Does elevated blood pressure predict the risk of acute rejection in renal allograft recipients?
Elevated BP levels post-transplant identify patients at high risk of AR independently of graft function. Treatment of BP and reduction of BP levels appears to be associated with a decreased risk of AR. We hypothesize that high BP may be an indicator of a particular type of allograft damage, perhaps ischemic, that may predispose to AR.
This study indicates that sexual privacy is often a poorly investigated item, which is important to evaluate in male SD.