Assessment of Venous Impedance Index and its Relationship with Outcome of Kidney Transplant Patients

Abstract

Kidney transplantation is a warranted treatment approach for chronic kidney failure, which is subject to diverse complications such as transplant rejection. Identifying and treating effective factors is crucial. Ultrasound is a cost-effective and readily available means of identifying early causes of transplant disorders. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the venous impedance index's role in kidney transplant patients' outcomes. Methods: Forty patients who had undergone kidney transplants within the past five years were included in this census-based study. Demographic and sonographic data were recorded and entered into SPSS software for analysis. Results: This study involved 40 participants, with 16 females and 24 males. The average age of the transplant rejection group was 50 years, while the non-rejection group had an average of 44.1 years. 22 patients had a history of prior disease. In the VII study, the average graft rejection rates were 0.35 and 0.31 in the transplant and non-transplant groups, respectively. The relationship between transplant rejection and VII was found to be not statistically significant (P=0.4).