Open AccessEarly assessment of renal resistance index after kidney transplant can help predict long-term renal function
Author(s) -
A. Saracino,
Giovanni Santarsia,
A Latorraca,
Vito Gaudiano
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfl203
Subject(s) - medicine , univariate analysis , renal function , creatinine , urology , proteinuria , kidney transplantation , kidney , transplantation , gastroenterology , surgery , multivariate analysis
Color Doppler ultrasonography of intrarenal arterial resistance index (RI), performed early after kidney transplant, has proven to reliably predict short-term allograft function. The aim of this study was to assess whether it could also predict long-term renal function.
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