Immunologic Complications After Kidney Transplantation Karthikeyan Venkatachalam Tarek Alhamad General Principles Acute rejection is characterized by decline in graft function with diagnostic features on a kidney biopsy after ruling out…
Management of the Kidney Transplant Patient Clarice E. Carthon Timothy A. Horwedel General Principles Immunosuppression is used for induction at the time of transplant to promote graft acceptance, to prevent…
Evaluation of the Living Kidney Donor Candidate Rungwasee Rattanavich General Principle Living kidney has major advantages over deceased donor kidney. In general, recipients of living kidney benefit from shorter waiting…
Evaluation of the Kidney Transplant Candidate Sreelatha Katari General Principles Kidney transplantation improves patient survival and quality of life and reduces the total cost of medical care compared to dialysis….
Overview of Kidney Transplantation Rowena Delos Santos General Principles Over 500,000 people in the United States have end-stage renal disease (ESRD), with over 100,000 new cases of ESRD yearly.1 Treatment…
Principles of Drug Dosing in Renal Impairment Bethany Tellor Jennifer Hagopian Introduction One of the most significant drug-related errors in patients with renal impairment is inappropriate medication dosing leading to…
Therapeutic Plasma Exchange Brittany Heady Tingting Li General Principles Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is an extracorporeal blood separation procedure in which a large volume of plasma is separated from the…
Continuous and Prolonged Intermittent Renal Replacement Therapies Fahad Edrees Anitha Vijayan Modalities of Renal Replacement Therapy The available modalities for renal replacement therapy (RRT) in the hospital are: Intermittent hemodialysis…
Peritoneal Dialysis and Home Hemodialysis Lisa Koester Brent Miller Peritoneal Dialysis General Principles Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a form of renal replacement therapy that utilizes the patient’s peritoneal membrane and…
Hemodialysis Frank O’Brien General Principles The loss of kidney function in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) results in uremia and an impairment in regulation of fluids and electrolytes. Without intervention, ESRD…
