Clinical Study

Short-Time Intermittent Preexposure of Living Human Donors to Hyperoxia Improves Renal Function in Early Posttransplant Period: A Double-Blind Randomized Clinical Trial

Table 1

Preoperative characteristic of the donors and recipients.

VariableGroup IGroup II
( )( )

Donor
 Age (years)
 Sex (M/F)25/028/0
Recipient
 Age (yr)
 Sex (M/F)20/519/9
 Anuria/oliguria2/233/25
 Duration of CRF (month)
 DOH (month)
Cause of CRF
 Glomerulonephritis24
 Hypertension86
 Diabetes mellitus52
 Pyelonephritis11
 SLE12
 ATN10
 Urologic disease02
 (VUR, nephrolithiasis, etc.)
 Unknown01
 Other710

Dates are presented as mean ± SD or numbers. Group I: living kidney donor patients under open nephrectomy received high flow oxygen; Group II: living kidney donor patients under open nephrectomy received air. CRF: chronic renal failure; DOH: duration of hemodialysis; SLE: systemic lupus erythematosus; ATN: acute tubular necrosis; VUR: vesicoureteral reflux. There was no significant difference between the two groups.