static measures of renal blood flow provide evidence for the strength of renal autoregulation rather than evidence against physiological renal sympathetic control of renal blood flow. Thus, alongside tubuloglomerular feedback and the myogenic response, renal sympathetic outflow should be considered an important physiological regulator of renal blood flow. Clinically, renal sympathetic vasomotion may be important for solving the problems facing the field of therapeutic renal denervation. Copyright © 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Leiomyosarcoma of the renal pelvis

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Dhamne Sagar

2009-10-01

Full Text Available Leiomyosarcomas are rare malignant tumors of the kidney. They may arise from the renal capsule, renal vein, renal pelvic musculature or renal parenchyma. Renal pelvis is an uncommon site of occurrence, with around 10 cases reported in the literature so far. Here we present a 60-year-old male who presented with increased urinary frequency, lower limb weakness, anorexia and weight loss. Imaging showed a right renal mass. A renal cell carcinoma was suspected clinically. A right nephrectomy was performed, which showed a large circumscribed mass in the hilar region. Histology revealed a tumor mass arising from the renal pelvis. The tumor was composed of spindle cells arranged in fascicles. Immunohistochemistry showed tumor cells to be positive for smooth muscle actin (SMA and desmin (Des and negative for cytokeratin (CK, HMB 45, CD117 (C-kit, and CD34. That confirmed the diagnosis of leiomyosarcoma.

Renal and post-renal causes of acute renal failure in children

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Jamal, A.; Ramzan, A.

2004-01-01

Objective: To identify the causes of acute renal failure (ARF) in pediatric population along with the identification of the age and gender most affected by the failure. Subjects and Methods: The study included children under the age of 12 years who presented with signs and symptoms suggestive of ARF (oliguria/anuria, vomiting, acidotic breathing etc.) along with raised blood urea nitrogen (BUN) serum creatinine and metabolic acidosis as shown by arterial blood gases (ABGs). Patients were divided into two group on the basis of age; group A consisting of 0-2 years and group B from >2 years. Patients presenting with transient pre-renal azotaemia were excluded from the study. After providing initial emergency cover, detailed history, physical examination and investigations were carried out according to a proforma specially designed to ascertain the cause of ARF. Patients were managed for ARF as per standard recommendations and investigations completed or repeated as and when required. Results: A total of 119 patients with ARF were admitted in the ward over a period of two years constituting 1.36% of the total admissions and 16.39% of the admissions due to renal pathology. Mean age of presentation was 4.5 years 16.7% of the patients under the age of 5 years. Male predominance was noted in all ages with an overall male to female ratio of 2.3:1. Most common cause leading to ARF in younger age group was found to be hemolytic uremic syndrome [25(54.34%)] followed by septicemia [7(15.21 %)]. In older patients renal calculus disease was the most common [22(30.13%)] underlying pathology followed by pre-existing, undiagnosed chronic renal failure [16(21.91 %)]. Conclusion: ARF is fairly cotton in children especially under the age of 5 years showing a male predominance. More than 90% of the cases can be prevented by improving primary health care and by early and prompt treatment of infections. (author)

Dependence of renal blood flow on renal artery stenosis measured using CT angiography

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

Luedemann, Lutz [Charite - Universitaetsmedizin Berlin (Germany). Dept. of Radiotherapy; Nafz, B.; Persson, P. [Charite - Universitaetsmedizin Berlin (Germany). Inst. for Vegetative Physiology; Elsner, F. [Krankenhaus am Urban, Berlin (Germany). Dept. of Anesthesiology; Grosse-Siestrup, C.; Meissler, M. [Charite - Universitaetsmedizin Berlin (Germany). Experimental Animal Unit; Gutberlet, M. [Charite - Universitaetsmedizin Berlin (Germany). Dept. of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology; Univ. Leipzig/ Leipzig Heart Center (Germany). Dept. of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology; Lengsfeld, P.; Voth, M. [Bayer-Schering Pharma AG, Berlin (Germany). Global Medical Affairs Diagnostic Imaging

2011-03-15

The present study investigates the suitability of computed tomography angiography (CTA) depicting the degree of renal artery stenosis for estimating renal blood flow (RBF) in a kidney. Materials and Methods: We investigated renal artery stenosis assessment by CTA in eight adult female hybrid pigs with an ultrasound probe implanted at the renal vein for RBF measurement. An inflatable metal-free cuff was placed around the renal artery to control the RBF. The RBF was then reduced in four steps. For each reduced RBF value and baseline RBF, CTA with a reconstructed slice thickness of 0.625 mm was performed in the arterial phase following injection of 80 ml of nonionic intravenous contrast medium. The radius of the stenotic and non-stenotic renal artery segment was measured in the reconstructed images. Results: A significant linear correlation (p < 0.0001) was found between the relative apparent stenosis (calculated as the ratio of the radii of the actual stenotic segment and a non-stenotic renal artery segment) and RBF. The linear regression yielded a slope of 0.57 and a y-axis of 24.1 %. A significant linear correlation (p < 0.0001) was also found between the relative true stenosis (the ratio of the radii of the actual stenotic segment and a non-stenotic renal artery segment at baseline) and the RBF. The linear regression yielded a slope of 0.67 and a y-axis of 13.8 %. Conclusion: The results show that the relative stenosis apparent on CTA differs from the true degree of renal artery stenosis. Nevertheless, the degree of renal artery stenosis determined by CTA provides a reliable estimate of the resulting RBF reduction. (orig.)

Dependence of renal blood flow on renal artery stenosis measured using CT angiography

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Luedemann, Lutz; Nafz, B.; Persson, P.; Elsner, F.; Grosse-Siestrup, C.; Meissler, M.; Gutberlet, M.; Univ. Leipzig/ Leipzig Heart Center; Lengsfeld, P.; Voth, M.

2011-01-01

The present study investigates the suitability of computed tomography angiography (CTA) depicting the degree of renal artery stenosis for estimating renal blood flow (RBF) in a kidney. Materials and Methods: We investigated renal artery stenosis assessment by CTA in eight adult female hybrid pigs with an ultrasound probe implanted at the renal vein for RBF measurement. An inflatable metal-free cuff was placed around the renal artery to control the RBF. The RBF was then reduced in four steps. For each reduced RBF value and baseline RBF, CTA with a reconstructed slice thickness of 0.625 mm was performed in the arterial phase following injection of 80 ml of nonionic intravenous contrast medium. The radius of the stenotic and non-stenotic renal artery segment was measured in the reconstructed images. Results: A significant linear correlation (p < 0.0001) was found between the relative apparent stenosis (calculated as the ratio of the radii of the actual stenotic segment and a non-stenotic renal artery segment) and RBF. The linear regression yielded a slope of 0.57 and a y-axis of 24.1 %. A significant linear correlation (p < 0.0001) was also found between the relative true stenosis (the ratio of the radii of the actual stenotic segment and a non-stenotic renal artery segment at baseline) and the RBF. The linear regression yielded a slope of 0.67 and a y-axis of 13.8 %. Conclusion: The results show that the relative stenosis apparent on CTA differs from the true degree of renal artery stenosis. Nevertheless, the degree of renal artery stenosis determined by CTA provides a reliable estimate of the resulting RBF reduction. (orig.)

[Not Available].

Science.gov (United States)

Fernández Castillo, Rafael; Cañadas de la Fuente, Gustavo R; Cañadas de la Fuente, Guillermo A; De la Fuente Solana, Emilia Inmaculada; Esteban de la Rosa, Rafael José; Bravo Soto, Juan

2016-07-19

Introducción: la obesidad y el sobrepeso presentan efectos adversos sobre la salud, lo que contribuye a la aparición de enfermedades metabólicas y cardiovasculares que ponen en peligro la integridad del injerto.Objetivo: investigar la influencia del IMC pretrasplante renal sobre el funcionamiento del injerto renal al año de trasplante mediante el estudio de cuatro métodos distintos de medir la filtración glomerular.Material y métodos: en este trabajo se ha seguido a 1.336 pacientes de ambos sexos trasplantados renales; se les realizaron mediciones pretrasplante y postrasplante de parámetros bioquímicos, mediciones antropométricas y función renal mediante medidas de filtrado glomerular.Resultados: a mayor índice de masa corporal pretrasplante se produce una disminución del filtrado glomerular medido por cuatro métodos distintos, así como mayor porcentaje de rechazos.Conclusiones: un IMC elevado pretrasplante contribuye a la disfunción del injerto, a una disminución del filtrado glomerular y a complicaciones del injerto en el primer año postrasplante.

Acute renal dysfunction in liver diseases

OpenAIRE

Betrosian, Alex P; Agarwal, Banwari; Douzinas, Emmanuel E

2007-01-01

Renal dysfunction is common in liver diseases, either as part of multiorgan involvement in acute illness or secondary to advanced liver disease. The presence of renal impairment in both groups is a poor prognostic indicator. Renal failure is often multifactorial and can present as pre-renal or intrinsic renal dysfunction. Obstructive or post renal dysfunction only rarely complicates liver disease. Hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) is a unique form of renal failure associated with advanced liver dise...

Assessment of renal function with 99Tcm-DTPA renal dynamic imaging in neonatal hydronephrosis

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Jiang Lixin; Guo Zongyuan; Wu Rongde; Yu Qihai; Liu Zhanfeng

2004-01-01

Objective: To assess the renal function in neonatal hydronephrosis with 99 Tc m -DTPA renal imaging. Methods: Eighteen unilateral hydronephrotic kidneys and 12 normal kidneys were studied by 99 Tc m -DTPA renal dynamic imaging , and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) quantitative analysis was also performed. Blood urea nitrogen (BUN), serum creatinine (SCr) and hemoglobin (Hb) were determined simultaneously and the correlations between GFR and each of these parameters were analyzed. Results: Positive correlation was discovered between GFR and Hb in neonates with moderate or severe hydronephrosis (r=0.414, 0.667, P 0.05). The renal function was decreased significantly in moderate and severe neonatal hydronephrosis (P 99 Tc m -DTPA renal dynamic imaging GFR is an ideal marker for estimating renal function in neonatal hydronephrosis; SCr could be a marker for renal damage especially in moderate and severe neonatal hydronephrosis; BUN could not be a marker for evaluating renal function in neonatal hydronephrosis. Neonates with hydronephrosis should be referred for surgical procedures as soon as possible in the early stage

Renal Function Outcomes for Multifocal Renal Neoplasms Managed by Radiofrequency Ablation

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

Gupta, Pushpender, E-mail: pugupta@wakehealth.edu; Allen, Brian C., E-mail: bcallen2@wakehealth.edu; Chen, Michael Y., E-mail: mchen@wakehealth.edu; Childs, David D., E-mail: dchilds@wakehealth.edu; Kota, Gopi, E-mail: gkota@wakehealth.edu; Zagoria, Ronald J., E-mail: rzagoria@wakehealth.edu [Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Department of Radiology (United States)

2013-10-15

Purpose: To evaluate renal function changes related to radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for the treatment of multifocal renal neoplasms. Methods: This is an institutional review board-approved, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act compliant retrospective study of all patients treated with computed tomography guided RFA for multifocal renal neoplasms at one institution. Fifty-seven subjects, mean age 70 (range 37-88) years, underwent RFA of 169 renal neoplasms (average size 2.0 cm). Subjects had between 2 and 8 (mean 2.96) neoplasms ablated. Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) was measured before and after RFA. Complications related to RFA were recorded. Results: eGFR decreased on average of 4.4 % per tumor treated and 6.7 % per ablation session (average 1.76 tumors treated per session). For subjects with the largest neoplasm measuring >3 cm, eGFR decreased an average of 14.5 % during the course of their treatment. If the largest neoplasm measured 2-3 cm, eGFR decreased an average of 7.7 %, and if the largest neoplasm measured <2 cm, eGFR decreased an average of 3.8 %. Subjects with reduced baseline renal function were more likely to have a greater decline in eGFR after RFA. There was a minor complication rate of 6.3 % (6 of 96 sessions), none of which required treatment, and a major complication rate of 4.2 % (4 of 96 sessions). Conclusion: RFA for the treatment of multifocal renal neoplasms results in mild decline of renal function.

Renal papillary necrosis

Science.gov (United States)

... asking your provider. Alternative Names Necrosis - renal papillae; Renal medullary necrosis Images Kidney anatomy Kidney - blood and urine flow References Bushinsky DA, Monk RD. Nephrolithiasis and nephrocalcinosis. ...

Imaging of renal osteodystrophy

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

Jevtic, V. E-mail: vladimir.jevtic@mf.uni-lj.si

2003-05-01

Chronic renal insufficiency, hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, renal transplantation and administration of different medications provoke complex biochemical disturbances of the calcium-phosphate metabolism with wide spectrum of bone and soft tissue abnormalities termed renal osteodystrophy. Clinically most important manifestation of renal bone disease includes secondary hyperparathyroidism, osteomalacia/rickets, osteoporosis, adynamic bone disease and soft tissue calcification. As a complication of long-term hemodialysis and renal transplantation amyloid deposition, destructive spondyloarthropathy, osteonecrosis, and musculoskeletal infections may occur. Due to more sophisticated diagnostic methods and more efficient treatment classical radiographic features of secondary hyperparathyroidism and osteomalacia/rickets are now less frequently seen. Radiological investigations play an important role in early diagnosis and follow-up of the renal bone disease. Although numerous new imaging modalities have been introduced in clinical practice (scintigraphy, CT, MRI, quantitative imaging), plain film radiography, especially fine quality hand radiograph, still represents most widely used examination.

Imaging of renal osteodystrophy

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Jevtic, V.

2003-01-01

Chronic renal insufficiency, hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, renal transplantation and administration of different medications provoke complex biochemical disturbances of the calcium-phosphate metabolism with wide spectrum of bone and soft tissue abnormalities termed renal osteodystrophy. Clinically most important manifestation of renal bone disease includes secondary hyperparathyroidism, osteomalacia/rickets, osteoporosis, adynamic bone disease and soft tissue calcification. As a complication of long-term hemodialysis and renal transplantation amyloid deposition, destructive spondyloarthropathy, osteonecrosis, and musculoskeletal infections may occur. Due to more sophisticated diagnostic methods and more efficient treatment classical radiographic features of secondary hyperparathyroidism and osteomalacia/rickets are now less frequently seen. Radiological investigations play an important role in early diagnosis and follow-up of the renal bone disease. Although numerous new imaging modalities have been introduced in clinical practice (scintigraphy, CT, MRI, quantitative imaging), plain film radiography, especially fine quality hand radiograph, still represents most widely used examination

CT findings of renal abscess

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Lee, Myung Jun; Kim, Mi Young; Woo, Jung Ju; Kim, Ho Kyun; Kim, Won Hong; Jeon, Jeong Dong; Jeon, Woo Ki; Han, Chang Yul

1996-01-01

The purpose of this study is to determine characteristic CT findings in renal abscess. Twenty cases of renal abscess were retrospectively analyzed for CT findings relating to the shape and extent of the abscess, change of nephrogram, peripheral rim enhancement, wedge-shaped enhancement on delayed scans, enlargement of the kidney involved and associated findings. Seven patients had a renal abscess at the right kidney, nine at the lift kidney and two bilaterally. The abscesses were round in 18 cases and finger-like in two. Rim enhancement around renal abscess was seen in four cases (20%). Changes in the nephrogram around the abscess were seen in 12 cases (60%). In all six patients who had undergone delayed postcontrast scans, wedge-shaped enhancement was shown around the abscess (100%). In the observation of the extent of renal abscesses, 14 cases were within the kidney, six cases extended the beyond renal capsule, and two were loculated in the renal fascia itself. Renal enlargement was seen in nine cases (45%). These results suggest that CT findings such as delayed wedge-shaped enhancement, change of nephrogram, peripheral rim enhancement, renal enlargement, and associated findings are valuable for diagnosis, and that CT also gives information concerning the extent, evolution and complication of a renal abscess

[Clinical study of influential factors on renal scarring after ESWL monotherapy for renal stone disease].

Science.gov (United States)

Ishito, Noritaka; Takamoto, Hitoshi; Kunitomi, Kimito; Satoh, Eiichi; Ishii, Ayano; Shiotuka, Youichi; Sako, Shinichi; Ohta, Naoki; Araki, Tohru

2002-11-01

ESWL is now widely used for the treatment of renal stone disease. Although ESWL has many advantages for patients' quality of life, few reports have demonstrated the long-term outcomes of the alterations of renal morphology after ESWL. We reported renal scarring after ESWL monotherapy in patients with renal calyceal stones. In this study, we evaluated a large series of patients' cohort treated at our institution, and assessed the causal effect of ESWL on the late occurrence of renal scar formation. ESWL was performed with EDAP (LT-01,02) that generates shock wave energy by piezoelectric discharge. We analyzed the records of 285 kidneys treated between Dec. 1986 and Nov. 1998. Renal scarring was noted in 44 kidneys and not in 241 kidneys with periodical ultrasonography. We compared the backgrounds of the two groups using chi-square or non-parametric analysis. The Kaplan-Meier method and Cox regression model determined the analysis of renal scar formation. Univariate and multiple regression analysis revealed that the total amount of ESWL emission and hyperuricemia independently affected the probability of renal scar formation. Over-emission of ESWL (over 10,000 shots) must be care for the prevention of renal scarring in patients with renal calyceal calculi, especially when associated with hyperuricemia. After ESWL, periodical checkups with ultrasonography will provide useful information for the clinical diagnosis of renal scarring.

Acute renal haemodynamic and renin-angiotensin system responses to graded renal artery stenosis in the dog.

Science.gov (United States)

Anderson, W P; Johnston, C I; Korner, P I

1979-01-01

1. The acute renal haemodynamic and renin-angiotensin system responses to graded renal artery stenosis were studied in chronically instrumented, unanaesthetized dogs. 2. Stenosis was induced over 30 sec by inflation of a cuff around the renal artery to lower distal pressure to 60, 40 or 20 mmHg, with stenosis maintained for 1 hr. This resulted in an immediate fall in renal vascular resistance, but over the next 5--30 min both resistance and renal artery pressure were restored back towards prestenosis values. Only transient increases in systemic arterial blood pressure and plasma renin and angiotensin levels were seen with the two milder stenoses. Despite restoration of renal artery pressure, renal blood flow remained reduced at all grades of stenosis. 3. Pre-treatment with angiotensin I converting enzyme inhibitor or sarosine1, isoleucone8 angiotensin II greatly attenuated or abolished the restoration of renal artery pressure and renal vascular resistance after stenosis, and plasma renin and angiotensin II levels remained high. Renal dilatation was indefinitely maintained, but the normal restoration of resistance and pressure could be simulated by infusing angiotensin II into the renal artery. 4. The effective resistance to blood flow by the stenosis did not remain constant but varied with changes in the renal vascular resistance. PMID:219182

Value of renal cortical thickness as a predictor of renal function impairment in chronic renal disease patients

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Samia Rafael Yamashita

2015-02-01

Full Text Available Objective: To determine the presence of linear relationship between renal cortical thickness, bipolar length, and parenchymal thickness in chronic kidney disease patients presenting with different estimated glomerular filtration rates (GFRs and to assess the reproducibility of these measurements using ultrasonography. Materials and Methods: Ultrasonography was performed in 54 chronic renal failure patients. The scans were performed by two independent and blinded radiologists. The estimated GFR was calculated using the Cockcroft-Gault equation. Interobserver agreement was calculated and a linear correlation coefficient (r was determined in order to establish the relationship between the different renal measurements and estimated GFR. Results: The correlation between GFR and measurements of renal cortical thickness, bipolar length, and parenchymal thickness was, respectively, moderate (r = 0.478; p < 0.001, poor (r = 0.380; p = 0.004, and poor (r = 0.277; p = 0.116. The interobserver agreement was considered excellent (0.754 for measurements of cortical thickness and bipolar length (0.833, and satisfactory for parenchymal thickness (0.523. Conclusion: The interobserver reproducibility for renal measurements obtained was good. A moderate correlation was observed between estimated GFR and cortical thickness, but bipolar length and parenchymal thickness were poorly correlated.

Cadmium and renal cancer

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Il'yasova, Dora; Schwartz, Gary G.

2005-01-01

Background: Rates of renal cancer have increased steadily during the past two decades, and these increases are not explicable solely by advances in imaging modalities. Cadmium, a widespread environmental pollutant, is a carcinogen that accumulates in the kidney cortex and is a cause of end-stage renal disease. Several observations suggest that cadmium may be a cause of renal cancer. Methods: We performed a systematic review of the literature on cadmium and renal cancer using MEDLINE for the years 1966-2003. We reviewed seven epidemiological and eleven clinical studies. Results: Despite different methodologies, three large epidemiologic studies indicate that occupational exposure to cadmium is associated with increased risk renal cancer, with odds ratios varying from 1.2 to 5.0. Six of seven studies that compared the cadmium content of kidneys from patients with kidney cancer to that of patients without kidney cancer found lower concentrations of cadmium in renal cancer tissues. Conclusions: Exposure to cadmium appears to be associated with renal cancer, although this conclusion is tempered by the inability of studies to assess cumulative cadmium exposure from all sources including smoking and diet. The paradoxical findings of lower cadmium content in kidney tissues from patients with renal cancer may be caused by dilution of cadmium in rapidly dividing cells. This and other methodological problems limit the interpretation of studies of cadmium in clinical samples. Whether cadmium is a cause of renal cancer may be answered more definitively by future studies that employ biomarkers of cadmium exposure, such as cadmium levels in blood and urine

Renal endothelial function and blood flow predict the individual susceptibility to adriamycin-induced renal damage

NARCIS (Netherlands)

Ochodnicky, Peter; Henning, Robert H.; Buikema, Hendrik; Kluppel, Alex C. A.; van Wattum, Marjolein; de Zeeuw, Dick; van Dokkum, Richard P. E.

