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Greater Impact of Living Donation Than HLA Mismatching in Short-Term Renal Allo...
Ribeiro, Bárbara; Reis Pereira, Pedro; Oliveira, João; Almeida, Manuela; Martins, La Salete; J, MalheiroIntroduction: Living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) is accepted as first-line treatment for patients with end-stage kidney disease with advantages over deceased donor kidney transplantation (DDKT). Still, how the known detrimental effect of HLA mismatch (MM) may hamper these advantages remains unsettled. We sought to determine the effect of the degree of HLA MM, separately in deceased and living donor rena...
Association of the Calcification Score of the Abdominal Aorta, Common Iliac, an...
Ribeiro, Luís Costa; Almeida, Manuela; J, Malheiro; Silva, Filipa; Nunes-Carneiro, Diogo; Martins, La Salete; Pedroso, Sofia; Silva-Ramos, MiguelBackground: Vascular calcification is an ever-more-common finding in protocoled pre-transplant imaging in living kidney donors. We intended to explore whether a connection could be found between the Agatston calcification score, prior to kidney donation, and post-donation renal function. Methods: This is a retrospective analysis of 156 living kidney donors who underwent living donor nephrectomy between January ...
Living Donors’ Age Modifies the Impact of Pre-Donation Estimated Glomerular Fil...
Almeida, Manuela; Ribeiro, Catarina; Silvano, José; Pedroso, Sofia; Tafulo, Sandra; Martins, La Salete; Ramos, Miguel; J, MalheiroBackground: The global scarcity of organs for kidney transplants (KTs) has led to the increased acceptance of living donors (LDs) with minor abnormalities to increase the donor pool.. We sought to evaluate the effects of some of these LDs' clinical characteristics (older age, borderline renal function, hypertension, dyslipidemia, smoking, and obesity) on graft outcomes. Methods: We studied 352 recipients of LDK...
CT volumetry performs better than nuclear renography in predicting estimated re...
Almeida, Manuela; Pereira, Pedro R.; Ramos, Miguel; Nunes-Carneiro, Diogo; Mandaleno, Mariana; Silva, Filipa; Pedroso, Sofia; França, ManuelaThe evaluation of split renal function (SRF) is a critical issue in living kidney donations and can be evaluated using nuclear renography (NR) or computerized tomography (CT), with unclear comparative advantages. We conducted this retrospective study in 193 donors to examine the correlation of SRF assessed by NR and CT volumetry and compared their ability to predict remaining donor renal function at 1 year, thr...
Remaining kidney volume indexed to weight as a strong predictor of estimated gl...
Nunes-Carneiro, Diogo; Madanelo, Mariana; Silva, Filipa; Pestana, Nicole; Ribeiro, Catarina; Gil‐Sousa, Diogo; Martins, La Salete; Almeida, ManuelaThe donors' estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) after living nephrectomy has been a concern, particularly in donors with smaller kindeys. Therefore, we developed this retrospective observational study in 195 donors to determine the ability remaining kidney volume indexed to weight (RKV/W) to predict eGFR at 1 year through multivariate linear regression and to explore this relationship between annual eGF...
Predicting 6-Month Mortality in Incident Elderly Dialysis Patients: A Simple Pr...
Lascasas, Josefina; Oliveira, Pedro; J, Malheiro; Campos, Andreia; Correia, Sofia; Cabrita, Antonio; Lobato, Luísa; Fonseca, IsabelAim: Mortality in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) remains high, particularly among elderly, who represents the most rapidly growing segment of the ESRD population in wealthier countries. We developed and validated a risk score in elderly patients to predict 6-month mortality after dialysis initiation. Methods: We used data from a cohort of 421 patients, aged 65 years and over who started dialysis between 2009 an...
Demographic, clinical characteristics and cardiovascular disease burden in a Po...
Lascasas, Josefina; Fonseca, Isabel; J, Malheiro; Santos, Sofia; Campos, Andreia; Castro, Ana; Moreira, Carla; Correia, Sofia; Beirão, IdalinaIntroduction: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an independent risk factor for several unfavorable outcomes including cardiovascular disease (CVD), particularly in the elderly, who represent the most rapidly growing segment of the end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) population. Portugal has the highest European unadjusted incidence and prevalence rates of ESKD. In 2012, we started to follow a cohort of elderly CKD pa...