[Levels of myoglobin (Myo) in blood of patients during an early phase after kidney transplantation].

UNLABELLED: In uremic subjects Myo levels were significantly higher than in normals. In the present study we aimed to assess the Myo levels immediately after KT. Myo levels were assessed in 25 uremic patients at the early phase after KT and in 12 controls (patients immediately after cholecystectomy). All uremic patients were divided on two groups: group I--patients with immediately good graft function after KT (12 patients) and group II--patients with acute failure of the transplanted kidney (13 patients). In all examined subjects immediately before and during following 30 days after KT or cholecystectomy the Myo levels were assessed using RIA methods. There were found the significant correlations between plasma creatinine and Myo levels in uremic patients.

CONCLUSIONS: 1. In all examined KTP the tendency to normalisation Myo levels after transplantation was observed. 2. Acute failure of transplanted kidney delayed normalization Myo levels. 3. Normalization of Myo levels was preferently dependent on the graft function.