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An observational study of voluntary live kidney donors-post transplant in tertiary care centre from South India
S Manoharan1, B Lalith Narayan2, M Natesh Prabhu3*
{1Professor, Department of Medicine} {3Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology} Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Medical College & Hospital, Perambalur -621 113, Tamil Nadu, INDIA. 2Consultant Physician, Department of Medicine, Tanjore Medical College, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, INDIA. Email: drnateshprabhu@gmail.com
Abstract Kidney transplantation is best choice in the treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD).An observational study was conductedat Thanjavur Medical College Hospital to study impact of renal donation by assessing systemic disease, renal function and their psychosocial functioning in the donors.50 live kidney donors were enrolled and females (78%) were the single major group of donors. Female donors had a mean age (24 years) at donation less than the males. The prevalence of hypertension and Diabetes mellitus (20%) among the donors was similar to the population based studies. None of the donors had proteinuria. Only one donor had elevation of urea and creatinine. The mean time taken by the donors to return to normal life was 4.08 weeks. All the donors had a positive attitude towards donation. Key Word: kidney transplantation, live kidney donor, quality of life, transplant outcome. |
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