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Kidney transplantation is the treatment of choice for patients with end-stage renal disease. Annually there are more kidney transplants performed than any other organ transplantation. Postoperative care of kidney transplant recipients is complex and their management usually involves multidisciplinary teams of medical specialists, transplant surgeons, and anesthesiologists. To care for these patients one must have a fundamental understanding of immunosuppressive agents and become familiar with common postoperative surgical and medical complications.
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The authors would like to thank Christine Trotter APN and Brenna Kane Pharm.D. for their assistance with preparation of Table 23.2 and Dr. Anthony Chang M.D. for providing renal biopsy pictures from his personal collection.
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Naik, A.S., Josephson, M.A., Chon, W.J. (2017). Postoperative Care of Renal Transplant Recipients. In: Subramaniam, K., Sakai, T. (eds) Anesthesia and Perioperative Care for Organ Transplantation. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6377-5_23
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