Renal function and blood pressure after donor nephrectomy.
Pre- and post-nephrectomy renal function and blood pressure were compared in 75 subjects who had donated a kidney for transplantation during the past 20 years. The function of the remaining kidney was not adversely affected by prolonged compensatory hyperfiltration. However, an increased prevalence of hypertension was found in 'long-term' kidney donors.
D001794:Blood Pressure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000502:physiology; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014019:Tissue Donors