title: The postoperative care of the adult renal transplant recipient.
abstract: Advances in transplantation immunology management have contributed to more frequent transplants and better long-term graft survival. Nurses must consider many issues facing the transplant recipient such as medication management, infection prevention, chronic disease management, fluid balance, urine output, and the many psychological issues that surround receiving a transplant. Important guidelines of care of complex transplant patients in the postoperative period are provided.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.
authors.forename: Claudia P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Barone
authors.forename: Alice L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Martin-Watson
authors.forename: Gary W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Barone
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005440:Fluid Therapy / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control; D006085:Graft Survival; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing* / Q000592:standards; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D014563:Urodynamics
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents