Common Questions and Misconceptions in the Management of Renal Transplant Patients: A Guide for Health Care Providers in the Posttransplant Setting

Once renal transplant recipients are stabilized and require less frequent follow-up with their transplant team, health care providers outside of the transplant setting play an integral role in patients’ ongoing medical care. Given renal transplant recipients’ inherent complexity, these health care p...

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Published in:The Annals of pharmacotherapy 2019-04, Vol.53 (4), p.419-429
Main Authors: Dagenais, Renée, Leung, Marianna, Poinen, Krishna, Landsberg, David
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Female
Health Personnel
Humans
Kidney Transplantation
Male
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Surveys and Questionnaires
Transplant Recipients
Urinary Tract Infections - prevention & control
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Summary:Once renal transplant recipients are stabilized and require less frequent follow-up with their transplant team, health care providers outside of the transplant setting play an integral role in patients’ ongoing medical care. Given renal transplant recipients’ inherent complexity, these health care providers often seek consult regarding decisions that may affect transplant-related medications or outcomes. In this review, we discuss answers to 10 of the questions commonly posed to our renal transplant team by other health care providers.
ISSN:1060-0280
1542-6270
DOI:10.1177/1060028018809318