Prevalence of hypertension in a renal transplant population on alternate-day steroid therapy. Clin Nephrol 1976 Mar;5(3):123-7
Date
03/01/1976Pubmed ID
770034Scopus ID
2-s2.0-0017294565 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 46 CitationsAbstract
A study of the prevalence of hypertension in a group of renal transplant patients on alternate-day maintenance steroid therapy was conducted. Twenty-four percent of the transplant clinic population was hypertensive. The factors that were associated with a lower prevalence of hypertension were good graft function, bilateral nephrectomy of the patients' own diseased kidneys (although the majority of our patients without bilateral nephrectomy are normotensive), and use of a living related donor. We conclude that the prevalance of hypertension in transplant patients on alternate-day steroid therapy is low. In the presence of all these favorable factors, only 6% of allograft recipients were hypertensive.
Author List
Curtis JJ, Galla JH, Kotchen TA, Lucas B, McRoberts JW, Luke RGMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AdolescentAdult
Cadaver
Creatinine
Drug Administration Schedule
Female
Graft Rejection
Humans
Hypertension
Kidney Transplantation
Male
Middle Aged
Nephrectomy
Postoperative Complications
Prednisone
Proteinuria
Transplantation, Homologous
