Behavior of Calcium, Phosphorus, and Parathormone Before Transplantation and in Months 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12 After Transplantation.

BACKGROUND: Bone mineral disease after transplantation persists and is an issue that must be addressed owing to the cardiovascular impact it presents. The objective of this study is to present the behavior of calcium, phosphorus, and parathormone (PTH) before renal transplantation (RT) and throughout the 12 months after transplant surgery. METHODS: A longitudinal observational study of RT patients was performed from 2013 to 2017 in 2 renal transplant units in Mexico. In total, 1009 records of patients with RT were analyzed. Calcium, phosphorus, and PTH levels were studied before transplantation and for 12 months after. Central tendency and dispersion were measured, the difference of means was established with chi square or student t tests, and the significant value of P was set at <.05. We also used the SPSS statistical package, version 25. RESULTS: Phosphorus had a median pre-RT of 5.73, which decreased to 2.8 in the first month post-transplant and then increased to 3.41 at 12 months post-RT. The median PTH, on the other hand, started at 420.60 and decreased to 67.45. Calcium began at 9.04 and hit a plateau of 9.58 during month 12 after the surgical event. CONCLUSIONS: Of the 3 biochemical parameters evaluated, phosphorus was the one that most corrected itself after transplantation. Despite a tendency toward hypophosphatemia in the first month after transplantation, it began to normalize from month 6 on. Meanwhile, calcium was the biochemical value that changed the least after transplantation.

Anemia and Erythrocytes: Behavior and Prevalence 1 Year After Kidney Transplant.

INTRODUCTION: Renal transplantation presents multiple complications after its completion, some of them related to the behavior of hemoglobin levels. The objective of this study is to determine the behavior and prevalence of anemia and erythrocytosis in the first year after renal transplantation. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A retrospective, observational study was conducted of a cohort of patients of the 21st Century National Medical Center in Mexico of transplants performed from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2017. A total of 649 met the inclusion criteria. Pre-transplant hemoglobin (Hb) levels were determined, as well as levels 1 month, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months after transplantation, and the prevalence of anemia and erythrocytosis was determined in each month. Descriptive analysis was performed with measures of central tendency and measures of dispersion. The statistical program SPSS version 25 was used. RESULTS: The mean pre-transplant Hb was 10.69 g/dL (standard deviation [SD] 2.04). One year after the renal transplant, Hb averaged 14.45 g/dL (SD 2.30), which meant an increase over the first year after renal transplantation of 3.76 g/dL. Pre-transplant anemia occurred in 73.1% of patients, and erythrocytosis in 0.1%; 12.9% of patients and 5.9% in erythrocytosis continued with anemia for a year. CONCLUSIONS: Renal transplantation allows Hb levels to recover in a multifactorial way; however, the persistence of anemia and erythrocytes creates a study challenge in any transplant unit, due to their prevalence of 12.9 and 5.9% respectively.

Abdominal tuberculosis in renal transplant recipient. Presentation of a case and literature review / Tuberculosis abdominal en receptor de trasplante renal. Presentación de un caso y revisión de literatura

Background: Kidney transplantation presents a susceptible point, and is related to infections; tuberculosis is a common and endemic etiology in a country like Mexico, where the most frequent presentation is the respiratory condition, the extrapulmonary is extremely rare and it is derived from immunosuppression conditions. Case report: 33-year-old man with kidney disease of undetermined etiology, kidney transplant in 2003 (donor mother) with adequate evolution; presented with chronic graft nephropathy, with baseline creatinine of 1.8 mg / dL, immunosuppression with prednisone 10 mg every 24 hours, mycophenolate mofetil 500 mg every 8 hours and ciclosporin 100 mg every 12 hours; surgical intervention was performed due to acute abdomen, appendectomy and omentectomy with histopathological finding of tuberculosis, Dotbal, antiproliferative in suspension was started and decrease of calcineurin inhibitor. Adequate kidney function was recovered and maintained as well as control of the infectious disease during the maintenance period. Conclusions: The management of immunosuppression is vital to find the right dose to avoid rejection and allow an immune response to infection, together with antimicrobial treatment.

Introducción: el trasplante renal presenta un punto susceptible y está relacionado con las infecciones; siendo la tuberculosis una etiología común y más en un país endémico como lo es México, siendo la forma de presentación más frecuente la afección respiratoria, lo extrapulmonar es sumamente raro derivado de condiciones de inmunosupresión. Caso clínico: hombre de 33 años de edad, con enfermedad renal de etiología no determinada, trasplantado renal en el año 2003 (madre donadora) con adecuada evolución; se presentó con nefropatía crónica del injerto, con creatinina basal de 1.8 mg/dL, inmunosupresión con prednisona 10 mg cada 24 horas, micofenolato de mofetilo 500 mg cada 8 horas y ciclosporina 100 mg cada 12 horas; se intervino quirúrgicamente por cuadro de abdomen agudo, se realizó apendicetomía y omentectomía con hallazgo histopatológico de tuberculosis, se inició Dotbal, antiproliferativo en suspensión y disminución del inhibidor de calcineurina. Se recuperó y mantuvo adecuada función renal y control del cuadro infeccioso, en periodo de mantenimiento. Conclusiones: el manejo de la inmunosupresión es vital para encontrar la dosis adecuada evitando rechazo, así como permitir una respuesta inmunológica ante la infección, junto con el tratamiento antimicrobiano.

Disfagia posterior a la funduplicatura tipo Nissen en el manejo del reflujo gastroesofágico / Dysphagia due to Nissen type fundoplication used to treat gastroesophagic reflux

Objetivo. Establecer la frecuencia y etiología de la disfagia posterior a la funduplicatura tipo Nissen en el manejo del reflujo gastroesofágico. Diseño. Estudio retrospectivo, transversal, comparativo y observacional con seguimiento. Sede. Hospital Regional de segundo nivel de atención. Pacientes y métodos. Se revisaron los expedientes de los pacientes sometidos a funduplicatura tipo Nissen entre agosto de 1993 y febrero de 1995, y se realizó seguimiento a través de la consulta externa, evaluando los resultados clínicos y manométricos de la funduplicatura tipo Nissen en el manejo quirúrgico del reflujo gastroesofágico. Se realizó manometría esofágica a los pacientes con disfagia postoperatoria persistente y fueron comparados con un grupo control sin disfagia. Se empleó t de Student para el análisis estadístico. Resultados. Excelentes y buenos resultados (Visick 1 y 2) se encontraron en el 90.7 por ciento. El análisis estadístico al comparar el grupo de disfagia persistente y el grupo control mostró que existe una duración significativamente menor de las ondas peristálticas en el cuerpo esofágico en los pacientes que presentaron disfagia persistente (p=0.04). Conclusión. Las alteraciones observadas y valores anormales en la manometría se hicieron evidentes en la medición de la amplitud, duración y propulsión de las ondas peristálticas del cuerpo esofágico. El mayor índice de disfagia en nuestro estudio, se relaciona, probablemente , con una fibrosis avanzada del esófago al momento de la cirugía. Concluimos que los trastornos de la motilidad esofágica no detectados en el preoperatorio, secundarios a fibrosis, pueden ser la causa de la disfagia post-Nissen