Chronic Kidney Disease After Orthotopic Liver Transplantation: Impact of Hepatitis C Infection

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has been shown to be a potential risk factor for the development of chronic kidney disease in liver transplant recipients. We performed a retrospective cohort study of 307 patients with and without HCV cirrhosis and preserved pretransplant renal function (serum crea...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Transplantation 2011-06, Vol.91 (11), p.1245-1249
Hauptverfasser:	BAHIRWANI, Ranjeeta, SHAKED, Oren, KURD, Shanu, BLOOM, Roy, RAJENDER REDDY, K
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Biological and medical sciences Chronic Disease Chronic infection Cirrhosis Cohort Studies Creatinine Creatinine - blood Dialysis Epidermal growth factor receptors Female Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Fundamental immunology Glomerular Filtration Rate Hepatitis C Hepatitis C - complications Hepatitis C virus Hepatocellular carcinoma Humans Kidney diseases Kidney Diseases - etiology Kidney transplantation Kidneys Liver diseases Liver transplantation Liver Transplantation - adverse effects Liver, biliary tract, pancreas, portal circulation, spleen Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Mortality Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases Renal function Retrospective Studies Risk factors Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Surgery of the digestive system Tissue, organ and graft immunology Urinary system involvement in other diseases. Miscellaneous
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Zusammenfassung:	Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has been shown to be a potential risk factor for the development of chronic kidney disease in liver transplant recipients. We performed a retrospective cohort study of 307 patients with and without HCV cirrhosis and preserved pretransplant renal function (serum creatinine
ISSN:	0041-1337 1534-6080
DOI:	10.1097/TP.0b013e318218d5bd