Saudi journal of kidney diseases and transplantation : an official publication of the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation, Saudi Arabia
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Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl · Jun 2006
Case ReportsAcute renal infarction secondary to atrial fibrillation - mimicking renal stone picture.
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. ⋯ 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.
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Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl · Jun 2006
ReviewReview of thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA), and post-renal transplant TMA.
Thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) is a rare but devastating disorder; it involves small vessels and is characterized by intravascular thrombi of aggregated platelets leading to thrombocytopenia and variable degrees of organ ischemia and anemia, which is due to erythrocyte fragmentation in microcirculation. Childhood cases with predominant renal involvement are referred as the hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), and adults with major central neurological involvement are labeled as thrombotic thrombocytopenia purpura (TTP). Endothelial damage due to toxins and/or lack of defense against complement activation have a central role. ⋯ Viral infections, severe renal ischemia and acute vascular rejection are less frequent causes. Recurrence is negligible in diarrhea-associated HUS in childhood, but non-diarrheal HUS recurs in majority of adults following renal transplantation. Renal transplantation is contraindicated in familial/relapsing recurrent forms of HUS.
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Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl · Jun 2006
Attitude of transplant centers in the Middle East towards the follow-up of renal allograft live donors.
In an attempt to survey the attitude of the heads of some distinguished transplant programs in the Middle East countries towards the follow-up and complications that may ensue in the live renal allograft donors, we sent a questionnaire to 29 active renal transplant centers in the Kingdom of Saud Arabia (KSA) and some other Middle East countries, which together perform about 1500 living renal transplantations annually. The study was performed during November-December, 2005. Th questionnaire was intended to evaluate the presence of a protocol that guides the physicians in their selection, work-up and follow-up of the live renal allograft donors, the presence of regular time schedule for follow-up of the donors during the first year and thereafter, and the tests performed during these clinic visits, the physicians' perception towards the life-long health insurance of the live donors as well as the physicians' estimates of the major complications that may occur in the live donors such a hypertension, proteinuria, chronic renal failure, early surgical complications and depression. ⋯ We conclud that the current practices concerning the follow-up of renal allograft live donors by the dialysis centers i the Middle East seem promising. However, this being a questionnaire survey, results may not be totall accurate. Prospective studies are required to ensure that protocols for follow-up are abided by.