Orthostatic acute renal failure in a renal transplant.
Complications due to ureteric obstruction are an occasional cause for renal transplant dysfunction. Here we report an unusual case of orthostatic renal failure in a renal transplant recipient. Our patient had the previously reported predisposing risk factors including: female sex, obesity, and lax abdominal musculature. It is important to recognize this unusual complication of renal transplantation early in order to preserve long-term graft function.
Winn
M P
MP
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Bollinger
R R
RR
Conlon
P J
PJ
D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000502:physiology; D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D011187:Posture; D012307:Risk Factors