Skin cancers and other cutaneous diseases in renal transplant recipients: a single Italian center observational study.

Kidney transplant recipients frequently suffer from skin infections and malignancies, due to the effects of long-term immunosuppressive therapy. Herein, a dermatological screening was performed to evaluate the relationship between risk factors, cutaneous tumours and other skin diseases in a group of 282 kidney transplant patients. Infectious diseases (16.

'Bench' MRI before transplant on harvested kidneys: a possible tool for diagnosis of acute pyelonephritis.

We present the first case in which magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been utilized to rule out lesions compatible with acute pyelonephritis in kidneys from a cadaveric organ donor before transplanting them. A 40-year-old female underwent diagnosis of brain death following a septic shock. The ecotomography of the kidneys showed areas compatible with micro-abscesses raising the hypothesis of acute pyelonephritis.

Tailored immunosuppression and steroid withdrawal in pancreas-kidney transplantation.

Background: Recent improvements in simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation (SPK) and the striking decrease in acute rejection lead us to focus on the effects of long-term immunosuppression.

Aim Of This Study: Evaluation of a policy of steroid withdrawal and tailored immunosuppression in pancreas-kidney patients treated in a single center.

Methods: review of the clinical charts in 9 SPK recipients (male/female = 5/4, median age 41 years, median follow-up 42 months), by the same operator, under supervision of the two usual caregivers.

Low-protein vegetarian diet with alpha-chetoanalogues prior to pre-emptive pancreas-kidney transplantation.

Background: Pre-emptive pancreas-kidney transplantation is increasingly considered the best therapy for irreversible chronic kidney disease (CKD) in type 1 diabetics. However, the best approach in the wait for transplantation has not yet been defined.

Aim: To evaluate our experience with a low-protein (0.

Cholesterol crystal embolism syndrome in dialysis patients: an emerging clinical diagnosis?

Background: Cholesterol crystal embolism syndrome (CCE) is an increasing end-stage renal disease cause. Few cases have been described on dialysis, despite the high prevalence of the predisposing factors.

Methods: The diagnostic criteria of the present study were: skin lesions, myalgia, fatigue, fever and acute inflammatory serologic signs, in the presence of severe vasculopathy.

Efficacy of an educational programme for secondary school students on opinions on renal transplantation and organ donation: a randomized controlled trial.

Context: Organ shortage for transplantation is a crucial problem; educational interventions may increase donations and decrease opposition.

Objective: To test the efficacy of an educational programme on opinions on organ transplantation and kidney donation.

Design And Participants: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial: eight intervention and eight control schools were randomly selected from the 33 public schools that agreed to participate.

Teenagers' point of view on living donor kidney transplantation: Cinderella or princess?

Unlabelled: Living kidney donation is an important clinical option, encountering different fortunes in the world.

Aim: To analyse the opinions of a large subset of older teenagers attending high school (7999 students, median age 18) on different aspects of living kidney transplantation.

Methods: Analysis of semistructured questionnaires submitted within an educational campaign on dialysis and transplantation in the high schools of Torino and its county (about 2,000,000 inhabitants).

Continuum of therapy in progressive renal diseases (from predialysis to transplantation): analysis of a new organizational model.

In the aging of Western populations, decreased mortality is counterbalanced by an increase in morbidity, particularly involving chronic diseases such as most renal diseases. The price of the successful care of chronic conditions, such as cardiovascular diseases or diabetes, is a continuous increase in new dialysis patients. However, the increased survival of patients on chronic renal replacement therapies poses new challenges to nephrologists and calls for new models of care.

The grafted kidney takes over: disappearance of the nephrotic syndrome after preemptive pancreas-kidney and kidney transplantation in diabetic nephropathy.

This report describes the rapid and complete reversal of proteinuria after preemptive transplantation in diabetic nephropathy. Case 1 was a 42-year-old woman with type 1 diabetes (before pancreas-kidney graft: serum creatinine 1.6 mg/dL and proteinuria 9.