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BACKGROUND/AIMS: Kidney transplantation (KT) reportedly provides a significant survival advantage over dialysis in diabetic patients. However, KT outcome in diabetic patients compared with that in non-diabetic patients remains controversial. In addition, owing to recent improvements in the outcomes of KT and management of cardiovascular diseases, it is necessary to analyze outcomes of recently performed KT in diabetic patients. METHODS: We reviewed all diabetic patients who received living donor KT between January 2008 and December 2011. Each patient was age- and sex-matched with two non-diabetic patients who received living donor KT during the same period. The outcomes of living donor KT were compared between diabetic and non-diabetic patients. RESULTS: Among 887 patients, 89 diabetic patients were compared with 178 non-diabetic patients. The incidence of acute rejection was not different between the diabetic and non-diabetic patients. Urinary tract infection and other infections as well as cardiovascular events occurred more frequently in diabetic patients. However, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and infection were not significant risk factors of graft failure. Late rejection (acute rejection after 1 year of transplantation) was the most important risk factor for graft failure after adjusting for diabetes mellitus (DM), human leukocyte antigen mismatch, rejection and infection (hazard ratio, 56.082; 95% confidence interval, 7.169 to 438.702; p < 0.001). Mortality was not significantly different between diabetic and non-diabetic patients (0 vs. 2, p = 0.344 by log-rank test). CONCLUSIONS: End-stage renal disease patients with DM had favorable outcomes with living donor kidney transplantation.
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Humanos , Enfermedades Cardiovasculares , Diabetes Mellitus , Diálisis , Incidencia , Fallo Renal Crónico , Trasplante de Riñón , Riñón , Leucocitos , Donadores Vivos , Mortalidad , Factores de Riesgo , Trasplantes , Infecciones UrinariasRESUMEN
HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) are widely used to treat hypercholesterolemia. Among the adverse effects associated with these drugs are statin-associated myopathies, ranging from asymptomatic elevation of serum creatine kinase to fatal rhabdomyolysis. Fluvastatin-induced fatal rhabdomyolysis has not been previously reported. We describe here a patient with liver cirrhosis who experienced fluvastatin-induced fatal rhabdomyolysis. This patient had been treated with simvastatin (20 mg/day) for coronary artery disease and was switched to fluvastatin (20 mg/day) 10 days before admission. He was also taking aspirin, betaxolol, candesartan, lactulose, and entecavir. Rhabdomyolysis was complicated and continued to progress. He was treated with massive hydration, urine alkalization, intravenous furosemide, and continuous renal replacement therapy for acute renal failure, but eventually died due to rhabdomyolysis complicated by hepatic failure. In conclusion, fluvastatin should be used with caution in patients with liver cirrhosis, especially with other medications metabolized with CYP2C9.
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Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Enfermedad de la Arteria Coronaria/complicaciones , Resultado Fatal , Ácidos Grasos Monoinsaturados/administración & dosificación , Inhibidores de Hidroximetilglutaril-CoA Reductasas/administración & dosificación , Indoles/administración & dosificación , Cirrosis Hepática/complicaciones , Rabdomiólisis/inducido químicamente , Simvastatina/administración & dosificaciónRESUMEN
Autoimmune pancreatitis is now considered to be a systemic fibroinflammatory disease that can involve multiple organs. As it is associated with IgG4-positive plasma cells by an autoimmune mechanism, extrapancreatic organs as well as the pancreas could be affected with a lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate. The proximal bile duct, the salivary gland, the retroperitoneum and the kidney are well known to be involved with, but less is known about the involvement of hollow viscus which is pathologically associated with autoimmune pancreatitis. We report here on a case of gastric involvement in a 53-year-old man with autoimmune pancreatitis.
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Humanos , Persona de Mediana Edad , Conductos Biliares , Inmunoglobulina G , Riñón , Páncreas , Pancreatitis , Pancreatitis Crónica , Células Plasmáticas , Glándulas SalivalesRESUMEN
Donor-specific anti-human leukocyte antigen antibodies (DSA) following kidney transplantation predict the evolution of humoral rejection and reduced graft survival. Rapid, complete elimination of DSA during antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) is rarely achieved with traditional antihumoral therapies. We report the case of a 39-year-old female who was admitted for increasing azotemia and diagnosed with AMR based on diffusely positive histological changes on C4d immunostaining. In this case, bortezomib reversed the histological changes and induced a reduction in DSA. Proteasome-inhibitor-based combination therapy is a potential means for rapid DSA elimination in antibody-mediated rejection in renal transplant recipients.
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Adulto , Femenino , Humanos , Anticuerpos , Azotemia , Ácidos Borónicos , Complemento C4b , Supervivencia de Injerto , Antígenos HLA , Trasplante de Riñón , Leucocitos , Fragmentos de Péptidos , Inhibidores de Proteasoma , Pirazinas , Rechazo en Psicología , Trasplantes , BortezomibRESUMEN
Donor-specific anti-human leukocyte antigen antibodies (DSA) following kidney transplantation predict the evolution of humoral rejection and reduced graft survival. Rapid, complete elimination of DSA during antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) is rarely achieved with traditional antihumoral therapies. We report the case of a 39-year-old female who was admitted for increasing azotemia and diagnosed with AMR based on diffusely positive histological changes on C4d immunostaining. In this case, bortezomib reversed the histological changes and induced a reduction in DSA. Proteasome-inhibitor-based combination therapy is a potential means for rapid DSA elimination in antibody-mediated rejection in renal transplant recipients.
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Adulto , Femenino , Humanos , Anticuerpos , Azotemia , Ácidos Borónicos , Complemento C4b , Supervivencia de Injerto , Antígenos HLA , Trasplante de Riñón , Leucocitos , Fragmentos de Péptidos , Inhibidores de Proteasoma , Pirazinas , Rechazo en Psicología , Trasplantes , BortezomibRESUMEN
A 71-year-old woman with minimal change disease visited our clinic complaining of pleuritic chest pain. Cefepime was given under the impression that she had pneumonia. Three days after cefepime administration, she became unconscious. A brain MRI scan was non-revealing and an EEG showed triphasic waves. As there was no evidence of septic, uremic or hepatic encephalopathy, we suspected cefepime-induced neurotoxicity. Cefepime was stopped and she underwent hemodialysis to decrease the blood levels of the drug. Following hemodialysis, she regained consciousness.