Clinical transplantation
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Clinical transplantation · Mar 2011
Multicenter StudySimilar prevalence but different characteristics of pain in kidney transplant recipients and chronic hemodialysis patients.
Chronic pain is frequent in both hemodialysis (HD) patients and kidney transplant (KTx) recipients but its detailed characteristics have never been thoroughly investigated. ⋯ A successful kidney transplantation does not lead to a significant reduction in the prevalence of pain when compared to chronic HD patients. Pain relief medications are underused in KTx patients.
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Clinical transplantation · Mar 2011
Comparative StudyKidney transplantation from donation after cardiac death donors: lack of impact of delayed graft function on post-transplant outcomes.
Delayed graft function (DGF) is more common in recipients of kidney transplants from donation after cardiac death (DCD) donors compared to donation after brain death (DBD) donors. ⋯ Despite higher rates of DGF and acute rejection in DCD donor kidney transplants, subsequent outcomes in DCD donor kidney transplants with DGF are better than in DBD donor kidney transplants experiencing DGF, and similar to outcomes in DCD donor kidney transplants without DGF.