2009-01-01

Susceptibility to renal injury varies among individuals. Previously, we found that individual endothelial function of healthy renal arteries in vitro predicted severity of renal damage after 5/6 nephrectomy. Here we hypothesized that individual differences in endothelial function in vitro and renal

[Hypertension and renal disease

DEFF Research Database (Denmark)

Kamper, A.L.; Pedersen, E.B.; Strandgaard, S.

2009-01-01

Renal mechanisms, in particular the renin-angiotensin system and renal salt handling, are of major importance in blood pressure regulation. Co-existence of hypertension and decreased renal function may be due to nephrosclerosis secondary to hypertension, or primary renal disease with secondary...... hypertension. Mild degrees of chronic kidney disease (CKD) can be detected in around 10% of the population, and detection is important as CKD is an important risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Conversely, heart failure may cause an impairment of renal function. In chronic progressive...... nephropathy, effective blood pressure lowering is of paramount importance, and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers are agents of choice Udgivelsesdato: 2009/6/15...

Bilateral triple renal arteries

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Pestemalci, Turan; Yildiz, Yusuf Zeki; Yildirim, Mehmet; Mavi, Ayfer; Gumusburun, Erdem

2009-01-01

Knowledge of the variations of the renal artery has grown in importance with increasing numbers of renal transplants, vascular reconstructions and various surgical and radio logic techniques being performed in recent years. We report the presence of bilateral triple renal arteries, discovered on routine dissection of a male cadaver. On the right side, one additional renal artery originated from the abdominal aorta (distributed to superior pole of the kidney) and one other originated from the right common iliac artery (distributed to lower pole of the kidney). On the left side, both additional renal arteries originated from the abdominal aorta. Our observation has been compared with variations described in the literature and their clinical importance has been emphasized. (author)

Radiology of renal failure

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Griffiths, H.J.

1990-01-01

This book covers most aspects of imaging studies in patients with renal failure. The initial chapter provides basic information on contrast agents, intravenous urography, and imaging findings in the urinary tract disorders responsible for renal failure and in patients who have undergone transplantation. It illustrates common gastro-intestinal abnormalities seen on barium studies in patients with renal failure. It illustrates the cardiopulmonary complications of renal failure and offers advice for radiologic differentiation. It details different aspects of skeletal changes in renal failure, including a basic description of the pathophysiology of the changes; many excellent illustrations of classic bone changes, arthritis, avascular necrosis, and soft-tissue calcifications; and details of bone mineral analysis

Renal sinus fat invasion and tumoral thrombosis of the inferior vena cava-renal vein: only confined to renal cell carcinoma.

Science.gov (United States)

Acar, Turker; Harman, Mustafa; Guneyli, Serkan; Sen, Sait; Elmas, Nevra

2014-01-01

Epithelioid angiomyolipoma (E-AML), accounting for 8% of renal angiomyolipoma, is usually associated with tuberous sclerosis (TS) and demonstrates aggressive behavior. E-AML is macroscopically seen as a large infiltrative necrotic tumor with occasional extension into renal vein and/or inferior vena cava. However, without history of TS, renal sinus and venous invasion E-AML would be a challenging diagnosis, which may lead radiologists to misinterpret it as a renal cell carcinoma (RCC). In this case presentation, we aimed to report cross-sectional imaging findings of two cases diagnosed as E-AML and pathological correlation of these aforementioned masses mimicking RCC.

Diagnostic use of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE)-inhibited renal scintigraphy in the identification of selective renal artery stenosis in the presence of multiple renal arteries: A case report

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Morton, K.A.; Rose, S.C.; Haakenstad, A.O.; Handy, J.E.; Scuderi, A.J.; Datz, F.L.

1990-01-01

In patients with renovascular hypertension, it is unknown whether the angiotensin converting enzyme-(ACE) inhibited renal scan will identify stenosis of a segmental branch of a single renal artery or of an accessory artery where multiple renal arteries are present. Since multiple renal arteries may be present in approximately 25% of all individuals, it will be important to establish whether the ACE-inhibited renal scan is useful in this population. We report a case of stenosis involving a renal artery in a patient with multiple renal arteries, successfully identified by ACE-inhibited renal scintigraphy

Renal inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor

DEFF Research Database (Denmark)

Heerwagen, S T; Jensen, C; Bagi, P

2007-01-01

Renal inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is a rare soft-tissue tumor of controversial etiology with a potential for local recurrence after incomplete surgical resection. The radiological findings in renal IMT are not well described. We report two cases in adults with a renal mass treated...

Does complete renal denervation translate into superior clinical outcomes? Lessons learned from denervation of accessory renal arteries

OpenAIRE

Mendelsohn, Farrell O.

2014-01-01

Pre-clinical studies of renal denervation would suggest that the extent of renal nerve injury correlates with outcomes. The “completeness” of renal nerve injury following renal denervation correlates with treatment-based variables such as the depth of ablation, the number of ablations along the length of the artery, and the number of renal arteries successfully ablated. Renal denervation techniques targeting only main renal arteries may lead to suboptimal results in patients with accessory re...

Renal haemodynamic in essential hypertension assessed by 133Xe washout and selective renal angiography

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Gatta, A.; Merkel, C.; Pessina, A.C.; Milani, L.; Sacerdoti, D.; Zuin, R.

1982-01-01

The renal and intrarenal haemodynamic pattern in 17 patients with essential hypertension of different severity and duration was studied by means of the 133-Xenon washout technique and the selective renal angiography. The mean and the cortical renal blood flows were on average significantly decreased as compared to the controls. A good agreement was found between the reduction in renal perfusion and the degree of vascular abnormalities as shown by angiography; on the contrary no correlation was found between the impairment in renal blood flow and the degree and/or duration of hypertension

99mtechnetium-dimercapto-succinic acid renal scanning and excretory urography in diagnosis of renal scars in children

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

McLorie, G.A.; Aliabadi, H.; Churchill, B.M.; Ash, J.M.; Gilday, D.L.

1989-01-01

We compared the ability of excretory urography (without tomography) and 99mtechnetium-dimercapto-succinic acid renal scanning to detect renal scars in 32 children with primary vesicoureteral reflux. These children did not have hydronephrosis, renal failure or urinary tract obstruction. In all cases both studies were conducted within a 10-month period. The findings from both modalities were in agreement for 51 of the 64 renal units evaluated (80%). Evaluation of the excretory urogram indicated 6 cases of diffuse and 2 of focal scarring that were not detected by evaluation of the renal scan. The sensitivity of excretory urography to detect renal scars was 84% and the specificity was 83%. The 99mtechnetium-dimercapto-succinic acid renal scan showed 5 cases of focal renal scarring not detected by excretory urography. The sensitivity of the renal scan to detect renal scars was 77% and the specificity was 75%. We conclude that neither study alone could effectively replace the other for the detection of renal scars, and recommend that both be included in the initial evaluation and followup of patients with renal scars

Evaluation of allograft perfusion by radionuclide first-pass study in renal failure following renal transplantation

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Baillet, G.; Ballarin, J.; Urdaneta, N.; Campos, H.; Vernejoul, P. de; Fermanian, J.; Kellershohn, C.; Kreis, H.

1986-01-01

To assess the diagnostic value of indices measured on a first-pass curve, we performed 72 radionuclide renal first-pass studies (RFP) in 21 patients during the early weeks following renal allograft transplantation. The diagnosis was based on standard clinical and biochemical data and on fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) of the transplant. Aortic and renal first-pass curves were filtered using a true low-pass filter and five different indices of renal perfusion were computed, using formulae from the literature. Statistical analysis performed on the aortic and renal indices indicated excellent reproducibility of the isotopic study. Although renal indices presented a rather large scatter, they all discriminated well between normal and rejection. Three indices have a particularly good diagnostic value. In the discrimination between rejection and Acute Tubular Necrosis (ATN), only one index gave satisfying results. The indices, however, indicate that there are probably ATN with an alternation of renal perfusion and rejection episodes where perfusion is almost intact. We conclude that radionuclide first-pass study allows accurate and reproducible quantitation of renal allograft perfusion. The measured parameters are helpful to follow up the course of a post-transplantation renal failure episode and to gain more insight into renal ischemia following transplantation. (orig.)

CT features of renal infarction

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Suzer, Okan; Shirkhoda, Ali; Jafri, S. Zafar; Madrazo, Beatrice L.; Bis, Kostaki G.; Mastromatteo, James F.

2002-01-01

Purpose: To demonstrate the different patterns of renal infarction to avoid pitfalls. To present 'flip-flop enhancement' pattern in renal infarction. Materials and methods: Retrospective review of a total of 41 renal infarction in 37 patients were done. These patients underwent initial CT and the diagnosis of renal infarction was confirmed with either follow up CT or at surgery. Results: Twenty-three patients had wedge-shaped focal infarcts, nine patients had global and five patients had multifocal infarcts of the kidneys. Cortical rim sign was seen predominantly with global infarcts. In five patients, a 'flip-flop enhancement' pattern was observed. In two patients, planned renal biopsies due to tumefactive renal lesions were cancelled because of 'flip-flop enhancement' pattern on follow up CTs. Conclusion: Although most of our cases were straightforward for the diagnosis of renal infarction, cases with tumefactive lesions and global infarctions without the well-known cortical rim sign were particularly challenging. We describe a new sign, flip-flop enhancement pattern, which we believe solidified the diagnosis of renal infarction in five of our cases. The authors recommend further investigations for association of flip-flop enhancement and renal infarction

[Small renal mass].

Science.gov (United States)

Prokofiev, D; Kreutzer, N; Kress, A; Wissing, F; Pfeifer, H; Stolzenburg, J-U; Dietel, A; Schwalenberg, T; Do, M; Truß, M C

2012-10-01

The frequent application of ultrasound and radiological imaging for non-urological indications in recent years has resulted in an increase in the diagnosis of small renal masses. The treatment options for patients with a small renal mass include active surveillance, surgery (both open and minimally invasive) as well as ablative techniques. As there is a risk for metastatic spread even in small renal masses surgical extirpation remains the treatment of choice in most patients. Ablative procedures, such as cryoablation and radiofrequency ablation are appropriate for old and multi-morbid patients who require active treatment of a small renal mass. Active surveillance is an alternative for high-risk patients. Meticulous patient selection by the urologist and patient preference will determine the choice of treatment option in the future.

An experimental study on renal arterial and parenchymal change caused by selective renal infusion of epinephrine

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Jeon, Seok Chol; Yeon, Kyung Mo; Han, Man Chung

1981-01-01

Selective infusion of the epinephrine into the renal artery has been used in the field of the diagnostic and the therapeutic radiology for correct diagnosis and effective treatment, respectively. However, administration of overdose of epinephrine may cause serious complication, renal infarction. The study was undertaken to evaluate the sequential change of renal arterial constrictive effect of selective infusion of epinephrine into renal artery and to determine the critical doses of epinephrine producing irreversible renal infarct. A total of 25 rabbits are used, which are divided into 5 groups. Under the general anesthesia is made the selective infusion of various doses of epinephrine into the right renal artery of the rabbits. At the various time interval during and after the epinephrine infusion, renal angiography was done, and 24 hrs. later, gross and microscopic findings of the kidney were observed. The results are as follows; 1. Vasoconstriction of renal artery occurred within 2 mins. infusion, and maximum effect within 5 mins. 2. It seems that there is correlation between the amount of infused epinephrine and the time taken to recover from constriction of renal artery. 3. When epinephrine is infused into the renal artery in the rate of 1 ug/min., renal infarct is not noticed below the level of 10 mins., but correlation between the amount of infused epinephrine and the frequency of renal infarct occurs above 20 mins. infusion

Chemical renal denervation in the rat.

Science.gov (United States)

Consigny, Paul M; Davalian, Dariush; Donn, Rosy; Hu, Jie; Rieser, Matthew; Stolarik, Deanne

2014-02-01

The recent success of renal denervation in lowering blood pressure in drug-resistant hypertensive patients has stimulated interest in developing novel approaches to renal denervation including local drug/chemical delivery. The purpose of this study was to develop a rat model in which depletion of renal norepinephrine (NE) could be used to determine the efficacy of renal denervation after the delivery of a chemical to the periadventitial space of the renal artery. Renal denervation was performed on a single renal artery of 90 rats (n = 6 rats/group). The first study determined the time course of renal denervation after surgical stripping of a renal artery plus the topical application of phenol in alcohol. The second study determined the efficacy of periadventitial delivery of hypertonic saline, guanethidine, and salicylic acid. The final study determined the dose-response relationship for paclitaxel. In all studies, renal NE content was determined by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. Renal NE was depleted 3 and 7 days after surgical denervation. Renal NE was also depleted by periadventitial delivery of all agents tested (hypertonic saline, salicylic acid, guanethidine, and paclitaxel). A dose response was observed after the application of 150 μL of 10(-5) M through 10(-2) M paclitaxel. We developed a rat model in which depletion of renal NE was used to determine the efficacy of renal denervation after perivascular renal artery drug/chemical delivery. We validated this model by demonstrating the efficacy of the neurotoxic agents hypertonic saline, salicylic acid, and guanethidine and increasing doses of paclitaxel.

Infarction of renal transplant with extrarenal excretion of Tc-99m MAG3 demonstrated by renal scintigraphy

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Lim, Seok Tae; Kim, Min Woo; Sohn, Myung Hee

2003-01-01

A 38-year-old woman with end stage renal disease received a living related donor-renal transplant to the right iliac fossa. She developed anuria a week later. Tc-99m MAG 3 renal scintigraphy demonstrated no perfusion, uptake, or excretion of the radioactive tracer from the renal transplant. The expected area of the renal allograft appeared as a photopenic area with increased rim activity. The gallbladder and bowel activities were observed on delayed images at 24 hours. There was no blood flow within the renal artery on renal doppler examination. This case shows total absence of perfusion and function in the infarcted renal transplant with extrarenal excretion of Tc-99m MAG 3 caused by acute renal artery thrombosis

Intra-renal localised reno-renal collaterals in the dog after tying of the main renal artery

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Rosenbusch, G.; Vincent, J.; Douveren, W. van; Sktonicki, S.; Arts, T.H.M.; Katholieke Univ. Nijmegen; Katholieke Univ. Nijmegen

1984-01-01

In 7 kidneys of 6 dogs one of the main stem of the renal artery was ligated. The development of the renorenal collaterals could be followed in 5, as two dogs died after the operation. In all cases intrarenal collaterals could be demonstrated, even in the postoperative dead dogs. The vessels responsible for the collateral circulation are preformed interarterial anastomoses, belonging to the extraglomerular arterial system. From the results of these and former experimental studies it can be concluded, that the renal artery of the dog when entering the renal sinus cannot be regarded as an anatomic, but at most as a functional end artery. (orig.) [de

Intra-renal localised reno-renal collaterals in the dog after tying of the main renal artery

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

Rosenbusch, G.; Vincent, J.; Douveren, W. van; Sktonicki, S.; Arts, T.H.M.

1984-01-01

In 7 kidneys of 6 dogs one of the main stem of the renal artery was ligated. The development of the renorenal collaterals could be followed in 5, as two dogs died after the operation. In all cases intrarenal collaterals could be demonstrated, even in the postoperative dead dogs. The vessels responsible for the collateral circulation are preformed interarterial anastomoses, belonging to the extraglomerular arterial system. From the results of these and former experimental studies it can be concluded, that the renal artery of the dog when entering the renal sinus cannot be regarded as an anatomic, but at most as a functional end artery.

Influence of renal shielding on the incidence of late renal dysfunction associated with bone marrow transplantation

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Lawton, C.A.; Ash, R.C.; Murray, K.J.; Cohon, E.P.; Barher-Derus, S.W.; Moulder, J.E.

1991-01-01

This paper reports that late renal dysfunction following bone marrow transplantation has been described by a number of centers including the authors own. Total body irradiation seems to play a major causative role. In an effort to decrease the incidence of this renal toxicity, the authors have added customized partial transmission renal blocking to their total body irradiation regimen. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of the renal blocking. The authors total body irradiation dose is 14 Gy. With the shielding used, the kidneys received approximately 12 Gy. Fifty-five adult patients have received total body irradiation with this renal shielding, compared with 73 adult patients who were treated without renal shielding. Eighteen percent (13 of 73) of patients who did not have renal shielding compared with only 7% (4 of 55) of patients with renal shielding have developed late renal dysfunction. Median follow-up in the non-blocked patients is 451 days after transplantation versus 282 days for the blocked patients

Accessory renal arteries: Prevalence in resistant hypertension and an important role in nonresponse to radiofrequency renal denervation

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

VonAchen, Paige [Minneapolis Heart Institute and Foundation at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, MN (United States); Hamann, Jason [Boston Scientific Corporation, Maple Grove, MN (United States); Houghland, Thomas; Lesser, John R.; Wang, Yale; Caye, David; Rosenthal, Kristi; Garberich, Ross F. [Minneapolis Heart Institute and Foundation at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, MN (United States); Daniels, Mary [Vital Images/Toshiba, Minnetonka, MN (United States); Schwartz, Robert S., E-mail: rss@rsschwartz.com [Minneapolis Heart Institute and Foundation at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, MN (United States)

2016-10-15

Objective: The aim of this study was to understand the role of accessory renal arteries in resistant hypertension, and to establish their role in nonresponse to radiofrequency renal denervation (RDN) procedures. Background: Prior studies suggest a role for accessory renal arteries in hypertensive syndromes, and recent clinical trials of renal denervation report that these anomalies are highly prevalent in resistant hypertension. This study evaluated the relationships among resistant hypertension, accessory renal arteries, and the response to radiofrequency (RF) renal denervation. Methods: Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans from 58 patients with resistant hypertension undergoing RF renal denervation (RDN) were evaluated. Results were compared with CT scans in 57 healthy, normotensive subjects undergoing screening as possible renal transplant donors. All scans were carefully studied for accessory renal arteries, and were correlated with long term blood pressure reduction. Results: Accessory renal arteries were markedly more prevalent in the hypertensive patients than normotensive renal donors (59% vs 32% respectively, p = 0.004). RDN had an overall nonresponse rate of 29% (response rate 71%). Patients without accessory vessels had a borderline higher response rate to RDN than those with at least one accessory vessel (83% vs 62% respectively, p = 0.076) and a higher RDN response than patients with untreated accessory arteries (83% vs 55%; p = 0.040). For accessory renal arteries and nonresponse, the sensitivity was 76%, specificity 49%, with positive and negative predictive values 38% and 83% respectively. Conclusions: Accessory renal arteries were markedly over-represented in resistant hypertensives compared with healthy controls. While not all patients with accessory arteries were nonresponders, nonresponse was related to both the presence and non-treatment of accessory arteries. Addressing accessory renal arteries in

Accessory renal arteries: Prevalence in resistant hypertension and an important role in nonresponse to radiofrequency renal denervation

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

VonAchen, Paige; Hamann, Jason; Houghland, Thomas; Lesser, John R.; Wang, Yale; Caye, David; Rosenthal, Kristi; Garberich, Ross F.; Daniels, Mary; Schwartz, Robert S.

2016-01-01

Objective: The aim of this study was to understand the role of accessory renal arteries in resistant hypertension, and to establish their role in nonresponse to radiofrequency renal denervation (RDN) procedures. Background: Prior studies suggest a role for accessory renal arteries in hypertensive syndromes, and recent clinical trials of renal denervation report that these anomalies are highly prevalent in resistant hypertension. This study evaluated the relationships among resistant hypertension, accessory renal arteries, and the response to radiofrequency (RF) renal denervation. Methods: Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans from 58 patients with resistant hypertension undergoing RF renal denervation (RDN) were evaluated. Results were compared with CT scans in 57 healthy, normotensive subjects undergoing screening as possible renal transplant donors. All scans were carefully studied for accessory renal arteries, and were correlated with long term blood pressure reduction. Results: Accessory renal arteries were markedly more prevalent in the hypertensive patients than normotensive renal donors (59% vs 32% respectively, p = 0.004). RDN had an overall nonresponse rate of 29% (response rate 71%). Patients without accessory vessels had a borderline higher response rate to RDN than those with at least one accessory vessel (83% vs 62% respectively, p = 0.076) and a higher RDN response than patients with untreated accessory arteries (83% vs 55%; p = 0.040). For accessory renal arteries and nonresponse, the sensitivity was 76%, specificity 49%, with positive and negative predictive values 38% and 83% respectively. Conclusions: Accessory renal arteries were markedly over-represented in resistant hypertensives compared with healthy controls. While not all patients with accessory arteries were nonresponders, nonresponse was related to both the presence and non-treatment of accessory arteries. Addressing accessory renal arteries in

Sentidos de Vitória/Derrota para os Pais Segundo Atletas do Alto Rendimento

OpenAIRE

Amblard, Isabela; Cruz, Fatima Leite

2015-01-01

Este estudo compreendeu as representações sociais da vitória/derrota para os pais segundo atletas-adolescentes do esporte de alto rendimento, na cidade do Recife. A adolescência é compreendida a partir da Psicologia Social-histórica, e o embasamento teórico-metodológico da Teoria das Representações Sociais abordou os sujeitos em diferentes contextos socioculturais, lugares de pertencimento, experiências, crenças, saberes e sentimentos compartilhados. Adotou-se a perspectiva pluri metodológica...

Renal Sinus Fat Invasion and Tumoral Thrombosis of the Inferior Vena Cava-Renal Vein: Only Confined to Renal Cell Carcinoma

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Turker Acar

2014-01-01

Full Text Available Epithelioid angiomyolipoma (E-AML, accounting for 8% of renal angiomyolipoma, is usually associated with tuberous sclerosis (TS and demonstrates aggressive behavior. E-AML is macroscopically seen as a large infiltrative necrotic tumor with occasional extension into renal vein and/or inferior vena cava. However, without history of TS, renal sinus and venous invasion E-AML would be a challenging diagnosis, which may lead radiologists to misinterpret it as a renal cell carcinoma (RCC. In this case presentation, we aimed to report cross-sectional imaging findings of two cases diagnosed as E-AML and pathological correlation of these aforementioned masses mimicking RCC.

Renal artery pseudoaneurysm

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Luiz Inácio Roman

Full Text Available Abstract The renal artery pseudoaneurysm embody a rare vascular complication coming of percutaneous procedures, renal biopsy, nephrectomy, penetrating traumas and more rarely blunt traumas. The clinical can be vary according the patient, the haematuria is the symptom more commom. Is necessary a high level of clinical suspicion for your diagnosis, this can be elucidated by through complementary exams as the eco-color Doppler and the computed tomography scan (CT. This report is a case of a patient submitted a right percutaneous renal biopsy and that, after the procedure started with macroscopic haematuria, urinary tenesmus and hypogastric pain. The diagnosis of pseudoaneurysm was given after one week of evolution when the patient was hospitalized because gross haematuria, tachycardia, hypotension and hypochondrium pain. In the angiotomography revealed a focal dilation of the accessory right renal inferior polar artery, dilation of renal pelvis and all the ureteral course with presence hyperdenso material (clots inside the middle third of the ureter. The treatment for the majority of this cases are conservative, through arterial embolization, indicated for thouse of smaller dimensions in patients who are hemodynamically stable. However, it was decided by clinical treatment with aminocaproic acid 1 g, according to previous studies for therapy of haematuria. The patient received discharge without evidence of macroscopic haematuria and with normal renal ultrasound, following ambulatory care.

No effect of dietary fish oil on renal hemodynamics, tubular function, and renal functional reserve in long-term renal transplant recipients

DEFF Research Database (Denmark)

Hansen, J M; Løkkegaard, H; Høy, Carl-Erik

1995-01-01

Dietary supplementation with fish oil rich in n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids has been suggested to protect the kidney against cyclosporin A (CsA) toxicity. This study investigated the effects of a 10-wk dietary supplementation with fish oil on renal function and renal functional reserve in healt...... transplant recipients treated with a low maintenance dose of CsA had a well-preserved renal functional reserve, and dietary supplementation with fish oil in these patients did not improve renal function.......Dietary supplementation with fish oil rich in n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids has been suggested to protect the kidney against cyclosporin A (CsA) toxicity. This study investigated the effects of a 10-wk dietary supplementation with fish oil on renal function and renal functional reserve in healthy...... volunteers (N = 9) and two groups of stable long-term kidney-transplanted patients treated with maintenance low-dose CsA (3.0 +/- 0.6 mg/kg; N = 9) or without CsA (N = 9). After an overnight fast, the subjects were water loaded, and clearance studies were performed, postponing morning medication. GFR...

Ultrasonography in chronic renal failure

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Buturovic-Ponikvar, Jadranka; Visnar-Perovic, Alenka

2003-01-01

Many chronic renal diseases lead to the final common state of decrease in renal size, parenchymal atrophy, sclerosis and fibrosis. The ultrasound image show a smaller kidney, thinning of the parenchyma and its hyperechogenicity (reflecting sclerosis and fibrosis). The frequency of renal cysts increases with the progression of the disease. Ultrasound generally does not allow for the exact diagnosis of an underlying chronic disease (renal biopsy is usually required), but it can help to determine an irreversible disease, assess prognosis and avoid unnecessary diagnostic or therapeutic procedures. The main exception in which the ultrasound image does not show a smaller kidney with parenchymal atrophy is diabetic nephropathy, the leading cause of chronic and end-stage renal failure in developed countries in recent years. In this case, both renal size and parenchymal thickness are preserved until end-stage renal failure. Doppler study of intrarenal vessels can provide additional information about microvascular and parenchymal lesions, which is helpful in deciding for or against therapeutic intervention and timely planning for optimal renal replacement therapy option

Chemical Renal Denervation in the Rat

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

Consigny, Paul M., E-mail: paul.consigny@av.abbott.com; Davalian, Dariush, E-mail: dariush.davalian@av.abbott.com [Abbott Vascular, Innovation Incubator (United States); Donn, Rosy, E-mail: rosy.donn@av.abbott.com; Hu, Jie, E-mail: jie.hu@av.abbott.com [Abbott Vascular, Bioanalytical and Material Characterization (United States); Rieser, Matthew, E-mail: matthew.j.rieser@abbvie.com; Stolarik, DeAnne, E-mail: deanne.f.stolarik@abbvie.com [Abbvie, Analytical Pharmacology (United States)

2013-12-03

Introduction: The recent success of renal denervation in lowering blood pressure in drug-resistant hypertensive patients has stimulated interest in developing novel approaches to renal denervation including local drug/chemical delivery. The purpose of this study was to develop a rat model in which depletion of renal norepinephrine (NE) could be used to determine the efficacy of renal denervation after the delivery of a chemical to the periadventitial space of the renal artery. Methods: Renal denervation was performed on a single renal artery of 90 rats (n = 6 rats/group). The first study determined the time course of renal denervation after surgical stripping of a renal artery plus the topical application of phenol in alcohol. The second study determined the efficacy of periadventitial delivery of hypertonic saline, guanethidine, and salicylic acid. The final study determined the dose–response relationship for paclitaxel. In all studies, renal NE content was determined by liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry. Results: Renal NE was depleted 3 and 7 days after surgical denervation. Renal NE was also depleted by periadventitial delivery of all agents tested (hypertonic saline, salicylic acid, guanethidine, and paclitaxel). A dose response was observed after the application of 150 μL of 10{sup −5} M through 10{sup −2} M paclitaxel. Conclusion: We developed a rat model in which depletion of renal NE was used to determine the efficacy of renal denervation after perivascular renal artery drug/chemical delivery. We validated this model by demonstrating the efficacy of the neurotoxic agents hypertonic saline, salicylic acid, and guanethidine and increasing doses of paclitaxel.

Chemical Renal Denervation in the Rat

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Consigny, Paul M.; Davalian, Dariush; Donn, Rosy; Hu, Jie; Rieser, Matthew; Stolarik, DeAnne

2014-01-01

Introduction: The recent success of renal denervation in lowering blood pressure in drug-resistant hypertensive patients has stimulated interest in developing novel approaches to renal denervation including local drug/chemical delivery. The purpose of this study was to develop a rat model in which depletion of renal norepinephrine (NE) could be used to determine the efficacy of renal denervation after the delivery of a chemical to the periadventitial space of the renal artery. Methods: Renal denervation was performed on a single renal artery of 90 rats (n = 6 rats/group). The first study determined the time course of renal denervation after surgical stripping of a renal artery plus the topical application of phenol in alcohol. The second study determined the efficacy of periadventitial delivery of hypertonic saline, guanethidine, and salicylic acid. The final study determined the dose–response relationship for paclitaxel. In all studies, renal NE content was determined by liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry. Results: Renal NE was depleted 3 and 7 days after surgical denervation. Renal NE was also depleted by periadventitial delivery of all agents tested (hypertonic saline, salicylic acid, guanethidine, and paclitaxel). A dose response was observed after the application of 150 μL of 10 −5  M through 10 −2  M paclitaxel. Conclusion: We developed a rat model in which depletion of renal NE was used to determine the efficacy of renal denervation after perivascular renal artery drug/chemical delivery. We validated this model by demonstrating the efficacy of the neurotoxic agents hypertonic saline, salicylic acid, and guanethidine and increasing doses of paclitaxel

Renal cancer.

NARCIS (Netherlands)

Corgna, E.; Betti, M.; Gatta, G.; Roila, F.; Mulder, P.H.M. de

2007-01-01

In Europe, renal cancer (that is neoplasia of the kidney, renal pelvis or ureter (ICD-9 189 and ICD-10 C64-C66)) ranks as the seventh most common malignancy in men amongst whom there are 29,600 new cases each year (3.5% of all cancers). Tobacco, obesity and a diet poor in vegetables are all

Renal cancer

NARCIS (Netherlands)

Corgna, Enrichetta; Betti, Maura; Gatta, Gemma; Roila, Fausto; De Mulder, Pieter H. M.

2007-01-01

In Europe, renal cancer (that is neoplasia of the kidney, renal pelvis or ureter (ICD-9 189 and ICD-10 C64-C66)) ranks as the seventh most common malignancy in men amongst whom there are 29,600 new cases each year (3.5% of all cancers). Tobacco, obesity and a diet poor in vegetables are all

Renal osteodystrophy in non-dialysed patients with chronic renal failure

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Andresen, J.; Nielsen, H.E.

1980-01-01

Radiologic bone lesions in 92 non-dialysed patients with chronic renal failure are described. The bone disease increased with the severity of renal failure. In a prospective series of 20 patients progression of osteodystrophy and decrease in metacarpal bone mass were demonstrated. (Auth.)

Stages of Renal Cell Cancer

Science.gov (United States)

... Tumors Treatment Genetics of Kidney Cancer Research Renal Cell Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)–Patient Version General Information About Renal Cell Cancer Go to Health Professional Version Key Points Renal ...

Ultrasonography assessment of renal size and its correlation with body mass index in adults without known renal disease

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Raza, M.; Hameed, A.; Khan, M.I.

2012-01-01

Many conditions affect renal size. To evaluate abnormalities in renal size, knowledge of standardised values for normal renal dimensions is essential as it shows variability in the values of normal renal size depending on body size, age and ethnicity. Ultrasound, being an easily available, non-invasive, safe and less expensive modality, is widely used for evaluation of renal dimensions and repeated follow-ups. The objectives of this study were to determine renal size by ultrasound in adults without any known renal disease, and to determine the relationship of renal size with body mass index. Methods: Study was conducted in the Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Shifa International Hospital and PIMS Islamabad. Renal size was assessed by ultrasound in 4,035 adult subjects with normal serum creatinine and without any known renal disease, between November 2002 and December 2010. Renal length, width, thickness and volume were obtained and mean renal length and volume were correlated with body mass index and other factors like age, side, gender, weight and height of the subjects. Results: Mean renal length on right side was 101.6+-8.9 mm, renal width 42.7+-7.1 mm, and parenchymal thickness 14.4+-2.9 mm. On left side, mean renal length was 102.7+-9.2 mm, width 47.6+-7.0 mm, and parenchymal thickness 15.1+-3.1 mm. Mean renal volume on right was 99.8+-37.2 cm/sup 3/ and on left was 124.4+-41.3 cm/sup 3/. Left renal size was significantly larger than right in both genders. Relationship of mean renal length was significant when correlated with age, side, gender, height and weight, and body mass index. Renal volumes also showed a similar relationship with side, gender, height and weight, and body mass index; but with age such a relationship was seen only for left kidney. Conclusion: Pakistani population has mean renal size smaller than reference values available in international literature. Renal length and volume have a direct relationship with body mass index. Mean renal

Renal denervation prevents long-term sequelae of ischemic renal injury

Science.gov (United States)

Kim, Jinu; Padanilam, Babu J.

2014-01-01

Signals that drive interstitial fibrogenesis after renal ischemia reperfusion injury remain undefined. Sympathetic activation is manifest even in the early clinical stages of chronic kidney disease and is directly related to disease severity. A role for renal nerves in renal interstitial fibrogenesis in the setting of ischemia reperfusion injury has not been studied. In male 129S1/SvImJ mice, ischemia reperfusion injury induced tubulointerstitial fibrosis as indicated by collagen deposition and profibrotic protein expression 4 to 16 days after the injury.. Leukocyte influx, proinflammatory protein expression, oxidative stress, apoptosis, and cell cycle arrest at G2/M phase were enhanced after ischemia reperfusion injury. Renal denervation at the time of injury or up to 1 day post-injury improved histology, decreased proinflammatory/profibrotic responses and apoptosis, and prevented G2/M cell cycle arrest in the kidney. Treatment with afferent nerve-derived calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) or efferent nerve-derived norepinephrine in denervated and ischemia reperfusion injury-induced kidneys mimicked innervation, restored inflammation and fibrosis, induced G2/M arrest, and enhanced TGF-β1 activation. Blocking norepinephrine or CGRP function using respective receptor blockers prevented these effects. Consistent with the in vivo study, treatment with either norepinephrine or CGRP induced G2/M cell cycle arrest in HK-2 proximal tubule cells, whereas antagonists against their respective receptors prevented G2/M arrest. Thus, renal nerve stimulation is a primary mechanism and renal nerve-derived factors drive epithelial cell cycle arrest and the inflammatory cascade causing interstitial fibrogenesis after ischemia reperfusion injury. PMID:25207878

Renal damage detected by DMSA, despite normal renal ultrasound, in children with febrile UTI.

Science.gov (United States)

Bush, N C; Keays, M; Adams, C; Mizener, K; Pritzker, K; Smith, W; Traylor, J; Villanueva, C; Snodgrass, W T

2015-06-01

2011 American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines recommended renal-bladder ultrasound (RBUS) as the only evaluation after febrile urinary tract infection (FUTI) in infants aged 2-24 months. We determined the sensitivity, specificity, and false negative rate of RBUS to identify DMSA-detected renal damage in this age group as well as in older children. Consecutive patients referred to pediatric urology with a history of FUTI underwent DMSA ≥ 3 months after FUTI. Abnormal RBUS was defined as: Society of Fetal Urology hydronephrosis grades I-IV; hydroureter ≥ 7 mm; renal scar defined as focal parenchymal thinning; and/or size discrepancy ≥ 1 cm between kidneys. Abnormal DMSA was presence of any focal uptake defects and/or split renal function 24 months. RBUS had poor sensitivity (34%) and low positive predictive value (47%) to identify patients with renal damage. 99/149 (66%) children with renal damage on DMSA had normal RBUS. After FUTI, 66% of children with reduced renal function and/or renal cortical defects found by DMSA scintigraphy had a normal RBUS. Since abnormal DMSA may correlate with increased risk for VUR, recurrent FUTI and renal damage, our data suggest RBUS alone will fail to detect a significant proportion of patients at risk. The data suggest that imaging after FUTI should include acute RBUS and delayed DMSA, reserving VCUG for patients with abnormal DMSA and/or recurrent FUTI. Copyright © 2015 Journal of Pediatric Urology Company. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

CT diagnosis of simple renal cysts

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Nanakawa, Seito; Yasunaga, Tadamasa; Tsuchigame, Tadatoshi; Kawano, Shoji; Takahashi, Mutsumasa; Fukui, Koutaro.

1987-01-01

CT is indispensable in the evaluation of renal masses, providing noninvasive and clear transverse images. With wider clinical application of CT, renal cysts have been found more frequently. CT examinations on 500 patients, who underwent CT for the diagnosis of renal diseases except for renal cysts, have been reviewed and analysed. The incidence of renal cysts was 9.6 % without prediction for sexes, but the incidence and sizes of the cysts increased with the advancing age. The upper portion of the kidneys was more frequently involved, but there was no relationship between number, sex and age of the patients. Since renal cysts produce mass effect in the kidneys, understanding of the nature and incidence of the renal cysts is important in diagnosing renal mass lesions. (author)

Renal function after prolonged hypotensive anesthesia and surgery in dogs with reduced renal mass.

Science.gov (United States)

Stone, E A; Rawlings, C A; Finco, D R; Crowell, W A

1981-10-01

The effect of prolonged hypotensive anesthesia and surgery on renal function was studied in 8 dogs with decreased renal mass. Renal mass was reduced by unilateral nephrectomy and ligation of 4 of the 6 terminal renal artery branches of the opposite kidney. One week after reduction in renal mass, the dogs were azotemic with a serum urea nitrogen (SUN) value of 65.8 +/- 11.5 mg/dl. Glomerular filtration rate, as estimated by 14C-inulin clearance, was 0.66 +/- 0.19 ml/kg of body weight/hour. A mean arterial pressure of less than 75 mm of Hg was maintained for 4 hours in dogs given 2.3 +/- 0.7% halothane. An exploratory laparotomy lasting 1 hour was performed. The day after the hypotensive episode, 3 dogs began vomiting, became dehydrated, and had SUN values greater than 100 mg/dl. The SUN values returned to base-line values after the dogs were rehydrated. Eight days after the hypotensive episode, 14C-inulin clearance decreased 15.2 +/- 8.2% (P less than 0.005) compared with base-line clearance values. Light microscopic and electron microscopic observations of the kidneys did not demonstrate acute renal failure. Prolonged hypotensive anesthesia can cause a decrease in renal function, and may cause prerenal uremia and/or acute renal failure.

Renal vein oxygen saturation in renal artery stenosis

DEFF Research Database (Denmark)

Nielsen, K; Rehling, M; Henriksen, Jens Henrik Sahl

1992-01-01

Renal vein oxygen-saturation was measured in 56 patients with arterial hypertension and unilateral stenosis or occlusion of the renal artery. Oxygen-saturation in blood from the ischaemic kidney (84.4%, range 73-93%) was significantly higher than that from the 'normal' contralateral kidney (81...... than its blood flow. This is probably due to decreased filtration fraction and filtered sodium with subsequent reduction in absolute tubular re-absorption of sodium ions....

Renal artery anatomy affects the blood pressure response to renal denervation in patients with resistant hypertension.

Science.gov (United States)

Hering, Dagmara; Marusic, Petra; Walton, Antony S; Duval, Jacqueline; Lee, Rebecca; Sata, Yusuke; Krum, Henry; Lambert, Elisabeth; Peter, Karlheinz; Head, Geoff; Lambert, Gavin; Esler, Murray D; Schlaich, Markus P

2016-01-01

Renal denervation (RDN) has been shown to reduce blood pressure (BP), muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) and target organ damage in patients with resistant hypertension (RH) and bilateral single renal arteries. The safety and efficacy of RDN in patients with multiple renal arteries remains unclear. We measured office and 24-hour BP at baseline, 3 and 6 months following RDN in 91 patients with RH, including 65 patients with single renal arteries bilaterally (group 1), 16 patients with dual renal arteries on either one or both sides (group 2) and 10 patients with other anatomical constellations or structural abnormalities (group 3). Thirty nine out of 91 patients completed MSNA at baseline and follow-up. RDN significantly reduced office and daytime SBP in group 1 at both 3 and 6 months follow-up (Pkidney function in any group. While RDN can be performed safely irrespective of the underlying renal anatomy, the presence of single renal arteries with or without structural abnormalities is associated with a more pronounced BP and MSNA lowering effect than the presence of dual renal arteries in patients with RH. However, when patients with dual renal arteries received renal nerve ablation in all arteries there was trend towards a greater BP reduction. Insufficient renal sympathetic nerve ablation may account for these differences. Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

Respiratory Syncytial Virus Aggravates Renal Injury through Cytokines and Direct Renal Injury

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Songhui Zhai

2016-09-01

Full Text Available The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between renal injury and reinfection that is caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV and to analyze the mechanism of renal injury. Rats were repeatedly infected with RSV on days 4, 8, 14, and 28, then sacrificed and examined on day 56 after the primary infection. Renal injury was examined by transmission electron microscopy and histopathology. The F protein of RSV was detected in the renal tissue by indirect immunofluorescence. Proteinuria and urinary glycosaminoglycans (GAGs, serum levels of albumin, urea nitrogen, and creatinine, secretion of cytokines, T lymphocyte population and subsets, and dendritic cell (DC activation state were examined. The results showed that renal injury was more serious in the reinfection group than in the primary infection group. At a higher infection dose, 6×106 PFU, the renal injury was more severe, accompanied by higher levels of proteinuria and urinary GAGs excretion, and lower levels of serum albumin. Podocyte foot effacement was more extensive, and hyperplasia of mesangial cells and proliferation of mesangial matrix were observed. The maturation state of DCs was specific, compared with the primary infection. There was also a decrease in the ratio of CD4+ to CD8+T lymphocytes, due to an increase in the percentage of CD8+T lymphocytes and a decrease in the percentage of CD4+T lymphocytes, and a dramatic increase in the levels of IL-6 and IL-17. In terms of the different reinfection times, the day 14 reinfection group yielded the most serious renal injury and the most significant change in immune function. RSV F protein was still expressed in the glomeruli 56 days after RSV infection. Altogether, these results reveal that RSV infection could aggravate renal injury, which might be due to direct renal injury caused by RSV and the inflammatory lesions caused by the anti-virus response induced by RSV.

Estudio documental (2006-2013 sobre el autocuidado en el día a día del paciente con enfermedad renal crónica

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Ana Julia Carrillo Algarra

2013-09-01

Full Text Available Objetivo: Describir las actividades de autocuidado realizadas por los pacientes con enfermedad renal crónica (ERC que se encuentran en los diferentes tratamientos sustitutivos, reportadas en la literatura científica durante el período 2006 a 2013. Material y método: Estudio documental de corte cualitativo, en el cual se revisaron artículos originales de cualquier nacionalidad, publicados en español, inglés y portugués, indexados en las bases de datos: Elsevier Instituciones, ScienceDirect, Ciberindex, Nursing@Ovid, Ebsco Host, Pubmed Scielo, Lilacs, usando los descriptores autocuidado, cuidado de si, autogestión, ERC, hemodiálisis, diálisis peritoneal y trasplante renal. Para el análisis de los datos se utilizó el análisis de contenido. Resultados: Se seleccionaron ocho artículos que respondieron al objetivo del estudio, siete realizados en Brasil y uno en Canadá. Seis eran cualitativos. Todos realizados por Enfermeras, dos de ellos presentan explícitamente orientación teórica disciplinar. Promedio de publicación uno por año. Emergieron seis categorías: Mantenimiento y mejora de la aptitud/condición física; Mantenimiento y mejora del estado nutricional: comportamiento alimentario, Recreación como medida de autocuidado, Protección y mantenimiento de la función de la fistula arteriovenosa, Uso de terapia farmacológica como medida de autocuidado y Desde la experiencia y la construcción del conocimiento: algunas prácticas autocuidado. Conclusiones: Mantenimiento de la condición física y del estado nutricional fueron las actividades de autocuidado que emergieron con mayor relevancia. En la producción científica del autocuidado en pacientes con ERC en tratamientos sustitutivos, se resalta el liderazgo enfermero, pero se evidencia baja producción, especialmente en países en vía de desarrollo.

Effects of adenosine infusion into renal interstitium on renal hemodynamics

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Pawlowska, D.; Granger, J.P.; Knox, F.G.

1987-01-01

This study was designed to investigate the hemodynamic effects of exogenous adenosine in the interstitium of the rat kidney. Adenosine or its analogues were infused into the renal interstitium by means of chronically implanted capsules. In fusion of adenosine decreased glomerular filtration rate (GFR) from 0.81 +/- 0.06 to 0.37 +/- 0.06 ml/min while having no effect on renal blood flow (RBF). The metabolically stable analogue, 2-chloradenosine (2-ClAdo), decreased GFR from 0.73 +/- 0.07 to 021 +/- 0.06 ml/min. Interstitial infusion of theophylline, an adenosine receptor antagonist, completely abolished the effects of adenosine and 2-ClAdo on GFR. The distribution of adenosine, when infused into the renal interstitium, was determined using radiolabeled 5'-(N-ethyl)-carboxamidoadenosine (NECA), a metabolically stable adenosine agonist. After continuous infusion, [ 3 H]NECA was distributed throughout the kidney. The effects of NECA to reduce GFR were similar to those of adenosine and 2-ClAdo. They conclude that increased levels of adenosine in the renal interstitium markedly decrease GFR without affecting RBF in steady-state conditions. The marked effects of adenosine agonists during their infusion into the renal interstitium and the complete blockade of these effects by theophylline suggest an extracellular action of adenosine

Índice de resistividade renal como preditor da revascularização renal para hipertensão renovascular Índice de resistividad renal como predictor de la revascularización renal para hipertensión renovascular Renal resistance index predicting outcome of renal revascularization for renovascular hypertension

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Simone N. Santos

2010-04-01

Full Text Available FUNDAMENTO: A estenose arterial renal (EAR é uma causa potencialmente reversível de hipertensão arterial sistêmica (HAS e nefropatia isquêmica. Apesar da revascularização bem sucedida, nem todos os pacientes (pt apresentam melhora clínica e alguns podem piorar. OBJETIVO: O presente estudo se destina a avaliar o valor do índice de resistividade renal (IR como preditor dos efeitos da revascularização renal. MÉTODOS: Entre janeiro de 1998 e fevereiro de 2001, 2.933 pacientes foram submetidos ao duplex ultrassom renal. 106 desses pacientes apresentaram EAR significativa e foram submetidos a angiografia e revascularização renal. A pressão arterial (PA foi medida antes e depois da intervenção, em intervalos de até 2 anos e as medicações prescritas foram registradas. Antes da revascularização, o IR foi medido em 3 locais do rim, sendo obtida uma média dessas medições. RESULTADOS: Dos 106 pacientes, 81 tiveram IR80. A EAR foi corrigida somente por angioplastia (PTA em 25 pts, PTA + stent em 56 pts e cirurgicamente em 25 pts. Dos pacientes que se beneficiaram da revascularização renal; 57 dos 81 pacientes com IR 80. Usando um modelo de regressão logística múltipla, o IR esteve significativamente associado à evolução da PA (p = 0,001, ajustado de acordo com os efeitos da idade, sexo, PAS, PAD, duração da hipertensão, o tipo de revascularização, número de fármacos em uso, nível de creatinina, presença de diabete melito, hipercolesterolemia, volume sistólico, doença arterial periférica e coronariana e tamanho renal (OR 99,6-95%CI para OR 6,1-1.621,2. CONCLUSÃO: A resistividade intrarrenal arterial, medida por duplex ultrassom, desempenha um papel importante na predição dos efeitos pós revascularização renal para EAR.FUNDAMENTO: La estenosis arterial renal (EAR es una causa potencialmente reversible de hipertensión arterial sistémica (HAS y nefropatía isquémica. Pese a que la revascularización sea

Role of RENAL nephrometry scoring system in planning surgical intervention in patients with localized renal mas

OpenAIRE

Mohamed Samir Shaaban; Tamer Mohammed Abou Youssif; Ahmed Mostafa; Hossam Eldin Hegazy; Mohammed Adel Atta

2015-01-01

Purpose: The study was designed to validate the value of preoperative planning using RENAL nephrometry scoring system in patients having organ confined renal tumors and undergoing surgical intervention and to assess its correlation with the surgical technique. Patient and methods: Forty patients with organ-confined renal masses underwent RENAL nephrometry scoring which was correlated with the surgical technique either radical or nephron-sparing surgery. Result: RENAL nephrometry scoring...

Ultrasound scan in the diagnosis of neonatal renal candidiasis; Ecografia en el diagnostico de la candidiasis renal neonatal

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

Muro, D.; Sanguesa, C.; Torres, D.; Berbel, O.; Andres, V. [Hospital Infantil La Fe. Valencia (Spain)

2003-07-01

To describe the most pertinent echographic findings regarding systemic and renal candidiasis in high-risk neonates. Echographic findings and clinical histories of 40 neonates in the neonatal intensive care unit were retrospectively analyzed. Thirty-eight presented systemic candidiasis with renal participation, while two showed only renal candidiasis. Ultrasound scans were performed using 7.5 MHz probes. Alterations in renal echo structure, presence of echogenic material without acoustic shadowing in the excretory system (mycetoma), presence of lithiasis, pyonephrosis and associated renal malformations were all evaluated. Ten patients presented renal alterations in ultrasound scan. Six children had originally shown increased eye-catching in the renal parenchyma which was resolved after medical treatment. Four children presented renal mycetoma, and in two there were renal malformations. Both of these exhibited a profile for pyonephrosis. One patient with renal mycetoma without urological abnormalities developed a lithiasis. Surgical intervention was unnecessary in all cases. The most common echographic findings in immature high-risk low-weight patients with systemic and renal candidiasis were alterations in the eye-catching of renal parenchyma and the presence of mycetoma. (Author) 22 refs.

Three-dimensional renal CT angiography for guiding segmental renal artery clamping during laparoscopic partial nephrectomy

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Xu, Yi; Shao, Pengfei; Zhu, Xiaomei; Lv, Qiang; Liu, Wangyan; Xu, Hai; Zhu, Yinsu; Yang, Guangyu; Tang, Lijun; Yin, Changjun

2013-01-01

Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of three-dimensional (3D) renal computed tomography angiography (CTA) in guiding segmental renal artery clamping during laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN). Materials and methods: Forty-three patients with renal tumours undergoing renal CTA before LPN were retrospectively enrolled in this study. 3D arteriogram reconstructed images were created to identify the renal tumour-supplying arteries. The number and location of these targeted vessels were annotated on 3D images preoperatively and compared with the clamped vessels during LPN. The consistency between target vessels annotated at CTA and clamped arteries at LPN was compared both using a patient-based analysis and vessel-based analysis. The χ 2 test was applied to analyse the influence of tumour size, location, and growth pattern on the number of clamped segmental renal branches. Results: On patient-based analysis, the number of targeted vessels was consistent with the clamped vessels during LPN in 33 of 43 patients. On vessel-based analysis, 56 of 65 target vessels annotated at CTA were clamped during LPN. More segmental renal branches (p = 0.04) were clamped in patients with tumours of larger size. Tumour location and growth pattern had no association with the number of clamped segmental branches during LPN. Conclusion: High-quality CTA images and 3D reconstruction images can detect detailed information of tumour-supplying arteries to renal tumours. 3D renal CTA is an effective way to guide segmental renal artery clamping during LPN

Impaired renal allograft function is associated with increased arterial stiffness in renal transplant recipients

DEFF Research Database (Denmark)

Kneifel, M; Scholze, A; Burkert, A

2006-01-01

It is important whether impairment of renal allograft function may deteriorate arterial stiffness in renal transplant recipients. In a cross-sectional study, arterial vascular characteristics were non-invasively determined in 48 patients with renal allograft using applanation tonometry and digital...

Renal involvement in behcet's disease

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Ardalan, Mohammad Reza; Noshad, Hamid; Sadreddini, Shahram; Ebrahimi, Aliasghar; Molaeefard, Mahsheed; Somi, Mohammad Hossein; Shoja, Mohammadali Mohajel

2009-01-01

There are conflicting reports about the renal involvement in Behcet's disease (BD). In this study we aimed to study the frequency and type of renal involvement in a group of patients with BD in Azerbaijan province that is one of the prevalent areas of BD in Iran. All cases of BD were prospectively followed between June 2004 and January 2007, and evaluated for renal dys-function (serum creatinine > 1.7 mg/dL), glomerular hematuria and proteinuria. Those patients with proteinuria > 500 mg/day and serum creatinine level > 2 mg/dL, underwent renal biopsy. From a total number of 100 patients, six patients (6%) had obvious renal involvements. Four patients had glomerular hematuria and proteinuria. Renal biopsy in two of them revealed measangial proliferative glumerulonephritis with IgA deposit in one of them and membranoproliferative glumerolonephritis in another one. Two remaining patients had serum creatinine > 2 mg/dL without any hematuria or proteinuria. Serologic study for viral agents and collagen vascular disease were negative in all patients with renal involvements. In conclusion, renal involvement in BD is not infrequent, although in most cases it is mild in nature and may be missed. (author)

Tratamiento de la psicomotricidad en el segundo ciclo de la educación infantil

OpenAIRE

Lasaga Rodríguez, María José; Campos Mesa, María del Carmen; Ries, Francis

2013-01-01

Con nuestra investigación pretendemos conocer el tratamiento que recibe la psicomotricidad en el segundo ciclo de la Educación Infantil, desde la opinión de los maestros que se encuentran desarrollando esta profesión. Para ello hemos pasado un cuestionario desde el año 2005 al 2011 a una muestra de 76 sujetos. Tras los resultados obtenidos podemos concluir que los maestros que imparten docencia en el grado de Educación Infantil consideran importante el trabajo de psicomotricidad en sus clase...

Algunas observaciones sobre la religión y su lenguaje en el segundo Wittgenstein

OpenAIRE

Ortega Álvarez, Manuel

2009-01-01

A partir de las tesis referentes al lenguaje en las Investigaciones filosóficas, se analiza la manera en que Wittgenstein comprende el lenguaje religioso, especialmente en las Lecciones y conversaciones sobre estética, psicología y creencia religiosa. Al final del artículo se sostiene que el pluralismo que le otorga el segundo Wittgenstein al lenguaje, puede ser un elemento que favorezca un discurso religioso-teológico inclusivo y plural, en continua revisión y cambio, y en diálogo constante ...

Construyendo un segundo idioma. El constructivismo y la enseñanza del L2

OpenAIRE

Kathleen Corrales Wade

2009-01-01

Desde los últimos 30 años del siglo XX, la enseñanza de un segundo idioma ha experimentado muchos cambios debido a la nueva conceptualización de lo que constituye una lengua y la nueva manera de ver el conocimiento y su procesamiento en la mente humana. Hoy en día, el enfoque comunicativo en el proceso de enseñanza y aprendizaje de una segunda lengua es tan aceptado como el modelo educativo constructivista del conocimiento en la educación general. Sin embargo, muy pocas veces se han equiparad...

Diagnosis of renal disease in rabbits.

Science.gov (United States)

Harcourt-Brown, Frances Margaret

2013-01-01

There are differences in renal anatomy and physiology between rabbits and other domestic species. Neurogenic renal ischemia occurs readily. Reversible prerenal azotemia may be seen in conjunction with gut stasis. Potentially fatal acute renal failure may be due to structural kidney damage or post-renal disease. Chronic renal failure is often associated with encephalitozoonosis. Affected rabbits cannot vomit and often eat well. Weight loss, lethargy, and cachexia are common clinical signs. Polydypsia/polyuria may be present. Derangements in calcium and phosphorus metabolism are features of renal disease. Radiography is always indicated. Urolithiasis, osteosclerosis, aortic and renal calcification are easily seen on radiographs. Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Renal denervation in a patient with Alport syndrome and rejected renal allograft

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Narayana Raju

2015-12-01

Full Text Available Renal denervation is a new intervention to treat resistant hypertension. By applying radiofrequency (RF to renal arteries, sympathetic nerves in adventitia layer of vascular wall can be denervated. Sympathetic hyperactivity is an important contributory factor in hypertension of hemodialysis patients. Hyperactive sympathetic nervous system aggravates hypertension and it can cause complications like left ventricular hypertrophy, heart failure, arrhythmias and atherogenesis. Our report illustrates the use of renal denervation using conventional RF catheter for uncontrolled hypertension in a patient with Alport syndrome and rejected renal allograft. Progressive and sustained reduction of blood pressure was obtained post-procedure and at 24 months follow-up with antihypertensives decreased from 6 to 2 per day, thereby demonstrating the safety, feasibility, and efficacy of the procedure. There are some reports available on the usefulness of this technique in hemodialysis patients; however, there are no studies of renal denervation in patients with Alport syndrome and failed allograft situation.

Renal denervation in a patient with Alport syndrome and rejected renal allograft.

Science.gov (United States)

Raju, Narayana; Lloyd, Vincent; Yalagudri, Sachin; Das, Bharati; Ravikishore, A G

2015-12-01

Renal denervation is a new intervention to treat resistant hypertension. By applying radiofrequency (RF) to renal arteries, sympathetic nerves in adventitia layer of vascular wall can be denervated. Sympathetic hyperactivity is an important contributory factor in hypertension of hemodialysis patients. Hyperactive sympathetic nervous system aggravates hypertension and it can cause complications like left ventricular hypertrophy, heart failure, arrhythmias and atherogenesis. Our report illustrates the use of renal denervation using conventional RF catheter for uncontrolled hypertension in a patient with Alport syndrome and rejected renal allograft. Progressive and sustained reduction of blood pressure was obtained post-procedure and at 24 months follow-up with antihypertensives decreased from 6 to 2 per day, thereby demonstrating the safety, feasibility, and efficacy of the procedure. There are some reports available on the usefulness of this technique in hemodialysis patients; however, there are no studies of renal denervation in patients with Alport syndrome and failed allograft situation. Copyright © 2015 Cardiological Society of India. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Radionuclide renal dynamic and function study

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Guan Liang

1991-01-01

The radionuclide dynamic and function study, glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and effective renal plasma flow (ERPF) were reported in 14 cases of renal and ureteral calculi patients before and after extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL). In 12 cases with normal renal blood flow, within 3 months after ESWL, the GFR of shock and non-shock side decreased with different extent, while the individual ERPF had little change. In 5 cases followed up 1 year after ESWL, the individual GFR and ERPF were normal. In 2 cases of severe renal function insufficiency, there was no improvement in renal function in shock side, after 5 months and 1 year, the renal function was still at low level. Thereby it is considered that ESWL is not suitable for the renal calculi patients with severe renal function insufficiency

Avaliação de probiótico na alimentação de poedeiras comerciais no segundo ciclo de postura

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

R.V. Nunes

2013-02-01

Full Text Available Avaliou-se o efeito da inclusão de probiótico sobre o desempenho e a qualidade dos ovos de poedeiras semipesadas no segundo ciclo de postura. Foram utilizadas 450 aves com 69 semanas de idade, distribuídas aleatoriamente em um delineamento inteiramente ao acaso, em cinco tratamentos, seis repetições e 15 aves por unidade experimental. A ração experimental foi à base de milho e farelo de soja e suplementada com probiótico composto por Lactobacillus acidophilus, Streptococcus faecium e Bifidobacterium bifidum. O experimento teve a duração de 16 semanas e foi dividido em quatro períodos de 28 dias cada, nos quais as aves receberam cinco rações experimentais contendo diferentes porcentagens de inclusão de probiótico, 0; 0,05; 0,10; 0,15 e 0,20%. Não foi observado efeito (P>0,05 da inclusão de probiótico sobre o desempenho e a qualidade dos ovos de galinhas poedeiras no segundo ciclo de postura. A inclusão de 0,10% de probiótico influenciou negativamente a gravidade específica dos ovos. A utilização de probiótico para galinhas no segundo ciclo de postura não interfere na produção e na qualidade dos ovos.

Superselective renal artery embolization with lipiodol and absolute alcohol emulsion for renal tumor

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Yu Miao; Li Jiakai; Sun Minglu; Wang Huixian

2008-01-01

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of the renal arterial embolization with lipidol and absolute alcohol emulsion in the treatment of renal tumors. Methods: The superselective renal arterial embolization by using coaxial-cathaterization with infusion of lipiodol and absolute alcohol (in proportion of 2 :1) emulsion was performed in twenty patients with malignant and benign kidney tumors. 4 weeks later, the renal arteriography was taken routinely and repeated embolization was performed in case of necessary; and follow up was carried out periodically. Results: The imaging findings showed thorough tumor necrosis and feeding vessel abruption in 18 cases after one session of treatment. The volume of tumors decreased more than a half in 13 patients (82.25%, 13/18) associated with a well-distributed lipidol inside the tumors. The second session of treatment was performed in other 2 patients and the clinical symptoms relieved obviously. Conclusions: The superselective renal artery embolization with lipidol and absolute alcohol emulsion can permanently embolize all tumor feeding arteries in capillary vessel level with maximum reservation of renal function, providing definitively efficacy and worthwhile to be recommended widely. (authors)

Bilateral papillary renal cell carcinoma

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Gossios, K.; Vazakas, P.; Argyropoulou, M.; Stefanaki, S.; Stavropoulos, N.E.

2001-01-01

Papillary renal cell carcinoma is a subgroup of malignant renal epithelial neoplasms. We report the clinical and imaging findings of a case with multifocal and bilateral renal cell carcinoma which are nonspecific. (orig.)

Blunt renal trauma in children: healing of renal injuries and recommendations for imaging follow-up

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Abdalati, H.; Bulas, D.I.; Sivit, C.J.; Majd, M.; Rushton, H.G.; Eichelberger, M.R.

1994-01-01

Initial CT grading of renal injury was correlated with the frequency of complications and the time course of healing in 35 children. All renal contusions (grade 1, 8) and small parenchymal lacerations (grade 2, 8) healed without complications. All lacerations extending to the collecting system (grade 3, 9) resulted in mild to severe loss of renal function with progressive healing over 4 months. One of four segmental infarcts (grade 4 A), and five of six vascular pedicle injuries (grade 4 B) resulted in severe loss of renal function. Complications, including urinoma (2), sepsis (1), hydronephrosis (1), and persistent hypertension (2), were limited to grade 3 and 4 injuries. Our results suggest that mild renal injuries do not require follow-up imaging. Major renal lacerations and vascular pedicle injuries, however, often result in loss of renal function and should be followed up closely due to the risk of delayed complications. Follow-up examinations should continue for 3-4 months until healing is documented. (orig.)

Renal contrast-enhanced MR angiography: timing errors and accurate depiction of renal artery origins.

