Anticoagulant-Related Nephropathy as a Cause of Early Graft Dysfunction

Exp Clin Transplant. 2024 Sep;22(9):717-720. doi: 10.6002/ect.2024.0182.

Abstract

Anticoagulant-related nephropathy is an increasingly recognized entity, characterized by the presence of hematuria in the context of a supratherapeutic international normalized ratio with the development of secondary acute kidney injury, which may require renal replacement therapy and may progress to chronic kidney disease. We present the case of a 63-year-old patient who started anticoagulant therapy with acenocoumarol 2 months after her kidney transplant and presented with graft dysfunction concomitant to a supratherapeutic international normalized ratio.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acenocoumarol* / adverse effects
  • Acute Kidney Injury / chemically induced
  • Acute Kidney Injury / diagnosis
  • Anticoagulants* / adverse effects
  • Blood Coagulation / drug effects
  • Female
  • Hematuria / chemically induced
  • Hematuria / etiology
  • Humans
  • International Normalized Ratio
  • Kidney Transplantation* / adverse effects
  • Middle Aged
  • Risk Factors
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anticoagulants
  • Acenocoumarol