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Announcements
1st Dammam International Transplant Symposium & Workshop2-5 January, 2010 |
The Eighth Annual Scientific Meeting of Jordan Society of Nephrology, The Third ASNRT Glomerulonephritis Update In Collaboration with the International Society of NephrologyJanuary 27-29, 2010 |
The 11th Congress of the Arab Society of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation5-8 May, 2010 |
The 12th Congress of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation18-21 October, 2010 |
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Journal Watch
KDIGO Clinical Practice Guidelines on Hepatitis C in Chronic Kidney Disease acknowledged by ISN
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Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Hemodialysis: What a Nephrologist Should
Know
Staphylococcus
aureus is a formidable pathogen that has the ability to colonize
approximately half the dialysis population without any sign of disease but
is also capable of causing wound and tissue infections; fulminant
septicemia; and chronic, difficult-to-eradicate and often foreign
body-related infections. S. aureus is the main cause of infectious morbidity
and mortality in hemodialysis patients.... >>> More
Blood pressure variability and prevalence of hypertension using automated readings from multiple visits to a pharmacy-based community-wide programme
Blood
pressure (BP) measurements taken outside the routine office context may be a
useful adjunct strategy to monitor BP. Community-based BP data can also
provide estimates of the prevalence of elevated BP. We compared multiple
readings taken on different days in pharmacies using an automated BpTRU
device..... >>> More
Subclinical Rejection in Stable Positive Crossmatch Kidney Transplant Patients: Incidence and Correlations
We reviewed 116 surveillance biopsies obtained approximately 1, 3, 6 and 12
months posttransplantation from 50 +XM live donor kidney transplant
recipients to determine the frequency of subclinical cell-mediated rejection
(CMR) and antibody-mediated rejection (AMR). Subclinical CMR was present in
39.7% of the biopsies at 1 month and >20% at all other time points....
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