Survival of the patient and renal graft: Renal Transplant Receptors at the San José Hospital from 1996 to 2004

Sobrevida del paciente y del injerto renal: Receptores de Trasplante Renal en el Hospital de San José de 1996 a 2004

This is a retrospective, descriptive, observational study of patients with end-stage renal failure undergoing kidney transplantation at the Hospital de San José between 1996 and 2004. Clinical and surgical characteristics and their relation to five-year graft and recipient survival were analyzed. , using the univariate, bivariate, frequency methods and a survival probability curve. 110 patients received a kidney transplant in the hospital during this period and information was obtained from 102 of them. The average age was 35.53 years with standard deviation (SD) of 13.25 years, the distribution by gender was 53.9% of men and 46.1% women. The type of donor was alive 13.7% and cadaveric 86.3%. There was a survival rate of five-year recipients of 86.28% (88 patients) and 92.85% of deaths occurred in the first two months. The five-year graft survival rate was 70% according to the data analyzed in 85 patients. We consider that delay in graft function, acute rejection and the influence of change in immunosuppressive regimens should be analyzed in a timely manner. In addition, a graft matching system can be developed according to the patient's metabolic mass, age and previous function between donors and recipients, to assess their influence on graft function. Abbreviations: DE, standard deviation; DVT, deep vein thrombosis.

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