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The Acute Care of the Transplant Recipient

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Early post-transplant factors including delayed graft function (DGF), acute rejection episodes, nephrotoxic agents, post-transplant hypertension, dyslipidemia, and new onset diabetes mellitus after transplantation (NODAT) have all been implicated in worsening both short- and long-term morbidity and mortality after renal transplantation. Optimal management of the transplant recipient begins in the immediate postoperative period. This chapter provides a stepwise approach to the medical and urological management of the transplant recipient in the first 3 months after transplantation. The management of transplant recipients can be divided into three periods: immediate postoperative period, first week post-transplant, and first 3 months post-transplant. Immunosuppressive therapy is discussed in Chapter 9.

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  1. Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Phuong-Thu T. Pham MD & Gabriel M. Danovitch MD

  2. Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Sylmar, CA, USA

    Phuong-Chi T. Pham MD

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Pham, PT.T., Pham, PC.T., Danovitch, G.M. (2010). The Acute Care of the Transplant Recipient. In: McKay, D., Steinberg, S. (eds) Kidney Transplantation: A Guide to the Care of Kidney Transplant Recipients. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1690-7_14

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