Ramadan Fasting in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Single-Centre Retrospective Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Fasting during the lunar month of Ramadan is mandatory to all healthy adult Muslims. Renal transplant recipients are often worried about the impact of fluid and electrolyte deprivation during fasting on the function of their allograft. We aimed to examine the effect of fasting Ramadan on the graft function in renal transplant recipients.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study included patients who underwent kidney transplantation in our tertiary referral center. Baseline pre-Ramadan estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), mean arterial pressure (MAP), and urinary protein excretion were compared to those during and after Ramadan within and between the fasting and non-fasting groups.

Results

The study population included 280 kidney transplant recipients

SUBMITTER: Ibrahim IA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6008647 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature