Microcirculation of Patients With Kidney Transplant

National Taiwan University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Microcirculation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02874781

201605035RINC

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study measures the sublingual microcirculation of patients with kidney transplant using MicroScan. The data will be compared with data of health volunteers and end stage renal disease patients on hemodialysis.

Full description

This study measures the sublingual microcirculation of patients with kidney transplant using MicroScan. The data will be compared with data of health volunteers and end stage renal disease patients on hemodialysis. The microcirculation date includes total small vessel density, perfused small vessel density, proportion of perfused vessels, microvascular flow index, and heterogeneity index.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 79 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients with kidney transplant for more than one month

Exclusion criteria

• Body mass index (BMI) < 18.5 or > 30
• diagnosis of sepsis or trauma, or admitted to intensive care unit within one month before enrollment
• body temperature < 35.5 or > 37.5 Celsius
• patients with tongue resection
• non-native speaker