title: Gastrointestinal complications in 248 kidney transplant recipients.
abstract: In 248 kidney transplant recipients, 28 (11%) developed serious gastrointestinal complications after the transplantation. Upper gastrointestinal bleeding was the most common complication and accounted for 19 of the cases. Most of the haemorraging occurred during the first 6 months after transplantation and in conjunction with an episode of graft rejection. The mortality following upper gastrointestinal bleeding was 58%. Other serious complications encountered were lower gastrointestinal bleeding (4 cases), perforation of the colon (4 cases) and mesenteric vascular occlusion (1 case). Overall mortality was 43%.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality; D006084:Graft Rejection; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008641:Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous