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D Bhowmik

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PubMed2002

Results of renal transplantation on conventional immunosuppression in second decade in India: a single centre experience.

BACKGROUND: In-spite of many renal transplant (RT) centres in the country, there is paucity of data on the survival results in India. Furthermore, there is hardly any data of results in second decade. In this study we present the results of RT in second decade at our centre. METHODS: RT at our hospital is being done since 1972. First eight years saw occasional RT and complete data is not available in these patients. So, we have excluded these patients from the study. We have included rest all 144 patients who had RT between Jan. 1981 to Dec. 1989, so as to have at least 10 years of follow-up or more. All these patients were on conventional immunosuppression. RESULTS: Of the 144 patients, 126 (87.5%) were males and the mean age was 29.5 +/- 8.5 years (range 14-54). Basic disease was presumed chronic glomenulonephritis (CGN) in 79.9%, vesicouretenic reflux (VUR) in 8% and diabetic nephropathy in 1.4% patients. Mean number of haemodialysis (HD) and blood transfusion before RT were 44 +/- 24.7 and 8.9 +/- 4.7 (range 0-25), respectively. Mean donor age was 40.9 +/- 10.1 year (range 18-62). HLA matching was haploidentical in 74.5% cases, HLA identical in 3% cases and 11.5% were less than two-antigen match. Of the 63% patients, who had at least one acute rejection (AR) during their follow-up, 78.8% cases had this AR within first three months after the renal transplant. During 10 years of follow up, 65 patients died (23 with normal graft function and 42 with chronic rejection) and 17 lost to follow-up. Eight patients lost their graft but were surviving at 10 years and 54 had functioning graft till the time of analysis. With mean follow-up of 83.9 +/- 61.2 (range 1-216) months, 10-year actuarial patients and graft survival was 53% and 47%, respectively. Graft half-life in these patients is 92 months. In multivariate analysis of the donor age, number of blood transfusion (BT), degree of HLA matching and AR, only AR was found to be statistically correlated with the graft outcome (p=0.004). CONCLUSION: Our study concludes that in our set-up during eighties, on conventional immunosuppression, actuarial patient and graft survival at 10 year is 53% and 47%, respectively with graft half-life being 92 months. Only acute rejection has been found to affect the graft outcome in these patients.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2002

Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia: role of high resolution computed tomography.

Pneumocystis carinii (PC) is a common opportunistic infection in renal transplant recipients and requires an early diagnosis for its successful treatment. For its definitive diagnosis PC needs to be demonstrated in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid. At times BAL may not be possible or get delayed. In such conditions typical appearances seen on high resolution CT of the chest help in early diagnosis of PC pneumonia (PCP). This easily performed procedure helped in early diagnosis of PCP in two patients.

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PubMed2002

Influence of HLA compatibility on renal graft survival using live unrelated & cadaver donors in India.

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: Living unrelated donor (LURD) renal transplantation has shown a rising trend over the last 5 yr at our center following the passing of The Transplantation of Human Organs Act by the Government of India in 1994. In this paper, the results of LURD and cadaver (CAD) donor renal transplantation are compared. We have also looked into factors that have a bearing on graft survival such as the extent of HLA mismatch (MM), infections, acute rejections (AR), donor age and sex. METHODS: A total of 42 LURD and 25 CAD renal transplants performed between March 1994 and February 1999 has been included in the study. HLA typing, panel reactive antibody (PRA) screening and T and B cell cross match assay were performed by the complement dependent cytotoxicity (CDC) method for all patients. RESULTS: The graft survival rates were generally higher in the LURD category as compared to the CAD group and were significant at 6 month period (90 vs 56%, P = 0.002). A follow up of the patients up to 60 months revealed a matching effect since the 3, 4 allele MM group had better survival rates as compared to the 5, 6 MM group. Twenty six of the 67 recipients (39%) experienced episodes of acute rejection (AR). Patients with 3, 4 MM had fewer such episodes than those with 5, 6 allele MM (P < 0.05). Of the 32 deaths, 20 were those with a functional kidney, of which 15 were caused by severe infections. INTERPRETATION & CONCLUSION: Better HLA matching ensures fewer episodes of rejection and better long term graft survival in comparison to the poorly matched grafts. The graft survival for LURD recipients was appreciably higher than that of CAD recipients.

