Management of the kidney transplant recipient
A Padiyar, FH Akoum, DE Hricik - Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 2008 - Elsevier
The short-term outcomes of kidney transplant recipients have improved dramatically in the
past 20 years, in large part resulting from the availability of more potent immunosuppressive
drugs capable of preventing or treating acute allograft rejection. Ironically, side effects from
these same immunosuppressants play a role in the long-term morbidity and mortality of this
patient population. As kidney transplant recipients survive for longer periods of time with
functioning allografts, primary care physicians will likely become more involved in their …
past 20 years, in large part resulting from the availability of more potent immunosuppressive
drugs capable of preventing or treating acute allograft rejection. Ironically, side effects from
these same immunosuppressants play a role in the long-term morbidity and mortality of this
patient population. As kidney transplant recipients survive for longer periods of time with
functioning allografts, primary care physicians will likely become more involved in their …