Formula methods and creatinine clearance are more sensitive than serum creatinine in detecting early phase of acute kidney injury. However, there is no agreement between these methods of glomerular filtration rate estimation.
Abstract15 renal transplant recipients were studied for their lipid profile. The patients were on regular post transplant follow up and had non clinical or laboratory evidence of graft dysfunction, intercurrent infection or post transplant diabetes mellitus for at least 3 months prior to the study. The mean duration of transplant was 15 ± 9.5 months (range 3-32 months). Majority (86%) were on triple immunosuppression therapy and received a mean prednisolone dose of 10.5 mg. An equal number of healthy subjects were randomly selected and studied for their lipid profile and served as control for the study group. There was no significant change in the HDL-cholesterol level as compared with controls. However, these patients showed a significantly higher LDL-cholesterol and total cholesterol levels. Further, a significant inverse correlation was observed between triglycerides and total cholesterol levels and transplant duration.
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