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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Abu Jawdeh, Bassam G.
• Govil, Amit

Titel

Acute Kidney Injury in Transplant Setting: Differential Diagnosis and Impact on Health and Health Care

Ist Teil von

• Advances in chronic kidney disease, 2017-07, Vol.24 (4), p.228-232

Ort / Verlag

United States: Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Acute kidney injury (AKI) is common in kidney transplant recipients. In addition to the usual causes of AKI in native kidneys, certain features and risk factors are unique to kidney allografts. In this article, we will present an overview of the common transplant-specific AKI etiologies that include increased susceptibility to hemodynamic-mediated AKI, acute rejection, medication-induced AKI, recurrence of native kidney disease, infections, urinary tract obstruction, vascular thrombosis and post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder. AKI is independently associated with allograft loss and patient mortality. It is, therefore, prudent for transplant centers to address it as a major quality measure.