title: Return to dialysis after renal transplantation. Which would be the best way?
abstract: The exact moment to return to dialysis when a graft fails has not clearly been established. Furthermore, there is no agreement with respect to whether the guidelines accepted for patients entering dialysis for the first time are adequate for this subgroup of patients with advanced renal failure, due to the special characteristics of these patients, derived from the immunosuppressive medications they are taking among other accompanying factors. We reviewed a group of renal transplant patients who returned to dialysis and compared them with a group of patients entering dialysis for the first time. Patients with chronic renal failure due to graft failure had a poorer renal function at the time entering dialysis and a more profound anemia. Additionally, complications considered such as the number of hospital admissions during the first year after initiation of dialysis were considerably higher in the group of transplanted patients. We advocate for an earlier referral to the dialysis unit, a more aggressive erythropoietin therapy in the phase of advanced renal failure due to chronic allograft nephropathy, and in selected cases retransplantation before definitive graft loss.
authors: Nephrology Department, Marqués de Valdecilla Hospital, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain.
authors: Manuel
authors: M
authors: Arias
authors: Rafael
authors: R
authors: Escallada
authors: Angel L Martín
authors: AL
authors: de Francisco
authors: Emilio
authors: E
authors: Rodrigo
authors: Gema
authors: G
authors: Fernández-Fresnedo
authors: Ma Angeles
authors: MA
authors: Setién
authors: Celestino
authors: C
authors: Piñera
authors: Juan Carlos
authors: JC
authors: Ruiz
authors: Isabel
authors: I
authors: Herráez
authors: Julio
authors: J
authors: Cotorruelo
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D006435:Renal Dialysis