Science.gov (United States)

Schmidt, Maria A; Morgan, Robert

2008-10-01

To investigate bolus timing artifacts that impair depiction of renal arteries at contrast material-enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) angiography and to determine the effect of contrast agent infusion rates on artifact generation. Renal contrast-enhanced MR angiography was simulated for a variety of infusion schemes, assuming both correct and incorrect timing between data acquisition and contrast agent injection. In addition, the ethics committee approved the retrospective evaluation of clinical breath-hold renal contrast-enhanced MR angiographic studies obtained with automated detection of contrast agent arrival. Twenty-two studies were evaluated for their ability to depict the origin of renal arteries in patent vessels and for any signs of timing errors. Simulations showed that a completely artifactual stenosis or an artifactual overestimation of an existing stenosis at the renal artery origin can be caused by timing errors of the order of 5 seconds in examinations performed with contrast agent infusion rates compatible with or higher than those of hand injections. Lower infusion rates make the studies more likely to accurately depict the origin of the renal arteries. In approximately one-third of all clinical examinations, different contrast agent uptake rates were detected on the left and right sides of the body, and thus allowed us to confirm that it is often impossible to optimize depiction of both renal arteries. In three renal arteries, a signal void was found at the origin in a patent vessel, and delayed contrast agent arrival was confirmed. Computer simulations and clinical examinations showed that timing errors impair the accurate depiction of renal artery origins. (c) RSNA, 2008.

Renal embolic protection devices improve blood flow after stenting for atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis.

Science.gov (United States)

Paul, Timir K; Lee, John H; White, Christopher J

2012-11-15

We sought to measure angiographic renal frame counts (RFC), as a quantitative angiographic assessment of renal blood flow, to evaluate microvascular compromise due to atheroembolism associated with RAS. Atheroembolism associated with renal artery stenting (RAS) has been implicated as a cause for worsening renal function following successful intervention. Use of a distal embolic protection device (EPD) during RAS has been shown to be safe with debris capture in a high percentage of cases. However, objective benefit for renal function with EPD has been difficult to demonstrate. A control group of 30 consecutive patients (33 kidneys) who underwent RAS without EPD were compared with 33 consecutive patients (33 kidneys) who underwent RAS with EPD using RFC measurement. The prestent and poststent mean RFC for the control group was 30.4 ± 12.1 vs. 23.7 ± 9.9 (P = 0.002) and for the EPD group it was 42.6 ± 12.6 vs. 28.3 ± 9.2 (P renal blood flow, manifested by a greater reduction of the RFC (Δ RFC) 14.2 ± 15.2 vs. 6.7 ± 11.7 (P = 0.03) compared with the control group. The use of an EPD was associated with a much larger improvement in renal blood flow (lower RFC) following RAS. This suggests that EPD's may be effective in preventing renal atheroembolic injury and that a controlled trial measuring the impact of EPD's on renal blood flow following RAS should be performed. Copyright © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Pacientes transplantados renais: análise de associação dos diagnósticos de enfermagem Pacientes trasplantados renales: análisis de asociación de los diagnósticos enfermeros Kidney transplanted patients: nursing diagnoses association analysis

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Ana Luisa Brandão de Carvalho Lira

2010-03-01

Full Text Available A insuficiência renal crônica é uma doença com sérias implicações físicas, psicológicas e sócio-econômicas para o paciente. O transplante renal proporciona qualidade de vida aos renais crônicos. O objetivo desse estudo é analisar as associações entre os diagnósticos de enfermagem, os fatores relacionados e as características definidoras presentes em pacientes transplantados renais de um hospital universitário. Um estudo transversal de caráter exploratório e descritivo foi desenvolvido com 58 pacientes entre os meses de dezembro de 2004 e abril de 2005. Os instrumentos de coleta de dados foram: roteiros de entrevista e exame físico. Os resultados mostraram associações entre Padrão de sono perturbado e Disfunção sexual, Padrão de sono perturbado e Padrões de sexualidade ineficazes, Disfunção sexual e Padrões de sexualidade ineficazes. Conclui-se que o estudo contribuiu para a identificação de diagnósticos de enfermagem relacionados a características específicas destes pacientes.La insuficiencia renal crónica es una enfermedad con serias implicaciones físicas, psicológicas y socio-económicas para el paciente. El trasplante renal proporciona calidad de vida a los renales crónicos. El objetivo de ese estudio es analizar las asociaciones entre los diagnósticos enfermeros, los factores relacionados y las características definitorias presentes en pacientes trasplantados renales de un hospital universitario. Un estudio transversal de carácter exploratorio y descriptivo ha sido performado con 58 pacientes entre los meses de diciembre de 2004 y abril de 2005. Los instrumentos de recogida de datos fueron: guión de entrevista y examen físico. Los resultados mostraron asociaciones entre Deterioro del patrón de sueño y Disfunción sexual, Deterioro del patrón de sueño y Patrones sexuales inefectivos, Disfunción sexual y Patrones sexuales inefectivos. Se concluye que el estudio aportó para la identificaci

Hypogonadism and renal failure: An update.

Science.gov (United States)

Thirumavalavan, Nannan; Wilken, Nathan A; Ramasamy, Ranjith

2015-01-01

The prevalence of both hypogonadism and renal failure is increasing. Hypogonadism in men with renal failure carries with it significant morbidity, including anemia and premature cardiovascular disease. It remains unclear whether testosterone therapy can affect the morbidity and mortality associated with renal failure. As such, in this review, we sought to evaluate the current literature addressing hypogonadism and testosterone replacement, specifically in men with renal failure. The articles chosen for this review were selected by performing a broad search using Pubmed, Embase and Scopus including the terms hypogonadism and renal failure from 1990 to the present. This review is based on both primary sources as well as review articles. Hypogonadism in renal failure has a multifactorial etiology, including co-morbid conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, old age and obesity. Renal failure can lead to decreased luteinizing hormone production and decreased prolactin clearance that could impair testosterone production. Given the increasing prevalence of hypogonadism and the potential morbidity associated with hypogonadism in men with renal failure, careful evaluation of serum testosterone would be valuable. Testosterone replacement therapy should be considered in men with symptomatic hypogonadism and renal failure, and may ameliorate some of the morbidity associated with renal failure. Patients with all stages of renal disease are at an increased risk of hypogonadism that could be associated with significant morbidity. Testosterone replacement therapy may reduce some of the morbidity of renal failure, although it carries risk.

Validación del KDRI/KPDI para la selección de donantes renales con criterios expandidos

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Raimundo M García del Moral Martín

2018-05-01

Full Text Available Resumen: Introducción: El KDRI y su variante KDPI son dos herramientas utilizadas para la valoración del donante renal. Se ha propuesto la utilidad del KDPI como sustituto/complementario a la biopsia renal preimplantación. Estos scores no están validados en España. Objetivo: 1 Investigar la concordancia entre los scores KDPI e histológico (biopsia renal preimplantación, y 2 valorar la relación entre el KDRI, KDPI y la puntuación histológica sobre la supervivencia del injerto, en donantes con criterios expandidos (ECD. Metodología: Estudio de cohortes, unicéntrico, retrospectivo desde el 1 de enero de 1998 hasta el 31 de diciembre de 2010. Resultados: Se reclutaron 120 donantes y 220 biopsias preimplantación. Ciento cuarenta y cuatro (65,5% injertos fueron aptos para trasplante. Setenta y seis (34,5% fueron descartados. Tiempo medio de seguimiento 6,4 años (ds 3,9. Edad media de los donantes 63,1 años (ds 8,2, varones (145; 65,9%, no diabéticos (191; 86,8% y sin otros factores de riesgo cardiovascular (173; 78,6%. Causa de muerte mayoritaria ACV hemorrágico (153; 69,5%. La puntuación KDPI media entre los grupos riñón válido (1,56/89; ds 0,22 y no válido (1,66/93; ds 0,15 es estadísticamente significativa (p < 0,01. El KDPI mostró una concordancia y correlación moderadas con el score histológico (AUC 0,64/coeficiente de correlación 0,24, p < 0,01. Los scores KDPI (HR 24,3, p < 0,01 y KDRI (HR 23,3, p < 0,01 están relacionados con la supervivencia del injerto en el análisis multivariante. Conclusión: 1 Los scores KDPI e histológico presentan una concordancia moderada. 2 Las puntuaciones KDPI, y sobre todo KDRI, son válidas para estimar la supervivencia de los injertos y pueden ser utilizadas de forma combinada con la biopsia para la toma de decisiones individualizadas en el grupo de donantes con criterios expandidos. Abstract: Introduction: KDRI / KDPI are tools use in kidney donor evaluation. It has been proposed as

The valuation of 99Tcm-DMSA renal cortical scintigraphy for prediction of renal scarring in children with acute pyelonephritis

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Zhao Ruifang; Ji Zhiying; Lv Xiaomei; Wu Ha; Li Yiwei; Gu Fanlei; Zhao Xiaofei

2009-01-01

Objective: Acute pyelonephritis (APN) is a common infectious disease in childhood. APN may result in ineversible renal scarring. 99 Tc m -dimercaptsuccinic (DMSA) renal cortical scintigraphy was reported to be highly sensitive and specific for detection APN and renal scarring. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of renal scarring in a group of children with APN and to evaluate the relative factors at risk of scarring using 99 Tc m -DMSA renal cortical scintigraphy. Methods: One hundred and eighteen patients (44 males, 74 females, age range: 1 month to 14 years) with APN underwent DMSA renal cortical scan before treatment and six month after treatment to identify renal damage and renal scarring. The degree of renal damage was divided to grade I to IV. A directed radionuclide cystography (DRC) was performed in 72 cases to evaluate vesicoureteric reflux (VUR). Statistical analysis between all those relative factors was performed using Spearman grading relational analysis. The software was SPSS 11.5. Results: The follow-up renal cortical scan revealed that 79 normal kidneys on first scan remained normal; of 64 kidneys with grade I damage, 7.81% (5/64) developed renal scar; of 51 kidneys with grade II, 49.02% (25/51) developed renal scar; of 19 with grade III, 68.42% (13/19) developed renal scar; of 23 with grade IV, 100.00% (23/23) developed renal scar. There was a significant relationship between the incidence of renal scar on follow-up and the grade of renal damage on first scan (r=0.877, P<0.01). VUR was found in 54.17% (78/144) per renal unit. Only 4.55% (3/66) of those with non-refluxing ureters developed renal scars on follow-up. One of four patients with mild-refluxing ureters developed renal scars. 46.51% (20/43) of those with moderate-refluxing ureters developed renal scars. 87.10% (27/31) of those with severe-refluxing ureters developed renal scars. There was a significant relationship between the incidence of renal scarring in follow-up and

Relationship between renal hemodynamic status and aging in patients without diabetes evaluated by renal Doppler ultrasonography.

Science.gov (United States)

Kawai, Tatsuo; Kamide, Kei; Onishi, Miyuki; Hongyo, Kazuhiro; Yamamoto-Hanasaki, Hiroko; Oguro, Ryosuke; Maekawa, Yoshihiro; Yamamoto, Koichi; Takeya, Yasushi; Sugimoto, Ken; Ohishi, Mitsuru; Rakugi, Hiromi

2012-10-01

Aging is well known as one of the major causes of a reduced glomerular filtration rate (GFR). The resistive index (RI) measured by renal Doppler ultrasonography (RDU) is thought to be a good indicator of renal vascular resistance induced by arteriosclerosis. In this study, we investigated whether RI could be used to evaluate the pathogenesis of renal damage or the mechanisms of reduction of renal function by aging. We investigated the correlation between RI and multiple clinical parameters and the influence of aging on the renal hemodynamic status of 194 in-patients (mean age 66.2 years) who underwent RDU at our hospital between February 2009 and July 2010. RI was significantly correlated with the age, estimated GFR (eGFR), diastolic blood pressure, pulse pressure, and degree of albuminuria. Subjects aged ≥75 years showed a significantly higher correlation coefficient between eGFR and RI. RI showed a stronger correlation with age in subjects aged ≥75 years compared to eGFR. The present study showed that renal vascular resistance and intra-renal arteriosclerosis had a greater impact on renal function in older than younger subjects, reflecting the possible mechanisms of renal function reduction due to aging.

Renal hemodynamics and renin-angiotensin system activity in humans with multifocal renal artery fibromuscular dysplasia.

Science.gov (United States)

van Twist, Daan J L; Houben, Alphons J H M; de Haan, Michiel W; de Leeuw, Peter W; Kroon, Abraham A

2016-06-01

Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) is the second most common cause of renovascular hypertension. Nonetheless, knowledge on the renal microvasculature and renin-angiotensin system (RAS) activity in kidneys with FMD is scarce. Given the fairly good results of revascularization, we hypothesized that the renal microvasculature and RAS are relatively spared in kidneys with FMD. In 58 hypertensive patients with multifocal renal artery FMD (off medication) and 116 matched controls with essential hypertension, we measured renal blood flow (Xenon washout method) per kidney and drew blood samples from the aorta and both renal veins to determine renin secretion and glomerular filtration rate per kidney. We found that renal blood flow and glomerular filtration rate in FMD were comparable to those in controls. Although systemic renin levels were somewhat higher in FMD, renal renin secretion was not elevated. Moreover, in patients with unilateral FMD, no differences between the affected and unaffected kidney were observed with regard to renal blood flow, glomerular filtration rate, or renin secretion. In men, renin levels and renin secretion were higher as compared with women. The renal blood flow response to RAS modulation (by intrarenal infusion of angiotensin II, angiotensin-(1-7), an angiotensin II type 1 receptor blocker, or a nitric oxide synthase blocker) was also comparable between FMD and controls. Renal blood flow, glomerular filtration, and the response to vasoactive substances in kidneys with multifocal FMD are comparable to patients with essential hypertension, suggesting that microvascular function is relatively spared. Renin secretion was not increased and the response to RAS modulation was not affected in kidneys with FMD.

CD47 regulates renal tubular epithelial cell self-renewal and proliferation following renal ischemia reperfusion.

Science.gov (United States)

Rogers, Natasha M; Zhang, Zheng J; Wang, Jiao-Jing; Thomson, Angus W; Isenberg, Jeffrey S

2016-08-01

Defects in renal tubular epithelial cell repair contribute to renal ischemia reperfusion injury, cause acute kidney damage, and promote chronic renal disease. The matricellular protein thrombospondin-1 and its receptor CD47 are involved in experimental renal ischemia reperfusion injury, although the role of this interaction in renal recovery is unknown. We found upregulation of self-renewal genes (transcription factors Oct4, Sox2, Klf4 and cMyc) in the kidney of CD47(-/-) mice after ischemia reperfusion injury. Wild-type animals had minimal self-renewal gene expression, both before and after injury. Suggestive of cell autonomy, CD47(-/-) renal tubular epithelial cells were found to increase expression of the self-renewal genes. This correlated with enhanced proliferative capacity compared with cells from wild-type mice. Exogenous thrombospondin-1 inhibited self-renewal gene expression in renal tubular epithelial cells from wild-type but not CD47(-/-) mice, and this was associated with decreased proliferation. Treatment of renal tubular epithelial cells with a CD47 blocking antibody or CD47-targeting small interfering RNA increased expression of some self-renewal transcription factors and promoted cell proliferation. In a syngeneic kidney transplant model, treatment with a CD47 blocking antibody increased self-renewal transcription factor expression, decreased tissue damage, and improved renal function compared with that in control mice. Thus, thrombospondin-1 via CD47 inhibits renal tubular epithelial cell recovery after ischemia reperfusion injury through inhibition of proliferation/self-renewal. Copyright © 2016 International Society of Nephrology. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Renal hemodynamics in uranyl acetate-induced acute renal failure of rabbits

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Sudo, M.; Honda, N.; Hishida, A.; Nagase, M.

1977-01-01

The role of renal hemodynamic alterations in the curtailment of renal function was studied in rabbits with uranyl acetate-induced acute renal failure. The day following the i.v. injection of uranyl acetate (2 mg/kg of body wt), renal blood flow (RBF) and clearance of creatinine (Ccr) decreased to approximately 60 and 20% of controls, respectively. Intracortical fractional flow distribution, estimated by radioactive microsphere method, did not change. The extraction ratio of para-aminohippurate (EPAH) decreased and the renal extraction of sodium (CNa/Ccr) increased, with minimal structural change in the kidney. Urine output increased two to three times that of the control. After three days oliguria appeared despite complete recovery of RBF. The zonal flow redistributed toward the deep cortex. CCr and EPAH reached their minimums, concomitantly with tubular necrosis and intratubular casts. After seven days animals could be divided into the oliguric and diuretic groups. CCr and EPAH were higher in the diuretic group, while there was no significant difference in RBF and the flow distribution between groups. Regeneration of damaged tubular cells was found in the diuretic group but not in the oliguric group. The findings suggest the minor roles of RBF and the intracortical flow distribution, and a fundamental role of back leakage of filtrate across damaged tubular epithelium in the maintenance of reduced CCR and urine output during the oliguric stage in rabbits with uranyl acetate-induced renal failure

Invasive assessment of renal artery atherosclerotic disease and resistant hypertension before renal sympathetic denervation.

Science.gov (United States)

Ribichini, Flavio; Pighi, Michele; Zivelonghi, Carlo; Gambaro, Alessia; Valvo, Enrico; Lupo, Antonio; Vassanelli, Corrado

2013-01-01

Renal sympathetic denervation (RSD) is emerging as a new therapeutic option for patients with severe hypertension refractory to medical therapy. The presence of a renal artery stenosis may be both a cause of secondary hypertension and a contraindication to RSD if a renal artery stent is implanted; therefore, the definition of the functional importance of a renal artery stenosis in a patient with refractory hypertension is crucial. We describe the imaging and functional intravascular assessment of an angiographically severe stenosis of the renal artery in a patient with severe refractory hypertension, by means of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), and measurement of the translesional pressure gradient with a pressure wire. Pressure wire examination excluded any severity of the stenosis, and IVUS showed the presence of a dissected plaque that resolved spontaneously after 3 months of intensive medical therapy and high-dose statin. Subsequently the patient was treated with RSD, achieving a significant effect on blood pressure control. Intravascular imaging and functional assessment of renal artery anatomy in patients with atherosclerotic disease may prove particularly suited to patients with refractory hypertension and multilevel vascular disease who are considered for endovascular therapies, either renal artery stenting or RSD.

A bioartificial renal tubule device embedding human renal stem/progenitor cells.

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Anna Giovanna Sciancalepore

Full Text Available We present a bio-inspired renal microdevice that resembles the in vivo structure of a kidney proximal tubule. For the first time, a population of tubular adult renal stem/progenitor cells (ARPCs was embedded into a microsystem to create a bioengineered renal tubule. These cells have both multipotent differentiation abilities and an extraordinary capacity for injured renal cell regeneration. Therefore, ARPCs may be considered a promising tool for promoting regenerative processes in the kidney to treat acute and chronic renal injury. Here ARPCs were grown to confluence and exposed to a laminar fluid shear stress into the chip, in order to induce a functional cell polarization. Exposing ARPCs to fluid shear stress in the chip led the aquaporin-2 transporter to localize at their apical region and the Na(+K(+ATPase pump at their basolateral portion, in contrast to statically cultured ARPCs. A recovery of urea and creatinine of (20±5% and (13±5%, respectively, was obtained by the device. The microengineered biochip here-proposed might be an innovative "lab-on-a-chip" platform to investigate in vitro ARPCs behaviour or to test drugs for therapeutic and toxicological responses.

Renal pelvic calculi and neoplasm. New indication for treatment of asymptomatic renal pelvic calculi?

DEFF Research Database (Denmark)

Vibitis, H; Jørgensen, J B

1990-01-01

Metaplasia of the renal pelvis caused by chronic irritation, calculi, infection is a reversible pre-malignant condition. The application of ESWL on renal calculi as a safe treatment in relation to metaplasia is discussed and a case history is presented.......Metaplasia of the renal pelvis caused by chronic irritation, calculi, infection is a reversible pre-malignant condition. The application of ESWL on renal calculi as a safe treatment in relation to metaplasia is discussed and a case history is presented....

Retrograde Renal Cooling to Minimize Ischemia

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Janet L. Colli

2013-01-01

Full Text Available Objective: During partial nephrectomy, renal hypothermia has been shown to decrease ischemia induced renal damage which occurs from renal hilar clamping. In this study we investigate the infusion rate required to safely cool the entire renal unit in a porcine model using retrograde irrigation of iced saline via dual-lumen ureteral catheter. Materials and Methods: Renal cortical, renal medullary, bowel and rectal temperatures during retrograde cooling in a laparoscopic porcine model were monitored in six renal units. Iced normal saline was infused at 300 cc/hour, 600 cc/hour, 1000 cc/hour and gravity (800 cc/hour for 600 seconds with and without hilar clamping. Results: Retrograde cooling with hilar clamping provided rapid medullary renal cooling and significant hypothermia of the medulla and cortex at infusion rates ≥ 600 cc/hour. With hilar clamping, cortical temperatures decreased at -0.9° C/min. reaching a threshold temperature of 26.9° C, and medullary temperatures decreased at -0.90 C/min. reaching a temperature of 26.1° C over 600 seconds on average for combined data at infusion rates ≥ 600 cc/hour. The lowest renal temperatures were achieved with gravity infusion. Without renal hilum clamping, retrograde cooling was minimal at all infusion rates. Conclusions: Significant renal cooling by gravity infusion of iced cold saline via a duel lumen catheter with a clamped renal hilum was achieved in a porcine model. Continuous retrograde irrigation with iced saline via a two way ureteral catheter may be an effective method to induce renal hypothermia in patients undergoing robotic assisted and/or laparoscopic partial nephrectomy.

Accessory renal arteries: Prevalence in resistant hypertension and an important role in nonresponse to radiofrequency renal denervation.

Science.gov (United States)

VonAchen, Paige; Hamann, Jason; Houghland, Thomas; Lesser, John R; Wang, Yale; Caye, David; Rosenthal, Kristi; Garberich, Ross F; Daniels, Mary; Schwartz, Robert S

The aim of this study was to understand the role of accessory renal arteries in resistant hypertension, and to establish their role in nonresponse to radiofrequency renal denervation (RDN) procedures. Prior studies suggest a role for accessory renal arteries in hypertensive syndromes, and recent clinical trials of renal denervation report that these anomalies are highly prevalent in resistant hypertension. This study evaluated the relationships among resistant hypertension, accessory renal arteries, and the response to radiofrequency (RF) renal denervation. Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans from 58 patients with resistant hypertension undergoing RF renal denervation (RDN) were evaluated. Results were compared with CT scans in 57 healthy, normotensive subjects undergoing screening as possible renal transplant donors. All scans were carefully studied for accessory renal arteries, and were correlated with long term blood pressure reduction. Accessory renal arteries were markedly more prevalent in the hypertensive patients than normotensive renal donors (59% vs 32% respectively, p=0.004). RDN had an overall nonresponse rate of 29% (response rate 71%). Patients without accessory vessels had a borderline higher response rate to RDN than those with at least one accessory vessel (83% vs 62% respectively, p=0.076) and a higher RDN response than patients with untreated accessory arteries (83% vs 55%; p=0.040). For accessory renal arteries and nonresponse, the sensitivity was 76%, specificity 49%, with positive and negative predictive values 38% and 83% respectively. Accessory renal arteries were markedly over-represented in resistant hypertensives compared with healthy controls. While not all patients with accessory arteries were nonresponders, nonresponse was related to both the presence and non-treatment of accessory arteries. Addressing accessory renal arteries in future clinical trials may improve RDN therapeutic efficacy

The pulsatility index and the resistive index in renal arteries in patients with hypertension and chronic renal failure

DEFF Research Database (Denmark)

Petersen, L J; Petersen, J R; Ladefoged, S D

1995-01-01

The pulsatility index (PI) and the resistive index (RI) are used as pulsed-wave Doppler measurement of downstream renal artery resistance. Little information is available on their value in chronic renal failure and their correlation to parameters of renal function and haemodynamics. The aim...... was to compare PI and RI of renal arteries in healthy volunteers and in patients with hypertension and chronic renal failure, and furthermore to study the correlation of these indices to measurements of renal haemodynamics and function by standard methods in patients with renal failure and hypertension....

The dark side of the kidney in cardio-renal syndrome: renal venous hypertension and congestive kidney failure.

Science.gov (United States)

Di Nicolò, Pierpaolo

2018-03-01

Renal involvement in some forms of acute or chronic diseases, such as heart failure or sepsis, presents with a complex pathophysiological basis that is not always clearly distinguishable. In these clinical settings, kidney failure is traditionally and almost exclusively attributed to renal hypoperfusion and it is commonly accepted that causal elements are pre-renal, such as a reduction in the ejection fraction or absolute or relative hypovolemia acting directly on oxygen transport mechanisms and renal autoregulation systems, causing a reduction of glomerular filtration rate. Nevertheless, the concept emerging from accumulating clinical and experimental evidence is that in complex clinical pictures, kidney failure is strongly linked to the hemodynamic alterations occurring in the renal venous micro and macrocirculation. Accordingly, the transmission of the increased venous pressure to the renal venous compartment and the consequent increasing renal afterload has a pivotal role in determining and sustaining the kidney damage. The aim of this review was to clarify the physiopathological aspects of the link between worsening renal function and renal venous hypertension, analyzing the prognostic and therapeutic implications of the so-called congestive kidney failure in cardio-renal syndrome and in other clinical contexts of its possible onset.

Purinergic Signalling in Inflammatory Renal Disease

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Nishkantha eArulkumaran

2013-07-01

Full Text Available Extracellular purines have a role in renal physiology and adaption to inflammation. However, inflammatory renal disease may be mediated by extracellular purines, resulting in renal injury. The role of purinergic signalling is dependent on the concentrations of extracellular purines. Low basal levels of purines are important in normal homeostasis and growth. Concentrations of extracellular purines are significantly elevated during inflammation and mediate either an adaptive role or propagate local inflammation. Adenosine signalling mediates alterations in regional renal blood flow by regulation of the renal microcirculation, tubulo-glomerular feedback, and tubular transport of sodium and water. Increased extracellular ATP and renal P2 receptor-mediated inflammation are associated with various renal diseases, including hypertension, diabetic nephropathy, and glomerulonephritis. Experimental data suggests P2 receptor deficiency or receptor antagonism is associated with amelioration of antibody-mediated nephritis, suggesting a pathogenic (rather than adaptive role of purinergic signalling. We discuss the role of extracellular nucleotides in adaptation to ischaemic renal injury and in the pathogenesis of inflammatory renal disease.

Renal denervation: Results of a single-center cohort study; Renale Denervation. Ergebnisse einer Single-Center Kohortenstudie

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

Luetkens, J.A.; Thomas, D.; Doerner, J.; Schild, H.H.; Naehle, C.P. [Bonn Univ. (Germany). Dept. of Radiology; Wilhelm, K. [Johanniter Hospital, Bonn (Germany). Dept. of Radiology; Duesing, R. [Hypertension Center, Bonn (Germany); Woitas, R.P.; Hundt, F. [Bonn Univ. (Germany). Dept. of Internal Medicine I

2015-01-15

To investigate the effect of renal denervation on office-based and 24-h ambulatory blood pressure measurements (ABPM) in a highly selective patient population with drug-resistant hypertension. Patients with drug resistant hypertension eligible for renal denervation were included in the study population. Office blood pressure and ABPM were assessed prior to and after renal denervation. To detect procedure related renal or renal artery damage, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and angiography (MRA) were performed pre-interventional, one day post-interventional, and one month after renal denervation. Mean follow-up time between renal denervation and blood pressure re-assessment was 9.5 ± 3.9 months. Between August 2011 and March 2013, 17 patients prospectively underwent renal denervation. Pre-interventional mean office blood pressure and ABPM were 177.3 ± 20.3/103.8 ± 20.4 mmHg and 155.2 ± 20.5/93.7 ± 14.5 mmHg, respectively. Post-interventional, office blood pressure was significantly reduced to 144.7 ± 14.9/89.5 ± 12.1 (p < 0.05). ABPM values remained unchanged (147.9 ± 20.3/90.3 ± 15.6, p > 0.05). The number of prescribed antihypertensive drugs was unchanged after renal denervation (4.7 ± 2.0 vs. 4.2 ± 1.2, p = 0.18). No renovascular complications were detected in follow-up MRI. After renal denervation, no significant decrease in ABPM was observed. These results may indicate a limited impact of renal denervation for drug resistant hypertension.

Renal nerves and nNOS

DEFF Research Database (Denmark)

Kompanowska-Jezierska, Elzbieta; Wolff, Helle; Kuczeriszka, Marta

2008-01-01

). This was tested by NaLoad after chronic renal denervation with and without inhibition of nNOS by S-methyl-thiocitrulline (SMTC). In addition, the acute effects of renal denervation on MABP and sodium balance were assessed. Rats were investigated in the conscious, catheterized state, in metabolic cages...... of acutely and chronically denervated rats were less than control (15% and 9%, respectively, P reduced by renal denervation (14.5 +/- 0.2 vs. 19.3 +/- 1.3 mIU/l, P reduced...... PRC (P sodium excretion six-fold, irrespective of renal denervation and SMTC. The metabolic data demonstrated that renal denervation lowered sodium balance during the first days after denervation (P

Renal myogenic constriction protects the kidney from age-related hypertensive renal damage in the Fawn-Hooded rat

NARCIS (Netherlands)

Vavrinec, Peter; Henning, Robert H.; Goris, Maaike; Landheer, Sjoerd W.; Buikema, Hendrik; van Dokkum, Richard P. E.

Introduction:Intact myogenic constriction plays a role in renal blood flow autoregulation and protection against pressure-related (renal) injury. However, to what extent alterations in renal artery myogenic constriction are involved in development of renal damage during aging is unknown. Therefore,

Studies on renal function in the elderly by analysis of radioisotope renal images

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Ohishi, Yukihiko

1990-01-01

This study was carried out to evaluate the potential of radionuclide renal imagings for examining senile renal function in a total of 178 subjects. Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with Tc-99m-dimercaptosuccinic acid (Tc-DMSA) was performed in the senile group (60-87 years) and in the adult group to determine renal uptake rate of Tc-DMSA and renal volume. Renography studies with I-131 hippuran (n=100) and Tc-99m diethylentriaminepentaacetic acid (Tc-DTPA) (n=20) were also performed for deconvolution analysis. Mean transit time (MTT) was mainly assessed as one of the retention function parameters. Blood residual rates (R15%) at fifteen minutes were also investigated. Renal volume and renal uptake rate for healthy persons were significantly lower in the senile group (n=17) than the adult group (n=24), 205±50 ml vs 225±27 ml; and 22±5% vs 26±2%. I-133 hippuran renography in healthy persons (n=35) showed a tendency toward higher MTT values with aging; however, there was no significant difference among age groups. R15%, obtained by I-133 hippuran renograms, tended to be higher with aging in age groups of persons younger than 70 years. A decreased number of effective nephrons was considered to result in higher R15% values even when aged persons had normal MTT values of I-131 hippuran. Split renal function values for healthy persons, calculated by the two radionuclide imagings, were lower in the senile group than the adult group, suggesting the usefulness of radionuclide imagings in renal function examination. (N.K.)

Cigarette smoking and cardio-renal events in patients with atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis.

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Christopher A Drummond

Full Text Available Cigarette smoking causes cardiovascular disease and is associated with poor kidney function in individuals with diabetes mellitus and primary kidney diseases. However, the association of smoking on patients with atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis has not been studied. The current study utilized data from the Cardiovascular Outcomes in Renal Atherosclerotic Lesions (CORAL, NCT00081731 clinical trial to evaluate the effects of smoking on the risk of cardio-renal events and kidney function in this population. Baseline data showed that smokers (n = 277 out of 931 were significantly younger at enrollment than non-smokers (63.3±9.1 years vs 72.4±7.8 years; p<0.001. In addition, patients who smoke were also more likely to have bilateral renal artery stenoses and peripheral vascular disease (PVD. Longitudinal analysis showed that smokers experienced composite endpoint events (defined as first occurrence of: stroke; cardiovascular or renal death; myocardial infarction; hospitalization for congestive heart failure; permanent renal replacement; and progressive renal insufficiency defined as 30% reduction of GFR from baseline sustained for ≥ 60 days at a substantially younger age compared to non-smokers (67.1±9.0 versus 76.1±7.9, p<0.001. Using linear regression and generalized linear modeling analysis controlled by age, sex, and ethnicity, smokers had significantly higher cystatin C levels (1.3±0.7 vs 1.2±0.9, p<0.01 whereas creatinine and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR were not different from non-smokers. From these data we conclude that smoking has a significant association with deleterious cardio-renal outcomes in patients with renovascular hypertension.

Renal imaging in paediatrics

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Porn, U.; Hahn, K.; Fischer, S.

2003-01-01

The most frequent renal diseases in paediatrics include urinary tract infections, hydronephrosis, kidney anomalies and reflux. The main reason for performing DMSA scintigraphy in paediatrics is the detection of cortical abnormalities related to urinary tract infection. Because the amount of tracer retained in the tubular cells is associated with the distribution of functioning renal parenchyma in the kidney, it is possible, to evaluate the split renal function. In comparison to ultrasound and intravenous urography the sensitivity in the detection of acute as well as chronic inflammatory changes is very high, however less specific. An indication for a renography in neonates and children is beside an estimation of the total renal function and the calculation of the split renal function, the assessment of renal drainage in patients with unclear dilatation of the collecting system in ultrasound. The analysis of the time activity curve provides, especially for follow-up studies, a reproducible method to assess the urinary outflow. The diuretic scintigraphy allows the detection of urinary obstruction. Subsequently it is possible to image the micturition phase to detect vesico-ureteric reflux (indirect MCU) after drainage of tracer from the renal pelvis. An reflux in the ureters or the pelvicalyceal system is visible on the scintigraphic images and can be confirmed by time activity curves. A more invasive technique is the direct isotope cystography with bladder catheterization. The present paper should give an overview about the role of nuclear medicine in paediatric urology. (orig.) [de

Live Donor Renal Anatomic Asymmetry and Posttransplant Renal Function.

Science.gov (United States)

Tanriover, Bekir; Fernandez, Sonalis; Campenot, Eric S; Newhouse, Jeffrey H; Oyfe, Irina; Mohan, Prince; Sandikci, Burhaneddin; Radhakrishnan, Jai; Wexler, Jennifer J; Carroll, Maureen A; Sharif, Sairah; Cohen, David J; Ratner, Lloyd E; Hardy, Mark A

2015-08-01

Relationship between live donor renal anatomic asymmetry and posttransplant recipient function has not been studied extensively. We analyzed 96 live kidney donors, who had anatomical asymmetry (>10% renal length and/or volume difference calculated from computerized tomography angiograms) and their matching recipients. Split function differences (SFD) were quantified with technetium-dimercaptosuccinic acid renography. Implantation biopsies at time 0 were semiquantitatively scored. A comprehensive model using donor renal volume adjusted to recipient weight (Vol/Wgt), SFD, and biopsy score was used to predict recipient estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) at 1 year. Primary analysis consisted of a logistic regression model of outcome (odds of developing eGFR>60 mL/min/1.73 m(2) at 1 year), a linear regression model of outcome (predicting recipient eGFR at one-year, using the chronic kidney disease-epidemiology collaboration formula), and a Monte Carlo simulation based on the linear regression model (N=10,000 iterations). In the study cohort, the mean Vol/Wgt and eGFR at 1 year were 2.04 mL/kg and 60.4 mL/min/1.73 m(2), respectively. Volume and split ratios between 2 donor kidneys were strongly correlated (r = 0.79, P 10%) were not different (P = 0.190). On multivariate models, only Vol/Wgt was significantly associated with higher odds of having eGFR > 60 mL/min/1.73 m (odds ratio, 8.94, 95% CI 2.47-32.25, P = 0.001) and had a strong discriminatory power in predicting the risk of eGFR less than 60 mL/min/1.73 m(2) at 1 year [receiver operating curve (ROC curve), 0.78, 95% CI, 0.68-0.89]. In the presence of donor renal anatomic asymmetry, Vol/Wgt appears to be a major determinant of recipient renal function at 1 year after transplantation. Renography can be replaced with CT volume calculation in estimating split renal function.

Renal failure in patients with multiple myeloma.

Science.gov (United States)

Almueilo, Samir H

2015-01-01

Renal dysfunction is encountered in 20-25% of patients with multiple myeloma (MM) at the time of diagnosis. There is often a precipitating event. Several biochemical and clinical correlations with renal failure in MM have been reported. Renal failure in MM is associated with worse outcome of the disease. We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of 64 patients with MM admitted to our institution during the period January 1992 to December 2012. Abnormal renal function was observed in 24 (37.5%) patients and 17 (26.6%) of them had renal failure; 14 of the 17 (82.4%) of patients with renal failure had Stage III MM. Urine Bence- Jones protein was positive in ten (58.8%) patients with renal failure versus ten (21.3%) patients without renal failure (P = 0.004). Potential precipitating factors of renal failure were determined in nine patients. Renal function normalized in 11 patients with simple measures, while six patients required hemodialysis; one remained dialysis dependent till time of death. Early mortality occurred in five (29.4%) patients with renal failure as compared with two (4.3%) patients in the group without renal failure (P = 0.005). In conclusion, renal failure is associated with a higher tumor burden and Bence-Jones proteinuria in patients with MM. It is reversible in the majority of patients; however, early mortality tends to be higher in patients with persistent renal failure.

Renal vasculitis presenting with acute kidney injury.

Science.gov (United States)

Villacorta, Javier; Diaz-Crespo, Francisco; Acevedo, Mercedes; Cavero, Teresa; Guerrero, Carmen; Praga, Manuel; Fernandez-Juarez, Gema

2017-06-01

Renal failure secondary to ANCA-associated vasculitis represents a clinical and therapeutic challenge. In this study, we aimed to assess the treatment response rates and long-term outcomes of vasculitis patients presenting with renal failure. This retrospective study included 151 patients with renal vasculitis from three hospitals who underwent a renal biopsy between 1997 and 2014. Patients with renal failure which required dialysis at the onset were compared to those presenting with more preserved renal function. The primary end point was treatment response and patient surivival. Patients with severe renal involvement had a lower response to treatment compared to those having preserved renal function (26.6 versus 93.4%; p renal recovery (41.6 versus 12.5%; p = 0.05). A higher incidence of severe infections was observed among patients with severe renal involvement (38.4 versus 18.1%, p = 0.01). The mortality rate was significantly higher among vasculitis patients presenting with renal failure (53.8 versus 22.2%, p = 0.001). Global survival at 1 and 5 years was 60 and 47% in patients requiring dialysis compared with 90 and 80% among those with more preserved renal function (p renal dysfunction represents an independent risk factor for patient survival in renal vasculitis. Patients requiring dialysis associate a lower response rate to immunosuppressive therapy and a higher incidence of severe infections.

Several issues regarding evaluation of renal injury and renal insufficiency in patients with liver disease

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

HAO Kunyan

2016-07-01

Full Text Available In patients with liver disease such as viral hepatitis and liver cirrhosis, renal injury and renal insufficiency can be generally classified as acute kidney injury (AKI, chronic kidney disease, and acute-on-chronic nephropathy. AKI can be classified as stage 1 (risk stage, stage 2 (injury stage, and stage 3 (failure stage. Traditionally hepatorenal syndrome is classified as types Ⅰ and Ⅱ, and in recent years, type Ⅲ hepatorenal syndrome with organic renal injury has been proposed. Hepatorenal disorder(HRD is used to describe any renal disease which occurs in patients with liver cirrhosis. At present, sensitive and accurate biochemical parameters used to evaluate renal function in patients with liver disease in clinical practice include estimated glomerular filtration rate, increase in serum creatinine within unit time, and serum cystatin C level, and urinary microalbumin level also plays an important role in the early diagnosis of nephropathy. Causes of liver disease, severity, complications including infection, nutritional status, therapeutic drugs, and underlying nephropathy may be associated with renal injury and renal insufficiency in patients with liver disease and should be differentiated.

A case of septic pulmonary embolism associated with renal abscess mimicking pulmonary metastases of renal malignancy

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Jung, Jo sung; Lee, Sang Mi; Kim, Han Jo; Jang, Si-Hyong; Lee, Jeong Won

2014-01-01

We report the case of a 46-year-old woman with acute febrile symptom who had multiple pulmonary nodules and a renal mass. She underwent 18 F-fluorode-oxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) to find a hidden malignancy and the cause of her fever. FDG PET/CT images demonstrated a renal mass and multiple lung nodules with intense FDG uptake, which was suspicious of a renal malignancy with multiple pulmonary metastatic lesions. CT-guided biopsies of the pulmonary and renal lesions only showed chronic inflammatory infiltrates without evidence of malignancy. She was diagnosed with septic pulmonary embolism from a renal abscess. One month after antibiotic treatment, the follow-up chest and abdomen CT showed improvement of the lung and renal lesions. This is the first case demonstrating the FDG PET/CT finding of septic pulmonary embolism associated with renal abscess in the published literature. (author)

Changes of renal sinus fat and renal parenchymal fat during an 18-month randomized weight loss trial.

