Hypertension after allogeneic kidney transplantation in the rat.

With the use of cadaver donors, the number of kidney transplantations is growing rapidly. The total number for the whole world is estimated at over 100.000. Half of these transplantations are performed in Europe. For the Netherlands the total number of renal transplantations carried out until the end of 1985 amounts to 3.000. Out of these 3.000, nearly 200 involved children under 15 years of age. In the unnatural situation of allogeneic kidney transplan- I tation, where surgeons are attempting to contravene nature by inserting foreign proteins into an unwilling host, unusual compensatory host mechanisms may take place. One of these mechanisms is the development of post-renal transplantation hypertension. Although a successful renal allograft may cure hypertension, it is now recognized that there is an alarmlingly high incidence of hypertension in transplanted patients. In this situation hypertension poses diagnostic and therapeutic problems in many patients. A variety of factors may be responsible for the genesis of blood pressure elevation in the post-transplantation period, but an analysis of the importance of the various factors is very problematic in humans. The aim of the present experiments was to develop a model in rats in which post-transplantation hypertension could be studied. This model was used to reveal the mechanisms causing the hypertension after kidney transplantation in the rat and then to find ways to prevent this post-transplantation hypertension in rats

Primary SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases: long-term humoral immune responses and effects on disease activity

Background: Patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) on immunosuppressants (ISPs) may have impaired long-term humoral immune responses and increased disease activity after SARS-CoV-2 infection. We aimed to investigate long-term humoral immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 and increased disease activity after a primary SARS-CoV-2 infection in unvaccinated IMID patients on ISPs. Methods: IMID patients on active treatment with ISPs and controls (i.e. IMID patients not on ISP and healthy controls) with a confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection before first vaccination were included from an ongoing prospective cohort study (T2B! study). Clinical data on infections and increased disease activity were registered using electronic surveys and health records. A serum sample was collected before first vaccination to measure SARS-CoV-2 anti-receptor-binding domain (RBD) antibodies. Results: In total, 193 IMID patients on ISP and 113 controls were included. Serum samples from 185 participants were available, with a median time of 173 days between infection and sample collection. The rate of seropositive IMID patients on ISPs was 78% compared to 100% in controls (p Pathophysiology and treatment of rheumatic disease

No association between glucocorticoid receptor polymorphisms and long-term respiratory outcome after very preterm birth

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Gender differences in respiratory symptoms in 19-year-old adults born preterm

Objective: To study the prevalence of respiratory and atopic symptoms in (young) adults born prematurely, differences between those who did and did not develop Bronchopulmonary Disease (BPD) at neonatal age and differences in respiratory health between males and females. Methods: Design: Prospective cohort study. Setting: Nation wide follow-up study, the Netherlands. Participants: 690 adults (19 year old) born with a gestational age below 32 completed weeks and/or with a birth weight less than 1500g. Controls were Dutch participants of the European Community Respiratory Health Survey (ECRHS). Main outcome measures: Presence of wheeze, shortness of breath, asthma, hay fever and eczema using the ECRHS-questionnaire

Clinical characteristics of women captured by extending the definition of severe postpartum haemorrhage with 'refractoriness to treatment': a cohort study

Background: The absence of a uniform and clinically relevant definition of severe postpartum haemorrhage hampers comparative studies and optimization of clinical management. The concept of persistent postpartum haemorrhage, based on refractoriness to initial first-line treatment, was proposed as an alternative to common definitions that are either based on estimations of blood loss or transfused units of packed red blood cells (RBC). We compared characteristics and outcomes of women with severe postpartum haemorrhage captured by these three types of definitions. Methods: In this large retrospective cohort study in 61 hospitals in the Netherlands we included 1391 consecutive women with postpartum haemorrhage who received either ≥4 units of RBC or a multicomponent transfusion. Clinical characteristics and outcomes of women with severe postpartum haemorrhage defined as persistent postpartum haemorrhage were compared to definitions based on estimated blood loss or transfused units of RBC within 24 h following birth. Adverse maternal outcome was a composite of maternal mortality, hysterectomy, arterial embolisation and intensive care unit admission. Results: One thousand two hundred sixty out of 1391 women (90.6%) with postpartum haemorrhage fulfilled the definition of persistent postpartum haemorrhage. The majority, 820/1260 (65.1%), fulfilled this definition within 1 h following birth, compared to 819/1391 (58.7%) applying the definition of ≥1 L blood loss and 37/845 (4.4%) applying the definition of ≥4 units of RBC. The definition persistent postpartum haemorrhage captured 430/471 adverse maternal outcomes (91.3%), compared to 471/471 (100%) for ≥1 L blood loss and 383/471 (81.3%) for ≥4 units of RBC. Persistent postpartum haemorrhage did not capture all adverse outcomes because of missing data on timing of initial, first-line treatment. Conclusion: The definition persistent postpartum haemo

Salivary reagent stick measures serum ethanol concentrations

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Flowcytometrie op het urinelaboratorium

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Ammoniumbepaling in enkelvoud?

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Klinische chemie op weg naar het derde millenium; een toekomstverwachting bezien vanuit de regio Gelre

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