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Problems in the long-term renal allograft recipient.

Abstract：

:Despite great improvement in patient and graft survival, the long-term morbidity and mortality in renal transplant recipients are still significant. Cardiovascular disease accounts for much of the mortality in long-term survivors; screening before the transplant procedure and adequate control of hypertension should help improve patient survival. Many of the gastrointestinal complications are due to overimmunosuppression and sepsis. Adequate management must include withdrawal of all immunosuppressive medications in order to save the patient's life. Liver disease is usually of viral origin; patients with chronic active hepatitis or cirrhosis should remain on dialysis. Chronic rejection is the major cause of graft loss in long-term survivors; it is unresponsive to antirejection treatment and its progression may be mediated by nonimmunologic mechanisms. Correctable problems such as renal artery stenosis and ureteral obstruction should be ruled out before a late deterioration in graft function is disregarded as chronic rejection. Post-transplant diabetes, osteonecrosis, cataracts, and nephrotoxicity are directly related to the various immunosuppressive drugs currently used. The lowest dose compatible with graft acceptance should help reduce the incidence of these nonfatal but significant complications. Recurrence of disease is a common histologic finding in many transplant recipients but, except for a few diseases such as HUS, FSGS, and oxalosis, it usually does not lead to graft failure. Successful transplantation restores fertility in many uremic patients. Adequate counseling on contraception is imperative in order to avoid unwanted pregnancies and to delay parenthood for at least 1 year. Current immunosuppressive agents are not teratogenic, no dose adjustments are necessary, and an ill-advised decrease in medication may precipitate a rejection episode. Premature delivery is the major problem in these patients and can be avoided by maintaining adequate graft function and controlling hypertension and infections. It is evident from this review that most of the long-term morbidity and mortality seen in renal allograft recipients are due to overimmunosuppression with sepsis or to side effects of the individual drugs, steroids being a common denominator in almost all cases. New immunosuppressive protocols must aim not only to improve patient and graft survival but also to avoid the many complications that limit the full rehabilitation of these patients.

journal_name

Crit Care Clin

journal_title

Critical care clinics

authors

Fabrega AJ,Lopez-Boado M,Gonzalez S

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1990-10-01 00:00:00

pages

979-1005

issue

eissn

0749-0704

issn

1557-8232

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Problems in the long-term renal allograft recipient.