Science.gov (United States)

Zelicha, Hila; Schwarzfuchs, Dan; Shelef, Ilan; Gepner, Yftach; Tsaban, Gal; Tene, Lilac; Yaskolka Meir, Anat; Bilitzky, Avital; Komy, Oded; Cohen, Noa; Bril, Nitzan; Rein, Michal; Serfaty, Dana; Kenigsbuch, Shira; Chassidim, Yoash; Sarusi, Benjamin; Thiery, Joachim; Ceglarek, Uta; Stumvoll, Michael; Blüher, Matthias; Haviv, Yosef S; Stampfer, Meir J; Rudich, Assaf; Shai, Iris

2018-08-01

Data regarding the role of kidney adiposity, its clinical implications, and its dynamics during weight-loss are sparse. We investigated the effect of long-term weight-loss induced intervention diets on dynamics of renal-sinus-fat, an ectopic fat depot, and %renal-parenchymal-fat, lipid accumulation within the renal parenchyma. We randomized 278 participants with abdominal obesity/dyslipidemia to low-fat or Mediterranean/low-carbohydrate diets, with or without exercise. We quantified renal-sinus-fat and %renal-parenchymal-fat by whole body magnetic-resonance-imaging. Participants (age = 48 years; 89% men; body-mass-index = 31 kg/m 2 ) had 86% retention to the trial after 18 months. Both increased renal-sinus-fat and %renal-parenchymal-fat were directly associated with hypertension, and with higher abdominal deep-subcutaneous-adipose-tissue and visceral-adipose-tissue (p of trend vs. baseline) but not %renal-parenchymal-fat (-1.7%; p = 0.13 vs. baseline) significantly decreased, and similarly across the intervention groups. Renal-sinus-fat and %renal-parenchymal-fat changes were correlated with weight-loss per-se (p < 0.05). In a model adjusted for age, sex, and visceral-adipose-tissue changes, 18 months reduction in renal-sinus-fat associated with decreased pancreatic, hepatic and cardiac fats (p < 0.05 for all) and with decreased cholesterol/high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-c) (β = 0.13; p = 0.05), triglycerides/HDL-c (β = 0.13; p = 0.05), insulin (β = 0.12; p = 0.05) and gamma glutamyl transpeptidase (β = 0.24; p = 0.001), but not with improved renal function parameters or blood pressure. Decreased intake of sodium was associated with a reduction in %renal-parenchymal-fat, after adjustment for 18 months weight-loss (β = 0.15; p = 0.026) and hypertension (β = 0.14; p = 0.04). Renal-sinus-fat and renal-parenchymal-fat are fairly related to weight-loss. Decreased renal-sinus-fat is associated with improved hepatic

Renal endothelial function and blood flow predict the individual susceptibility to adriamycin-induced renal damage

NARCIS (Netherlands)

Ochodnicky, Peter; Henning, Robert H.; Buikema, Hendrik; Kluppel, Alex C. A.; van Wattum, Marjolein; de Zeeuw, Dick; van Dokkum, Richard P. E.

Background. Susceptibility to renal injury varies among individuals. Previously, we found that individual endothelial function of healthy renal arteries in vitro predicted severity of renal damage after 5/6 nephrectomy. Here we hypothesized that individual differences in endothelial function in

CT differentiation of renal tumor invading parenchyma and pelvis: renal cell carcinoma vs transitional cell carcinoma

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Lee, Chang Hee; Cho, Seong Beum; Park, Cheol Min; Cha, In Ho; Chung, Kyoo Byung

1994-01-01

The differentiation between renal cell carcinoma(RCC) and transitional cell carcinoma(TCC) is important due to the different methods of treatment and prognosis. But occasionally it is difficult to draw a distinction between the two diseases when renal parenchyma and renal collecting systems are invaded simultaneously. We reviewed CT scans of 37 cases of renal cell carcinoma and 12 cases of transitional cell carcinoma which showed involvement of renal parenchyma and renal sinus fat on CT. Retrospective analysis was performed by 3 abdominal radiologists. Check points were renal contour bulging or reinform shape, location of mass center, intact parenchyma overlying the tumor, cystic change, calcification, LN metastasis, vessel invasion, and perirenal extention. There were renal contour bulging due to the tumor mass in 33 out of 37 cases of renal cell carcinoma, where a and nine of 12 cases of transitional cell carcinoma maintained the reinform appearance. This is significant statiscal difference between the two(P<0.005). Center of all TCCs were located in the renal sinus, and 24 out of 35 cases of RCC were located in the cortex(P<0.005). Thirty-six out of 37 cases of RCC lost the overlying parenchyma, where as 4 out of 9 cases of well enhanced TCC had intact overlying parenchyma(P<0.005) RCC showed uptic change within the tumor mags in 31 cases which was significanity higher than the 4 cases in TCC(P<0.05). CT findings of renal cell carcinoma are contour bulging, peripheral location, obliteration of parenchyma, and cystic change. Findings of transitional cell carcinoma are reinform appearance, central location within the kidney, intact overlying parenchyma, and rare cystic change

Renal artery anatomy assessed by quantitative analysis of selective renal angiography in 1,000 patients with hypertension.

Science.gov (United States)

Lauder, Lucas; Ewen, Sebastian; Tzafriri, Abraham Rami; Edelman, Elazer Reuven; Lüscher, Thomas Felix; Blankenstijn, Peter J; Dörr, Oliver; Schlaich, Markus; Sharif, Faisal; Voskuil, Michiel; Zeller, Thomas; Ukena, Christian; Scheller, Bruno; Böhm, Michael; Mahfoud, Felix

2018-05-20

With increasing attention to renovascular causes and targets for hypertension there arises a critical need for more detailed knowledge of renal arterial anatomy. However, a standardised nomenclature is lacking. The present study sought to develop a standardised nomenclature for renal anatomy considering the complexity and variation of the renal arterial tree and to assess the applicability of the nomenclature. One thousand hypertensive patients underwent invasive selective renal artery angiography in nine centres. Further, renovasography was performed in 249 healthy swine as a surrogate for normotensive anatomy. Anatomical parameters were assessed by quantitative vascular analysis. Patients' mean blood pressure was 168/90±26/17 mmHg. The right main renal artery was longer than the left (41±15 mm vs. 35±13 mm, prenal arteries and renal artery disease were documented in 22% and 9% of the patients, respectively. Other than exhibiting a longer left main renal artery in uncontrolled hypertensives (+2.7 mm, p=0.034) there was no anatomical difference between patients with controlled and uncontrolled hypertension. Main renal artery mean diameter was smaller in patients with impaired kidney function (GFR Renal arterial anatomy differs between sides but shows no difference between patients with and without blood pressure control. Impaired GFR was associated with small main renal artery diameter.

Renal dynamic scintigraphy in renal graft evaluation; Cintilografia renal dinamica na avaliacao do transplante renal

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

Cervo, Marco Antonio Cadorna; Amarante Junior, Jose Luiz de Medeiros; Souza, Ricardo Alberto Manhaes de; Evangelista, Maria Gardenia; Cavalcante, Carlos Alberto Provasi; Neder, Jacqueline de Roure e; Espinola, Ircania Jorge [Hospital Naval Marcilio Dias, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil). Servico de Medicina Nuclear

1996-12-31

The goal of this was to describe the use of the dynamic renal scintigraphy in patients grafted. The authors described the scintigraphy method utilised and results were discussed 8 refs., 9 figs., 1 tab.

Terapia celular para el tratamiento de la diabetes: Más allá de las células madre

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

María Laura Gimeno

2011-06-01

Full Text Available La diabetes tipo 1 es una enfermedad de etiología autoinmune que se caracteriza por la destrucción de las células ß pancreáticas, produciendo un déficit absoluto de insulina. El tratamiento clínico estándar consiste en la aplicación de insulina. Sin embargo, en un número importante de pacientes y debido a la dificultad en lograr un control metabólico preciso, generalmente se asocia con complicaciones graves a nivel vascular con repercusión renal y ocular entre otras. Por otra parte, un estricto control metabólio, a menudo se asocia con hipoglucemias con riesgo de muerte. Esto motivó la investigación y el desarrollo de alternativas de tratamiento. Una de ellas es el trasplante de células productoras de insulina, las células ß, obtenidas por medio del aislamiento y trasplante de islotes de un páncreas cadavérico. Los mejores resultados con esta modalidad de trasplante se obtuvieron con la inyección sucesiva de islotes pancreáticos de diferentes donantes y terapia inmunosupresora exenta de corticoides. Sin embargo, la escasez de órganos por un lado, y el hecho de que cada implante de islotes de otro páncreas aumenta las posibilidades de rechazo inmunológico, hace que este tratamiento se vea limitado a centros de alta experiencia y pacientes muy seleccionados. Asimismo, las drogas inmunosupresoras que deben administrarse de por vida, pueden producir efectos no deseados en el organismo. La medicina regenerativa abre la posibilidad de utilizar células madre con capacidad de diferenciarse en células productoras de insulina, utilizando de manera conjunta factores tróficos que serían capaces de estimular a las propias células madre de cada parénquima.

Renal PTA stenting

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Tsetis, D.

2012-01-01

Full text: Renal artery stenosis (RAS) is a common condition that may lead to hypertension, progressive renal dysfunction and cardiovascular morbidity. Catheter-based therapy for symptomatic, haemodynamically significant, RAS has become the preferred method of revascularization. Balloon angioplasty has been the traditional treatment of choice for fibromuscular dysplasia, however stents are increasingly used for the treatment of atheromatous lesions; in many cases-such as in ostial lesions-, direct stenting is strongly indicated. Despite the increased use of endovascular therapy for renal artery stenosis, there is still controversy regarding the optimal management and the net benefit of this treatment. Several randomized trials of balloon angioplasty or stenting for renal artery stenosis compared with medical therapy alone have been conducted, however these could not show definite advantage of endovascular therapy. Problems encountered with those trials include enrollment of small number of patients, frequent crossover from medical to interventional therapy compromising the intention-to-treat results, or selection of patients that are not expected to show clear benefit. The Angioplasty and Stenting for Renal Artery Lesions (ASTRAL) is the most important of these trials; however, it,s study design was faulty and therefore did not provide conclusive evidence to answer the question of whether angioplasty and stenting or medical therapy is the best treatment for haemodynamically significant RAS. All expectations are now focused on the Cardiovascular Outcomes in Renal Atherosclerotic Lesions (CORAL) trial which was designed to answer the same question, and its methodologies took into consideration the weaknesses of the ASTRAL trial. Regarding stent device itself, it seems that the optimal design is probably a stainless steel, laser cut, open-cells stent mounted on a rapid exchange delivery balloon catheter compatible with 0.014-in and 0.018-in guidewire. As a future

The pulsatility index and the resistive index in renal arteries. Associations with long-term progression in chronic renal failure

DEFF Research Database (Denmark)

Petersen, L J; Petersen, J R; Talleruphuus, U

1997-01-01

The pulsatility index (PI) and the resistive index (RI) are used as pulsed-wave Doppler measurements of downstream renal artery resistance. PI and RI have been found to correlate with renal vascular resistance, filtration fraction and effective renal plasma flow in chronic renal failure. The aim...... of the present study was to evaluate the potential relationship between these indices and the rate of decline in renal function, as reflected by changes in different parameters of renal function in patients with chronic renal failure....

The renal arterial resistive index and stage of chronic kidney disease in patients with renal allograft

DEFF Research Database (Denmark)

Winther, Stine O; Thiesson, Helle C; Poulsen, Lene N

2012-01-01

The study investigated the optimal threshold value of renal arterial resistive index as assessed by Doppler ultrasonography determining chronic kidney disease stage 4 or higher in patients with renal allograft.......The study investigated the optimal threshold value of renal arterial resistive index as assessed by Doppler ultrasonography determining chronic kidney disease stage 4 or higher in patients with renal allograft....

Dynamic CT of the renal parenchyma

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Ohyama, Yukio; Imanishi, Yoshimasa; Ishikawa, Tohru; Fujii, Masamichi; Uji, Teruyuki

1985-01-01

Normal renal dynamic CT findings of 57 cases were analysed in termes of sequential change of renal parenchymal CT image. Cortex, outer medulla and inner medulla were delineated and their sequential CT image was well correlated with the anatomicophysiological character of the kidney. Dynamic CT of 32 abnormal cases showed abnormal sequential CT findings explaining the mechanism of the abnormalities. Especially, delayed enhancement of renal cortex was noted in 17 of 19 kidneys with arterial obstruction and delayed enhancement of renal medulla in 22 of 25 cases with renal dysfunction. Compaired with excretory urography in 11 cases with renal dysfunction, advantage of dynamic CT were noted. (author)

Renal Infarction Caused by Spontaneous Renal Artery Dissection: Treatment with Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis and Stenting

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Jeon, Yong Sun; Cho, Soon Gu; Hong, Ki Cheon

2009-01-01

Spontaneous renal artery dissection (SRAD) is rare and presents a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. We report a case of a 36-year-old man who had an SRAD-complicated renal infarction. The patient experienced severe unilateral flank pain. Enhanced abdominal computed axial tomography scan showed renal infarction, and urinalysis showed no hematuria. Selective renal angiography was essential to evaluate the extent of dissection and suitability for repair. The patient was treated with catheter-directed thrombolysis and frenal artery stenting.

Perfil sociosanitario e información a donantes y receptores renales de vivo en tres hospitales andaluces

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Manuel-Ángel Calvo-Calvo

2018-05-01

Full Text Available Resumen: Antecedentes: La información suministrada por profesionales sanitarios a posibles donantes y receptores es fundamental para una decisión autónoma y objetiva de donar un riñón en vida. Objetivos: Conocer las características de la información que reciben los donantes y receptores renales de vivo, averiguando su perfil sociosanitario, sus características sociodemográficas, económico-laborales, de salud y la actividad cuidadora de dichos donantes y receptores. Métodos: Estudio observacional, descriptivo, transversal, de la población de donantes y receptores renales de vivo, de los Hospitales Universitarios Puerta del Mar (Cádiz, Virgen del Rocío (Sevilla y Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Granada, entre el 8 de abril de 2014 y el 8 de junio de 2015. Resultados y conclusiones: Según los 40 donantes y 40 receptores renales de vivo encuestados, los facultativos de nefrología son principalmente quienes dan a conocer e informan sobre la donación renal en vida. Casi la mitad de receptores demandan más información, por lo que se deberían actualizar los procesos de evaluación y de información antes de la donación. En general, el donante renal vivo es mujer, de 50 años, con estudios de Primaria/ESO, vive en pareja, está emparentado con el receptor del riñón, realiza un trabajo remunerado, tiene sobrepeso, percibe su salud como muy buena o buena, y no fuma ni consume alcohol. Sin embargo, el receptor renal tipo es hombre, con 44 años, tiene estudios de bachillerato/FP, no trabaja, percibe su salud como buena o regular, y son personas independientes para las actividades de la vida diaria. Abstract: Background: Information provided by health professionals to potential donors and recipients is essential for an autonomous and objective decision to make a living kidney donation. Objectives: To determine the characteristics of the information received by living kidney donors and recipients, to find out their socio

Nuclear medicine in the management of renal vein thrombosis post renal transplantation - a case study

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Waran, L.; Unger, S.

2005-01-01

Renal scintigraphy allows the assessment of both perfusion and function of the transplanted kidney. Treatment of renal dysfunction depends on its cause. Nuclear medicine plays an important role in determining the cause of renal dysfunction, thereby providing appropriate intervention. Renal vein thrombosis (RVT) is a rare occurrence (1-2%) in renal transplants, and constitutes a surgical emergency. Early detection of RVT is critical in order to prevent infarction and subsequent loss of the graft. A 43-year-old woman with end stage renal disease as a result of diabetic nephropathy underwent transplantation of a living-related-donor kidney. The patient underwent a post operative Tc-MAG, scan that demonstrated good perfusion to the graft. Three days post-transplantation, the patient complained of acute pain and swelling. Creatinine increased from 0.13 to 0.16. and urine output decreased. The m Tc-MAG, scan revealed dramatic deterioration, with absent perfusion to the kidney. Immediate allograft exploration was performed in theatre and RVT was revealed, followed by thrombectomy. A follow-up renal scan performed the next day demonstrated a viable kidney with improved but patchy perfusion throughout, indicating patchy cortical infarction as well as acute tubular necrosis. On day 19. the patient again complained of severe pain over the graft, and the 99 mTc-MAG, scan again revealed absent perfusion, this time with residual function. Further surgical exploration confirmed re-thrombosis of the renal vein, and subsequent genetic analysis revealed that the patient had a rare mutation of her clotting Factor V gene, leading to an increased thrombogenic tendency. Following full anticoagulation, the patient was finally discharged on day 58. This case illustrates a rare case of renal allograft infarction secondary to renal vein thrombosis. The ability of nuclear medicine to provide immediate functional information helped confirm the diagnosis, and salvage the kidney

Validation of a Functional Pyelocalyceal Renal Model for the Evaluation of Renal Calculi Passage While Riding a Roller Coaster.

Science.gov (United States)

Mitchell, Marc A; Wartinger, David D

2016-10-01

The identification and evaluation of activities capable of dislodging calyceal renal calculi require a patient surrogate or validated functional pyelocalyceal renal model. To evaluate roller coaster facilitation of calyceal renal calculi passage using a functional pyelocalyceal renal model. A previously described adult ureteroscopy and renoscopy simulator (Ideal Anatomic) was modified and remolded to function as a patient surrogate. Three renal calculi of different sizes from the patient who provided the original computed tomographic urograph on which the simulator was based were used. The renal calculi were suspended in urine in the model and taken for 20 rides on the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad roller coaster at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. The roller coaster rides were analyzed using variables of renal calculi volume, calyceal location, model position on the roller coaster, and renal calculi passage. Sixty renal calculi rides were analyzed. Independent of renal calculi volume and calyceal location, front seating on the roller coaster resulted in a passage rate of 4 of 24. Independent of renal calculi volume and calyceal location, rear seating on the roller coaster resulted in a passage rate of 23 of 36. Independent of renal calculi volume in rear seating, calyceal location differed in passage rates, with an upper calyceal calculi passage rate of 100%; a middle calyceal passage rate of 55.6%; and a lower calyceal passage rate of 40.0%. The functional pyelocalyceal renal model serves as a functional patient surrogate to evaluate activities that facilitate calyceal renal calculi passage. The rear seating position on the roller coaster led to the most renal calculi passages.

Impact of renal transplantation on erectile dysfunction due to chronic renal failure in male patients

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Ahmad, M.; Rafiudding, Q.; Ahmad, A.

2009-01-01

Erectile dysfunction can be defined as the persistent inability of man to achieve penile erection and maintain it sufficient for satisfactory coitus. The objectives of this study were to find out the impact of successful renal transplantation on the degree and frequency of erectile dysfunction. Thirty patients of end stage renal disease that were on regular haemodialysis and candidates of renal transplantation of age range 20-55 years were included in the study after getting informed consent. Erectile functions were assessed by history, examination, investigations and international index of erectile function (IIEF) before and 3 and 6 months after renal transplantation, other information regarding disease and patient were collected in the performa. Out of thirty patients 14 (46.6%) patients had sever erectile dysfunction while 16 (53.3%) patients had moderate erectile dysfunction in the pre renal transplantation period. After three months of renal transplantation 15 (50%) had severe erectile dysfunction, 6 (20%) patients moderate erectile dysfunction and 9 (30%) patients mild erectile dysfunction. After six months 11 (36.6%), 10 (33.3%) and 8 (26.6%) patients had severe, moderate and mild erectile dysfunction respectively. There was improvement in 40%, no change in 53.3% and deterioration in 6.6% patients in the erectile functions after getting renal transplantation for end stage renal disease. (author)

Renal artery stenosis.

Science.gov (United States)

Tafur-Soto, Jose David; White, Christopher J

2015-02-01

Atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (RAS) is the single largest cause of secondary hypertension; it is associated with progressive renal insufficiency and causes cardiovascular complications such as refractory heart failure and flash pulmonary edema. Medical therapy, including risk factor modification, renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system antagonists, lipid-lowering agents, and antiplatelet therapy, is advised in all patients. Patients with uncontrolled renovascular hypertension despite optimal medical therapy, ischemic nephropathy, and cardiac destabilization syndromes who have severe RAS are likely to benefit from renal artery revascularization. Screening for RAS can be done with Doppler ultrasonography, CT angiography, and magnetic resonance angiography. Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Blood transfusion improves renal oxygenation and renal function in sepsis-induced acute kidney injury in rats.

Science.gov (United States)

Zafrani, Lara; Ergin, Bulent; Kapucu, Aysegul; Ince, Can

2016-12-20

The effects of blood transfusion on renal microcirculation during sepsis are unknown. This study aimed to investigate the effect of blood transfusion on renal microvascular oxygenation and renal function during sepsis-induced acute kidney injury. Twenty-seven Wistar albino rats were randomized into four groups: a sham group (n = 6), a lipopolysaccharide (LPS) group (n = 7), a LPS group that received fluid resuscitation (n = 7), and a LPS group that received blood transfusion (n = 7). The mean arterial blood pressure, renal blood flow, and renal microvascular oxygenation within the kidney cortex were recorded. Acute kidney injury was assessed using the serum creatinine levels, metabolic cost, and histopathological lesions. Nitrosative stress (expression of endothelial (eNOS) and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS)) within the kidney was assessed by immunohistochemistry. Hemoglobin levels, pH, serum lactate levels, and liver enzymes were measured. Fluid resuscitation and blood transfusion both significantly improved the mean arterial pressure and renal blood flow after LPS infusion. Renal microvascular oxygenation, serum creatinine levels, and tubular damage significantly improved in the LPS group that received blood transfusion compared to the group that received fluids. Moreover, the renal expression of eNOS was markedly suppressed under endotoxin challenge. Blood transfusion, but not fluid resuscitation, was able to restore the renal expression of eNOS. However, there were no significant differences in lactic acidosis or liver function between the two groups. Blood transfusion significantly improved renal function in endotoxemic rats. The specific beneficial effect of blood transfusion on the kidney could have been mediated in part by the improvements in renal microvascular oxygenation and sepsis-induced endothelial dysfunction via the restoration of eNOS expression within the kidney.

