KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION FROM DECEASED DONORS: ACUTE REJECTION

Trọng Hiền Nguyễn1,, Minh Sâm Thái2,3, Ngọc Sinh Trần2,3
1 Cho Ray hospital
2 Cho Ray Hospital
3 University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City

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Background: Acute rejection is one of the factors influencing the outcome of kidney transplantation, especially kidney transplantation from donors after brainstem death (Donation after Brainstem Death, DBD) and donors after circulatory death (Donation after Circulatory Death, DCD), as there is little time to investigate the immunological correlation between the donor and recipient. Research Objectives: Present the results of acute rejection (Acute Rejection, AR) in patients receiving kidneys from DBD, DCD, and the factors influencing acute rejection. Research Methods: A retrospective, descriptive case series study, including cases of deceased donor kidney transplantation from April 2008 to December 2021, at Cho Ray Hospital. Results and discussion: The study includes 43 cases of kidney transplants from DBD (group 1), and 8 cases from DCD (group 2). The median age of the two groups is 36, and 44.5 years respectively. Men make up the majority. The median dialysis time of group 1 is 38.7 months, and group 2 is 57 months, hemodialysis is the primary treatment method. The KDRI index of group 1 is 0.83, group 2 is 1.5. The median follow-up time of group 1 is 6.2 years, and group 2 is 4.9 years. The rate of acute rejection in the first year of group 1 is 6.9%, and group 2 is 25%. Factors affecting the rejection rate include the level of HLA compatibility, HLA DR compatibility, the group of immunosuppressive induction drugs, and the group of maintenance immunosuppressive drugs in our study have not been proven to correlate. Acute rejection in group 1 increases the risk of Cytomegalovirus infection (P=0.02), group 2 increases the incidence of tuberculosis (P=0.035), and the rate of CMV infection (P=0.035). Conclusion: Acute rejection increases the rate of CMV infection in patients receiving kidneys from brain-dead and circulatory-death donors. In addition, acute rejection increases the incidence of tuberculosis in the group of patients receiving kidneys from circulatory-death donors. However, the number of kidney recipients in our study is still small, so we have not been able to investigate factors that statistically correlate with acute rejection complications

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