Effect of Vasoactive Therapy Used for Brain-Dead Donors on Graft Survival After Kidney Transplantation

Serum catecholamine levels and peripheral vascular resistance decrease after brain death. Vasoactive drugs are used to control these hemodynamic changes and to improve perfusion of the organs. These drugs might have a role in rejection or loss of the graft organ. We aimed to investigate the effects of vasoactive drugs used in the cadaveric donor care on post-transplant renal graft functions. In this retrospective study, medical records of 135 cadaveric donors (270 kidneys) and recipients of these kidneys were evaluated.
Source: Transplantation Proceedings - Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Source Type: research