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PubMed2001

Tandem plasmapheresis and hemodialysis.

Many patients requiring plasmapheresis (PE) have renal failure and also need hemodialysis. If done separately almost 6-7 h is required. Hence, we decided to perform the procedures simultaneously in those patients requiring both PE and hemodialysis. The plasmafilter was inserted into the extracorporeal circuit after the hemodialyzer. A total of 8 such sessions of tandem PE and hemodialysis were performed in 2 patients. This is called tandem PE/hemodialysis. The total procedure was completed in the same time as is required for routine hemodialysis. The total amount of priming fluid is also less when PE and hemodialysis are performed separately. Thus, it is economically beneficial to the hospital and also convenient to the patient. Apart from transient episodes of hypotension, which were corrected by saline infusion, no other complications were noted.

Adult↗
PubMed2001

Chronic interstitial nephritis following parenteral copper sulfate poisoning.

A 21-year-old male patient was admitted with acute renal failure and intravascular hemolysis following suicidal parenteral copper sulfate poisoning. He developed metabolic acidosis and septicemia; and was treated with intensive hemodialysis, blood transfusions and antibiotics. After remaining anuric for 4 weeks, his urine output gradually increased. However his renal functions improved only partially. Renal biopsy done 8 weeks after the episode showed chronic tubulo-interstitial nephritis (CIN). This is the first reported case showing CIN following acute copper sulfate intoxication.

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PubMed2001

Successful pregnancy outcome in advanced chronic renal failure.

A 24 years female of advanced chronic renal failure due to lupus nephritis presented with pregnancy of eight weeks duration she continued the pregnancy against medical advice. At 29 weeks gestation further deterioration of renal function prompted weekly dialysis and hospitalisation for intensive maternal and fetal monitoring. At 35 weeks she was safely delivered by elective caesarian section. This is the first case of dialysis during pregnancy to be reported from India.

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PubMed2000

Total dose iron infusion: safety and efficacy in predialysis patients.

Iron deficiency anemia is not uncommon in predialysis patients. Oral iron often cannot maintain adequate iron stores. Hence we evaluated the safety and efficacy of total dose infusion (TDI) of iron in these patients. Anemic predialysis patients were screened and those with Hb < 7.0 g/dL and serum ferritin < 200 ng/mL were selected. Patients with active bleeding and acute liver disease were excluded. All patients were on oral iron 100 mg/day. None of the patients were on erythropoeitin. 11 patients (6 males and 5 females), aged 45.9 +/- 15 yrs, were suitable. Hb was 5.9 +/- 1.0 g/dL and serum ferritin was 89.5 + 50 ng/mL. The preparation used was iron dextran. A test dose of 25 mg in 100 mL normal saline was administered over 1 hr to all patients. One patient had fever and chills during the test dose and was not given TDI. 10 patients received TDI. None of these patients had any problem during the infusion. The dose of iron administered was 900 + 316.2 mg. One patient who received 1600 mg had arthralgia-myalgia and another patient had thrombophlebitis following TDI. One month after TDI, Hb was 8.0 + 1.0 g/dL and serum ferritin was 362 ng/mL. We feel that TDI is a safe and effective method of correcting iron deficiency in predialysis patients.

Adult↗
PubMed2000

Role of supravital staining of urine sediment and bright field microscopy in diagnosis of acute renal failure in bedside medicine.

