Potential Influencing Factors on Infection Prevention Behaviours in Kidney Transplant Recipients

Journal of Clinical Nursing, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 14, 2025

Kidney transplantation is an effective treatment for end-stage renal disease (ESRD), but postoperative infection one of the main causes graft kidney failure and patient death (Chen et al. 2024). Prevention management post-transplant infections are crucial to improving success rate quality survival. The epidemiology risk factors have changed in recent years with advances immunosuppressive therapies emerging pathogens (Bharati 2023). Therefore, a deeper understanding these essential developing prevention strategies. It was reported that incidence higher during first 2 after transplantation, especially female patients those history recurrent urinary tract (Alotaibi A study by Pfirmann (2024) provided epidemiologic trends opportunistic transplant recipients between 2004 2017. They found cytomegalovirus most predominant syndromes diseases were significantly associated mortality (Pfirmann behaviours enhancing survival quality. We read great interest retrospective cross-sectional (Sarigol Karakilcik 2024) investigated affecting recipients. authors perform poorly (e.g., self-reported hand hygiene only 51%). Older more likely receive pneumonia vaccine wear masks outdoors. Married preferred rinse vegetables compared single patients. Last, high levels self-control self-management proactive adopting behaviours. Though previous studies specific behaviours, few focused on these. Sarigol innovatively this scientific issue conducting study. After carefully reviewing intriguing article, addition limitations mentioned study, we several other inherent should be noted when interpreting their findings. First, conducted at centre regions, thus sample may not sufficiently representative characteristics all different cultural, living habits geographic contexts), which limits generalisability results. Second, since data collected point time, reflect recipients' over time. Besides, design can provide evidence relationship it possible establish causality. Third, relied from respondents, might lead social desirability bias, where respondents report they believed socially desirable rather than what actually did. Also, self-developed questionnaires used lack extensive validation, affected accuracy Fourth, failed investigate status recipients, actual rates could determined. Moreover, though performed multivariate analyses, there been unmeasured confounders influenced self-management. This establishes basis potential influencing To improve reliability results, future take into account above use larger samples, long-term follow-up, objective measurement tools possibly intervention designs. Conception comment designed L.Z. C.C. original draft preparation, J.L. writing – review editing, supervision revise manuscript, All approved final manuscript. nothing report. declare no conflicts interest.

Language: Английский

Dietary Guidelines Post Kidney Transplant: Is This the Missing Link in Recovery and Graft Survival?

Transplant International, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 38

Published: April 3, 2025

The physiology of a transplanted kidney is affected from the moment it separated donor. risk complications arising surgery are highly associated with ischemic-reperfusion injury (IRI) due to effects hypoxia and oxidative stress during procurement, preservation reperfusion procedures. Hypoxia promotes formation reactive oxygen species (ROS) seems apparent that finding ways optimising metabolic milieu for would improve recovery graft survival. Studies have demonstrated benefits nutrition antioxidant compounds in mitigating disturbance energy supply cells post-transplant at improving long-term Particularly patients who may be nutritionally deficient following dialysis. Despite high incidence allograft failure, search literature grey reveals no medical nutriti on therapy guidelines beneficial nutrient intake aid transplant This narrative review aims summarise current knowledge specific macro micronutrients their effect survival perioperative period, up 1-year post transplant, optimise environment mitigate injury.

Language: Английский