Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Differential Diagnosis of chronic Renal Graft Dysfunction

Any significant deterioration in graft function should be investigated using the appropriate diagnostic tools and, if possible, therapeutic interventions should be initiated. The usual causes of a decline in glomerular filtration rate after the first year include:

Causes related to allograft includes:
  • Chronic allograft rejection
  • Acute rejection
  • Transplant renal artery stenosis
  • Ureteric obstruction
  • Recurrent and De novo glomerlonephritis
  • BK virus nephropathy
  • Calcineurin induced nephropathy
Causes not related to allograft includes:
  • Pre-renal
  • Renal
  • Post-renal

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