Management of chronic renal failure.

NARCIS (Netherlands)

de Zeeuw, D.; Apperloo, AJ; de Jong, P.

1992-01-01

There is growing evidence that treatment of patients with renal function impairment will undergo a major shift within the next few years. Along with more or less successful attempts to alleviate the signs and symptoms of reduced renal function, new insights into renal pathophysiology as well as new

Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography: evaluation of renal arteries in living renal transplant donors

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Firat, Ali; Akin, Oguz; Muhtesem Agildere, Ahmet; Aytekin, Cuneyt; Haberal, Mehmet

2004-01-01

One of the most important steps before living-donor nephrectomy is assessment of renal vascular anatomy. The number, origins and lengths of the renal arteries and variations of renal veins must be determined in order to identify the kidney that is most suitable for transplantation. Digital subtraction angiography was long considered the standard procedure for this purpose, but this method has been replaced by non-invasive techniques. Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography is an accurate, safe and reliable method for imaging vasculature. This article reviews the technique and the clinical features of this method in the evaluation of living renal transplant donors

Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography: evaluation of renal arteries in living renal transplant donors

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

Firat, Ali; Akin, Oguz; Muhtesem Agildere, Ahmet; Aytekin, Cuneyt; Haberal, Mehmet

2004-10-01

One of the most important steps before living-donor nephrectomy is assessment of renal vascular anatomy. The number, origins and lengths of the renal arteries and variations of renal veins must be determined in order to identify the kidney that is most suitable for transplantation. Digital subtraction angiography was long considered the standard procedure for this purpose, but this method has been replaced by non-invasive techniques. Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography is an accurate, safe and reliable method for imaging vasculature. This article reviews the technique and the clinical features of this method in the evaluation of living renal transplant donors.

Acute renal failure after rifampicin

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Adriana Weinberg

1984-12-01

Full Text Available A patient with miliary tuberculosis and a chronic urogenital focus is described, who had a borderline renal function at diagnosis and developed overt renal failure upon daily treatment with rifampin (RMP, isoniazid (INH and ethambutol (EMB. This is the first Brazilian report of BMP induced renal damage. A renal biopsy taken on the third day of oliguria showed recent tubular necrosis with acute interstitial inflammation and granuloma formation. The aspect of the granulomatous lesion hightly suggested drug etiology because of the lack of palisading, high incidence of neutrophils and absence of facid-fast bacilli. This is the first presentation of an acute granulomatous interstitial nephritis probably due to RMP. Furthermore the pathogenesis of the renal damage caused by tuberculosis and RMP are discussed.

Renal manifestations of primary hyperparathyroidism

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Anurag Ranjan Lila

2012-01-01

Full Text Available Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT is associated with nephrolithiasis and nephrocalcinosis. Hypercalciuria is one of the multiple factors that is implicated in the complex pathophysiology of stone formation. The presence of a renal stone (symptomatic or asymptomatic categorizes PHPT as symptomatic and is an indication for parathyroid adenomectomy. Progression of nephrocalcinosis is largely reversible after successful surgery, but the residual risk persists. PHPT is also associated with declining renal function. In case of asymptomatic mild PHPT, annual renal functional assessment is advised. Guidelines suggest that an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR < 60 ml / minute / 1.73 m 2 is an indication for parathyroid adenomectomy. This article discusses how to monitor and manage renal stones and other related renal parameters in case of PHPT.

[Kidney function and renal cancer surgery].

Science.gov (United States)

Izzedine, Hassan; Méjean, Arnaud; Escudier, Bernard

2014-02-01

Although radical nephrectomy is still practiced in many patients with large renal tumors, oncology and nephrology arguments for kidney-sparing approach for small renal masses has taken over this first. Indeed, partial nephrectomy provides equivalent oncologic results while preserving renal function and thereby limit morbidity and cardiovascular mortality related to chronic kidney disease. In addition, patients who develop kidney cancer often have medical comorbidities that may affect renal function, such as diabetes and hypertension. Histological examination of renal tissue adjacent to the tumor showed significant pathological changes in the majority of patients. For elderly patients or patients with comorbidities, active surveillance allows kidney-sparing approach with extremely low rates of progression and metastasis of cancer disease. Despite these significant advances in understanding for the treatment of small renal masses, partial nephrectomy remains underused. Better management must take into account the preservation of renal function in order to increase overall survival. A strategy for the systematic evaluation of renal function in patients with CR, with multidisciplinary staff (nephrologist urologist and oncologist), is therefore highly desirable.

Aneurisma da Artéria Renal: caso clínico Renal Artery Aneurysm

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Joana Moreira

2011-12-01

Full Text Available Apresenta-se o caso clínico de um doente com volumoso aneurisma da artéria renal esquerda. Do sexo masculino, de 22 anos de idade, com lombalgia à esquerda com algumas semanas de evolução. Recorreu ao médico assistente que solicitou estudo imagiológico por ecografia abdominal. Detectada imagem sugestiva de aneurisma da aorta abdominal. Este achado motivou a transferência para o nosso Hospital onde foi admitido consciente e orientado, hemodinamicamente estável, apresentando uma massa pulsátil epigástrica, com frémito e sopro sistólico à auscultação. Angio-TC revelou um aneurisma da artéria renal esquerda com 16 cm de diâmetro. Dada a estabilidade clínica e topografia lesional optou-se por tentar embolizar, sem sucesso, o tronco da artéria renal esquerda antes da abordagem cirúrgica. O doente foi então submetido a Nefrectomia total esquerda por via toraco-abdominal. Pós-operatório sem complicações, locais ou sistémicas. Alta ao 8ºdia, mantendo boa função renal e com níveis normais de hemoglobina. Diagnóstico de aneurisma da artéria renal confirmado por estudo anátomo-patológico da peça operatória.One case of a large left renal artery aneurysm in a young patient 22 years old is presented. He appealed to his assistant physician a few weeks after development of left back pain. Abdominal ultrasound imaging study has been requested. Suggestive abdominal aortic aneurysm was detected. This finding led to the transfer to our hospital where he was admitted conscious and hemodynamically stable. A pulsatile epigastric mass with a systolic murmur on auscultation and thrill were detected. Angio-CT scan revealed a left renal artery aneurysm, 16 cm in diameter. Given the clinical stability and lesional topography we decide a previous embolization of left renal artery, unsuccessfully. The patient underwent then left total nephrectomy, through thoraco-abdominal incision. No local or systemic complications in the postoperative

Preoperative transcatheter renal artery embolization with absolute alcohol for the treatment of renal carcinoma: a clinical efficacy analysis

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Shang Mingyi; Wang Guoliang; Han Hongjie; Xi Qian; Huang Zongliang; Tang Junjun; Gao Xiaolong; Wang Peijun; Lu Ying; Xu Weiguo

2010-01-01

Objective: To access the effectiveness of preoperative transcatheter renal artery embolization with absolute alcohol performed before nephrectomy in treating renal carcinoma. Methods: Preoperative transcatheter renal artery embolization with absolute alcohol was performed in 32 patients with renal carcinoma. The renal arteries of the diseased side were progressively occluded, from distal small branches to proximal larger ones, and the renal artery trunk was embolized with gelatin sponge. Radical nephrectomy was carried out 2-5 days after the embolization procedure. The resectional rate of the tumor, the blood loss during the surgery and the operation time were recorded and analyzed. Results: Angiography performed immediately after the embolization showed that complete embolization of the main renal artery was achieved in all 32 patients. The resectional rate of the tumor was 100%. During the surgery, shrinkage of tumor, collapse of renal superficial veins and marked perinephric edema were observed. The blood loss during the surgery was much less and the operation time cost was much shorter than a usual nephrectomy did. Conclusion: The preoperative transcatheter renal artery embolization with absolute alcohol is an effective therapeutic means for renal carcinoma, it can definitely reduce the surgical blood loss and shorten the operative time. (authors)

Primary renal synovial sarcoma

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Girish D. Bakhshi

2012-03-01

Full Text Available Primary Renal Sarcoma is rare tumor comprising only 1% of all renal tumours. Synovial sarcomas are generally deep-seated tumors arising in the proximity of large joints of adolescents and young adults and account for 5-10% of all soft tissue tumours. Primary synovial sarcoma of kidney is rare and has poor prognosis. It can only be diagnosed by immunohistochemistry. It should be considered as a differential in sarcomatoid and spindle cell tumours. We present a case of 33-year-old female, who underwent left sided radical nephrectomy for renal tumour. Histopathology and genetic analysis diagnosed it to be primary renal synovial sarcoma. Patient underwent radiation therapy and 2 years follow up is uneventful. A brief case report with review of literature is presented.

Lithium and Renal Impairment

DEFF Research Database (Denmark)

Nielsen, René Ernst; Kessing, Lars Vedel; Nolen, Willem A

2018-01-01

INTRODUCTION: Lithium is established as an effective treatment of mania, of depression in bipolar and unipolar disorder, and in maintenance treatment of these disorders. However, due to the necessity of monitoring and concerns about irreversible adverse effects, in particular renal impairment......, after long-term use, lithium might be underutilized. METHODS: This study reviewed 6 large observational studies addressing the risk of impaired renal function associated with lithium treatment and methodological issues impacting interpretation of results. RESULTS: An increased risk of renal impairment...... associated with lithium treatment is suggested. This increased risk may, at least partly, be a result of surveillance bias. Additionally, the earliest studies pointed toward an increased risk of end-stage renal disease associated with lithium treatment, whereas the later and methodologically most sound...

CUTANEOUS MANIFESTATIONS OF CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE AND RENAL TRANSPLANTATION

OpenAIRE

R. Suganya Gnanadeepam; S. Kayalvizhi Money

2017-01-01

BACKGROUND The kidney and the skin are the two large networks of the body with abundant blood supply associated with various cutaneous manifestations. This study aims to detect the various cutaneous manifestations and its incidence in patients with chronic renal failure and renal transplantation. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study was done for a period of 1 year from January 2016 to December 2016 at Nephrology OPD ward and Medicine wards, Government KAPV Medical College Hos...

Comparative assessment of renal Tc-99m DMSA scan and renal sonography findings in complication of urinary tract infections

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Alavi, M.; Rasekhi, A.

2002-01-01

Urinary tract infection is a common disease in childhood specially in female. In this study 50 patients with established diagnosis of urinary tract infection were evaluated by both renal scan with Tc-99m DMSA and renal sonography. The study revealed that most urinary tract infections are in children, female sex between 5-9 years of age. Therefore the most important complications (renal scarring) are also common in this age-sex distribution. Occurrence of renal scars increase with increasing the number of recurrent infections. Vesicoureteral reflux is one of the most important, common risk factors for renal scarring. Renal Tc-99m Dmsa scan is more sensitive than renal sonography in detecting the renal scars

Bone scan appearance of renal osteodystrophy in diabetic chronic renal failure patients

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

So, Young; Hyun, In Young; Lee, Dong Soo; Ahn, Curie; Chung, June-Key; Kim, Suhnggwon; Lee, Myung Chul; Lee, Jung Sang; Koh, Chang-Soon

1998-01-01

To investigate Tc-99m methylenediphosphonate (MDP) bone scan appearance in diabetic chronic renal failure patients, we compared the bone scan images of chronic renal failure patients with and without diabetes. The number of patients studied was 134, of whom 43 had diabetes. Two nuclear medicine physicians read Tc-99m MDP bone scan images and for six areas - the axial skeleton, long bone, skull and mandible, periarticular areas, costochondral junction, and sternum - assigned a score of either 1 or 0. The sums of scores were compared. We also performed multivariate analysis including sex, age, and serum creatinine level using analysis of covariance. DM group patients scored significantly lower (2.01±0.95) than those of the non-DM group (3.26±1.16). Analysis of covariance revealed that the lower DM group score was independent of sex, age, and serum creatinine level. The bone scans of diabetic chronic renal failure patients showed less Tc-99m MDP uptake than those of non-diabetic patients. Thus, diagnosing renal osteodystrophy in diabetic chronic renal failure patients on bone scan images could be difficult. (author)

Renal Hemangiopericytoma

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

İbrahim Halil Bozkurt

2015-03-01

Full Text Available Hemangiopericytoma is an uncommon perivascular tumor originating from pericytes in the pelvis, head and tneck, and the meninges; extremely rarely in the urinary system. We report a case of incidentally detected renal mass in which radiologic evaluation was suggestive of renal cell carcinoma. First, we performed partial nephrectomy, and then, radical nephrectomy because of positive surgical margins and the pathological examination of the surgical specimen that revealed a hemangiopericytoma. No additional treatment was administered.

Noninvasive method using multidetector CT for calculating the relative blood supply ratio of duplicated renal arteries in renal donors

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Kuwabara, Masatomo; Kim, Tonsok; Nakamura, Hironobu; Narumi, Yoshifumi; Takahashi, Satoru; Sato, Yoshinobu; Murakami, Takamichi

2006-01-01

The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between the renal artery cross-sectional area measured by multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) and the nephrogram area calculated by renal arteriography in potential living renal donors with duplicated renal arteries. Medical records of 18 patients with duplicated renal arteries who underwent both MDCT angiography and renal arteriography between 2001 and 2003 were retrospectively reviewed. All 20 kidneys were evaluated. Renal artery cross-sectional areas were measured using the workstation to which the CT data were transferred; the nephrogram areas on the digitized angiographic images were calculated using public domain software. Bland-Altman analysis was performed to compare the cross-sectional area ratio of the accessory arteries to the main renal arteries, with the ratios obtained from the nephrogram areas calculated from the arteriograms. The mean cross-sectional areas of the accessory and main renal arteries were 6.78 and 20.9 mm 2 , respectively. The ratio of the nephrogram areas calculated from the arteriograms ranged from 0.094 to 0.809. Bland-Altman analysis showed no significant difference. It is possible to predict the supply volume of accessory renal arteries by measuring the cross-sectional area of the accessory and main renal arteries in potential living renal donors. (author)

Hyperdense renal masses: a CT manifestation of hemorrhagic renal cysts

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Sussman, S.; Cochran, S.T.; Pagani, J.J.; McArdle, C.; Wong, W.; Austin, R.; Curry, N.; Kelly, K.M.

1984-01-01

Eleven patients with sharply circumscribed round to ovoid renal cysts measuring 70-90 H on CT are reported. The cysts were hyperdense on unenhanced scans, measuring 30-60 H greater than the adjacent parenchyma, and either hypodense, isodense, or hyperdense on enhanced scans. Four patients had polycystic kidney disease; of the other 7 patients, the cysts were cortical in 6 and parapelvic in 1. Eight patients had a solitary cyst and 3 had multiple cysts. Sonography demonstrated internal echoes and/or lack of increased through-transmission in 6 patients. Pathological analysis was available in 6 cases and indicated a benign, hemorrhagic renal cyst. This hyperdense CT appearance is characteristic of some hemorrhagic renal cysts, though differentiation between benign and malignant cysts requires cyst puncture and/or surgery

Stent sizing strategies in renal artery stenting: the comparison of conventional invasive renal angiography with renal computed tomographic angiography.

Science.gov (United States)

Kadziela, Jacek; Michalowska, Ilona; Pregowski, Jerzy; Janaszek-Sitkowska, Hanna; Lech, Katarzyna; Kabat, Marek; Staruch, Adam; Januszewicz, Andrzej; Witkowski, Adam

2016-01-01

Randomized trials comparing invasive treatment of renal artery stenosis with standard pharmacotherapy did not show substantial benefit from revascularization. One of the potential reasons for that may be suboptimal procedure technique. To compare renal stent sizing using two modalities: three-dimensional renal computed tomography angiography (CTA) versus conventional angiography. Forty patients (41 renal arteries), aged 65.1 ±8.5 years, who underwent renal artery stenting with preprocedural CTA performed within 6 months, were retrospectively analyzed. In CTA analysis, reference diameter (CTA-D) and lesion length (CTA_LL) were measured and proposed stent diameter and length were recorded. Similarly, angiographic reference diameter (ANGIO_D) and lesion length (ANGIO_LL) as well as proposed stent dimensions were obtained by visual estimation. The median CTA_D was 0.5 mm larger than the median ANGIO_D (p < 0.001). Also, the proposed stent diameter in CTA evaluation was 0.5 mm larger than that in angiography (p < 0.0001). The median CTA_LL was 1 mm longer than the ANGIO_LL (p = NS), with significant correlation of these variables (r = 0.66, p < 0.0001). The median proposed stent length with CTA was equal to that proposed with angiography. The median diameter of the implanted stent was 0.5 mm smaller than that proposed in CTA (p < 0.0005) and identical to that proposed in angiography. The median length of the actual stent was longer than that proposed in angiography (p = 0.0001). Renal CTA has potential advantages as a tool adjunctive to angiography in appropriate stent sizing. Careful evaluation of the available CTA scans may be beneficial and should be considered prior to the planned procedure.

Renal I-131-hippurate clearance overestimates true renal blood flow in the instrumented conscious dog

NARCIS (Netherlands)

Visscher, CA; DeZeeuw, D; Navis, G; VanZanten, AK; DeJong, PE; Huisman, RM

We evaluated renal I-131-hippurate clearance (ERPF(hip)) as a measure of renal blood flow (RBF) in chronically instrumented conscious dogs. When adjusted for renal hippurate extraction (E(hip), 0.77 +/- 0.01) and hematocrit (Hct, 39.7 +/- 1%), calculated RBF(hip) (656 +/- 37 ml/min) markedly

Recirculation zone length in renal artery is affected by flow spirality and renal-to-aorta flow ratio.

Science.gov (United States)

Javadzadegan, Ashkan; Fulker, David; Barber, Tracie

2017-07-01

Haemodynamic perturbations such as flow recirculation zones play a key role in progression and development of renal artery stenosis, which typically originate at the aorta-renal bifurcation. The spiral nature of aortic blood flow, division of aortic blood flow in renal artery as well as the exercise conditions have been shown to alter the haemodynamics in both positive and negative ways. This study focuses on the combinative effects of spiral component of blood flow, renal-to-aorta flow ratio and the exercise conditions on the size and distribution of recirculation zones in renal branches using computational fluid dynamics technique. Our findings show that the recirculation length was longest when the renal-to-aorta flow ratio was smallest. Spiral flow and exercise conditions were found to be effective in reducing the recirculation length in particular in small renal-to-aorta flow ratios. These results support the hypothesis that in renal arteries with small flow ratios where a stenosis is already developed an artificially induced spiral flow within the aorta may decelerate the progression of stenosis and thereby help preserve kidney function.

Linfoma renal: espectro de imagens na tomografia computadorizada Renal lymphoma: spectrum of computed tomography findings

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Carol Pontes de Miranda Maranhão

2005-04-01

Full Text Available O acometimento renal no linfoma é raro, uma vez que o rim não possui tecido linfóide. O envolvimento secundário é mais freqüente, ocorrendo em até um terço das autópsias dos portadores de linfoma. Alguns autores acreditam que esta seja a única forma de acometimento renal, questionando a existência do linfoma primário. O linfoma renal representaria metástases hematogênicas ou invasão direta do tumor ocorrendo no espaço perirrenal. A partir destes tipos de envolvimento decorrem as formas de apresentação do linfoma renal: múltiplos nódulos, massa solitária, invasão renal por doença retroperitoneal contígua, doença perirrenal e infiltração difusa. Neste trabalho são discutidas e apresentadas imagens destas diferentes formas de acometimento.Isolated renal lymphoma is rare due to the absence of lymphoid tissue in kidneys. Secondary involvement occurs more frequently and is reported in up to 1/3 of the autopsies of patients who died from lymphoma. Some authors believe this is actually the only existing form of renal lymphoma. The involvement of the kidney by lymphoma would occur through hematogenic metastasis or direct tumor invasion of the perirenal space. These different types of involvement determine the several forms of renal lymphoma presentation: multiple nodules, solitary mass, renal invasion from contiguous retroperitoneal disease, perirenal disease and diffuse infiltration. In this study the imaging findings features of the different forms of involvement are presented and discussed.

General Information about Renal Cell Cancer

Science.gov (United States)

... Tumors Treatment Genetics of Kidney Cancer Research Renal Cell Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)–Patient Version General Information About Renal Cell Cancer Go to Health Professional Version Key Points Renal ...

Treatment Option Overview (Renal Cell Cancer)

Science.gov (United States)

... Tumors Treatment Genetics of Kidney Cancer Research Renal Cell Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)–Patient Version General Information About Renal Cell Cancer Go to Health Professional Version Key Points Renal ...

Acute renal insufficiency and renal replacement therapy after pediatric cardiopulmonary bypass surgery

NARCIS (Netherlands)

Kist-van Holthe tot Echten, J. E.; Goedvolk, C. A.; Doornaar, M. B.; van der Vorst, M. M.; Bosman-Vermeeren, J. M.; Brand, R.; van der Heijden, A. J.; Schoof, P. H.; Hazekamp, M. G.

2001-01-01

The aim of the study was to investigate renal function and renal replacement therapy after cardiopulmonary bypass surgery in children. Patient characteristics (sex, age, diagnosis), operation type, and death were listed. The study was performed retrospectively using serum creatinine level before,