BACKGROUND: An early accurate etiological categorization of acute renal failure (ARF) into acute glomerulonephritis (AGN), acute tubular necrosis (ATN) and acute interstitial nephritis (AIN) is very important in clinical medicine. METHODS: To evaluate the efficacy of a simple, cheap supravital staining method developed in our laboratory, we examined urine of 32 cases of ARF at their initial presentation in oliguric phase, which were later biopsied. The stain consisted of 1% crystal violet and 0.5% safranin in normal saline. The coverslip preparations of coded and stained urine sediments were examined under ordinary bright field microscope (BFM) by two independent observers. RESULTS: The renal biopsy showed 12 cases of AGN, 12 ATN and 8 AIN. The diagnosis could be predicted by supravital staining method in 75% cases with 95% uniformity among two observers with a sensitivity of 85.7% for AGN followed by AIN (80%) and ATN (75%). CONCLUSION: Thus this simple supravital staining technique can be used with ordinary BFM for accurate urine sediment analysis in cases of ARF in bedside medicine.

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PubMed2000

Impact of hepatitis C virus infection on renal transplant outcome in India--a single centre study.

BACKGROUND: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is currently the main cause of hepatotropic viral infection in renal transplant (RT) recipient throughout the world. Contrary reports are available as regard graft and patient survival and liver disease outcome in these patients. From India, outcome of HCV positive patients following RT has not been documented. Herewith, we present results of RT in HCV positive patients at our centre. METHODS: Study design was prospective case control with primary end point being graft and patient survival and the exposure being HCV infection. Between June 1995 till February 1998, 128 patients had RT at our hospital, of which, 37 (28.9%) were anti-HCV positive at the time of RT. All the patients were on triple immunosuppressive therapy. As a policy of unit, none of the donor had HBV and/or HCV infection. Anti-HCV positive patients formed the subjects (Gr. I), while anti-HCV negative patients severed as control (Gr. II). Anti HCV was done using 3rd generation ELISA tests kit. HCV-RNA could not be done due to non-availability. None of the positive patient was treated with anti-viral therapy. Acute rejection, serious infections, patient and graft survival and outcome of liver disease was compared in these patients. RESULTS: Mean age of the patients, number of males, number of pre-RT haemodialysis and blood transfusion, donor age and HLA-mismatch were comparable in both the groups. Mean follow-up in Gr. I was 28 +/- 9.4 months and in Gr. II 31.4 +/- 7.6 months. At the end of this follow-up, acute rejection was seen in 43% and 33.3% patient in Gr. I and II respectively. In Gr. I, serious infections were seen in 30% while the same in Gr. II was 11.8% (p < 0.01). There was no difference in graft survival in Gr. I and II (72% and 66%) and the patient survival were also similar (72% and 66%). Of the deaths in Gr. I, 80% died of sepsis and 20% died of liver cell failure related to one each of hepatitis B and hepatitis E. Of the deaths in Gr. II, 65% died of sepsis and 17% died of hepatic cell failure. But, there was no difference in causes of deaths in these two groups. In both the groups, none of liver related death was due to isolated HCV infection. There was no effect of donor age, HLA mismatch, number of haemodialysis and pre-RT blood transfusion on the survival of graft as well as patient. CONCLUSION: In conclusion, HCV infection is major problem in RT with us. In a short follow-up of nearly 30 months, graft and patient survival is same in HCV positive and negative patients. However, serious infections are significantly more common in HCV positive patients.

Adult↗
PubMed1999

Retroperitoneoscopic management of infected cysts in adult polycystic kidney disease.

Conservative measures are the mainstay of therapy in adult polycystic kidney disease (APKD). Pain, infection and obstructive uropathy are the major indications for intervention. Chronic pain has been treated with narcotic analgesics, needle aspiration of dominant cysts, and open renal cyst decortication. Laparoscopic cyst decortication, by either transperitoneal or retroperitoneal access, is a new emerging option with similar efficacy to open surgery and less morbidity. Cyst infection in these patients responds poorly to commonly used antibiotics. Patients with refractory cyst infection may even require nephrectomy. Herein, we present 2 cases with APKD that were treated by retroperitoneoscopic decortication for painful and infected cysts. Both patients showed prompt and sustained improvement in symptoms, with minimal morbidity and short convalescence. This approach has not hitherto been described for infected cysts in APKD. The retroperitoneoscopic route should be preferred in the presence of infected cysts so as to prevent intraperitoneal contamination.

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