Kidney Transplantation

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Connected health information

Explore this condition in a clear order

1. Attributes 2. Signs & symptoms 3. Drugs / medications 4. Treatments by type 5. Further tests / investigations 6. Biological / test markers

Linked signs and symptoms

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No related signs or symptoms are listed yet.

Linked drugs / medications

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Medication information is educational only. A doctor or pharmacist should advise whether any medicine is appropriate.

Treatments, therapies and supportive options

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Grouped by treatment type. These are educational database links, not personal treatment recommendations. Evidence labels are shown only where stored in the EH database.

Medical procedures and investigations

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Ultraviolet Blood Irradiation

Medical therapy

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Ultraviolet Blood IrradiationWeakly in Favour(Low Evidence)

Alternative and complementary therapies

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Turmeric

Alternative medicine

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Tumeric (Curcuma longa)Weakly in Favour(Low Evidence)

Linked diagnostic tests and investigations

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These are pulled from both EH diagnostic-test link tables, including the older large test-link table.

Biological markers/agents

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This visual map shows biological markers/agents reported as increased or decreased with this condition. These are educational relationships only; test results must be interpreted by a qualified clinician because ranges vary by lab, method, age, sex and clinical context.

Often increased

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Often decreased

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Introduction / full article

ID 1975

Efficacy of Alternative and Other Treatments According to GRADE* Ranking:

Turmeric [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]:

Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It is proposed only as a weak supportive symptomatic support, and even then, has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present.

Recommendation: Weakly in favor (Early laboratory studies show that turmeric may be of benefit in kidney transplants, decreasing the risk of organ rejection. However, further studies are needed)

Grade of Evidence: low quality of evidence

Ultraviolet Blood Irradiation:

Recommendation: Strong (UV blood irradiation has shown to be effective in the management of rejected transplants)

Grade of Evidence: Moderate quality of evidence

* www.gradeworkinggroup.org

Summary References

Treatments:

1. Ades T, Alteri R, Gansler T, Yeargin P, "Complete Guide to Complimentary & Alternative Cancer Therapies", American Cancer Society, Atlanta USA, 2009

2. http://www.cancer.org/Treatment/TreatmentsandSideEffects/ComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine/HerbsVitaminsandMinerals/turmeric

3. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/patient-turmeric.html

4. http://nccam.nih.gov/health/turmeric/index.htm

5. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/1668932.stm

6. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/10/28/curry-kills-cancer-cells-and-other-health-benefits-of-the-nations-favourite-dish-115875-21779950/

7. http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?term=turmeric