title: The Reasons of Renal Transplant Recipients' Admission to the Emergency Department; a Case Series Study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Renal transplantation are admitted to emergency department (ED) more than normal population. The present brief report aimed to determine the reasons of renal transplant patients' ED visits.
  
  
  METHODS
  This retrospective case series study analyzed the reasons of renal transplant recipients' admission to one ED between 2011 and 2014. The patient data were collected via a checklist and presented using descriptive statistics tools.
  
  
  RESULTS
  41 patients with the mean age of 40.63 ± 10.95 years were studied (60.9% male). The most common ED presenting complaints were fever (36.6%) and abdominal pain (26.8%). Infections were the most common final diagnosis (68.3%). Among non-infectious causes, the most common was acute renal failure (9.7 %). 73.2% of the patients were hospitalized and no cases of graft loss and mortality were seen.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The most common reason for ED admission was fever, and infections were the most common diagnosis. Acute gastroenteritis being the most frequent infection and among non-infectious problems, acute renal failure was the most frequent one.
authors: Department of General Surgery, Sanko University School of Medicine, Gaziantep, Turkey.
authors: Erdal
authors: E
authors: Uysal
authors: Department of Emergency, Sanko University School of Medicine, Gaziantep, Turkey.
authors: Mehmet
authors: M
authors: Dokur
authors: Department of General Surgery, Sanko University School of Medicine, Gaziantep, Turkey.
authors: Hasan
authors: H
authors: Bakir
authors: Department of Radiology, Sanko University Hospital, Gaziantep, Turkey.
authors: Mehmet Ali
authors: MA
authors: Ikidag
authors: Department of General Surgery, Uludag Universtiy School of Medicine, Bursa, Turkey.
authors: Turkay
authors: T
authors: Kirdak
authors: Department of Urology, Sanko University School of Medicine, Gaziantep, Turkey.
authors: Hatem
authors: H
authors: Kazimoglu
keywords: Kidney transplantation; emergency service; epidemiologic studies; hospital; patient readmission