%0 Journal Article %T Effect of Low Dose Dopamine on Early Graft Function in Living Unrelated Kidney Donors %A Hamzeh Hosseinzadeh %A Samad Golzari %A Mohammad Abravesh %A Ata Mahmoodpoor %J Urology Journal %D 2012 %I Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences %X Purpose: To evaluate the effect of low-dose dopamine administration on the early function of the kidney in unrelated kidney donors after transplantation.Materials and Methods: In this double-blinded clinical trial, 60 adult kidney donors and 60 recipients, younger than 50 years old, were studied. Donors and recipients were randomly divided into two groups; group 1 received dopamine 3 ¦Ìg/kg/min and group 2 received similar regimen of placebo. During the first 3 days postoperatively, serum levels of urea and creatinine as well as urine output and early kidney function were compared between two groups.Results: Serum levels of creatinine and urea and urine output during the first three days after the operation did not differ statistically significantly between two groups (P = .549, P = .306 and P = .375, respectively). Early kidney function was better significantly in group 1 (5.3 ¡À 3.2 versus 8.6 ¡À 8.0 hours; P = .048). Conclusion: Premedication of the kidney transplant donors with low-dose dopamine accelerates early kidney function after transplantation, but has no effect on the hemodynamic status and serum levels of creatinine and urea in the donors. %K kidney transplantation %K kidney function tests %K dopamine %K tissue donors %U http://www.urologyjournal.org/index.php/uj/article/view/1387/632