71053 - Immunology and Medical Complications of Kidney Transplantation

Academic Year 2017/2018

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 8415)

Learning outcomes

Knowledge and ability to understand the problems of the patient with chronic renal insufficiency and the possibility of substitution of renal function (artificial or natural); Long-term follow-up and comorbidity management

Course contents


Transplant Immunology: Evaluation of the Blood Group, HLA typing and cross.match.

The transplant rejection: acute and chronic accelerated hyperacute rejection. Mobile rejection and humorous rejection.

Post-transplant metabolic complications: post-transplanted diabetes mellitus, metabolic syndrome, bone disease, post-transplant anemia / erythrocytosis.

The recurrence of basic nephropathy in the graft

Neoplasms and transplantation

Readings/Bibliography

Principles and practice of renal transplantation

Barry D. Kahan, Claudio Ponticelli

Teaching methods

Frontal lessons with educational material available to the student.
Description and discussion of clinical cases

Assessment methods

Oral exam on the topics taught during the lessons

Office hours

See the website of Paola Todeschini