title: Assessment and management of a patient with a renal transplant.
abstract: Renal transplant recipients admitted on the medical take can be challenging for the clinician. Immunosuppressant medications, reduced renal functional reserve, increased vascular risk, and propensity to uncommon infections and malignancies all contribute to make management more complex than in other patients. This article reviews salient points in the management of such patients by the non-specialist.
authors.affiliation: St. James' University Hospital, Leeds.
authors.forename: Matthew P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Welberry Smith
authors.forename: Richard J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Baker
mesh_terms: D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000209:etiology; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000209:etiology; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000209:etiology; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D007239:Infections / Q000209:etiology; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D008487:Medical History Taking / Q000379:methods; D008659:Metabolic Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D010020:Osteonecrosis / Q000209:etiology; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000209:etiology; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D012008:Recurrence; D051437:Renal Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology