Background. Osteopenia is a major complication of renal transplantation. Immunosuppressive
regimens including cyclosporine, which permit the use of lower doses of glucocorticoids, …

Background & Aims: We have reported that contrast echocardiography is a sensitive screening
test for the hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS). However, contrast echocardiography …

MATERIALS AND METhODS Patients were drawn from a population that needed GFR
measurement for various clinical problems, includ ing a group with normal renal function and …

In fourteen renal transplant patients converted from cyclosporin to azathioprine for financial
reasons renal blood flow was greater and renal vascular resistance lower after conversion. …

We retrospectively examined the effect of nephrectomy on renal function in 55 living related
donors. Renal function was measured with 131 iodine-orthoiodohippurate scans. All patients …

Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Emory University Medical Center,
Atlanta, Georgia; Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, …

Precautions have the patient return on the second day for a baselineACEIs can cause significant
hypotension. Therefore, study. When the study result is abnormal, specificity canblood …

Comprehensive evaluation of renal transplants has been important in differential diagnosis
of medical and surgical complications in the early post-transplantation period and in the long-…

Objective: To determine the effect of different bladder management methods on long-term
renal function in persons with spinal cord injury (SCI). Design: Cohort study. Setting: Model …

This Guidance Document for structured reporting of diuresis renography in adults was
developed by the International Scientific Committee of Radionuclides in Nephro-urology (ISCORN…