Management of Patients With a Failed Transplant Phuong-Thu T. Pham Erik L. Lum Phuong-Chi T. Pham TIMING OF DIALYSIS REINITIATION Patients returning to dialysis after a failed transplant comprise 4%…

Nutrition Care for Adult Kidney Transplant Candidates and Recipients Jill Strejc Mareena Geevarghese NUTRITION: GENERAL OVERVIEW Nutrition plays an important role in the management of patient outcomes during all stages…

Posttransplantation Cardiovascular Disease Phuong-Thu T. Pham Phuong-Mai T. Pham Phuong-Anh T. Pham Hai V. Pham Phuong-Chi T. Pham Son V. Pham Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the most frequent cause of…

Kidney Transplantation in Dual Organ Transplantation Phuong-Thu T. Pham Gerald S. Lipshutz KIDNEY ALLOCATION IN DUAL ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION Allocation of the kidney for candidates needing dual organ transplantation is determined…

Posttransplantation Malignancies Jeffrey M. Miller Basmah Abdalla Phuong-Thu T. Pham GENERAL OVERVIEW Recipients of organ transplants are at increased risk for developing certain neoplasms compared with the general population. Posttransplant…

Posttransplantation Infectious Complications and Vaccinations Camille Nelson Kotton Joanna M. Schaenman Phuong-Thu T. Pham VACCINATIONS General considerations All kidney transplant candidates should receive vaccinations for hepatitis B, pneumococcus, and other…

Urologic Considerations in the Kidney Transplant Patient Nick G. Cowan PRETRANSPLANT UROLOGIC CONSIDERATIONS Vascular considerations A renal allograft must have three components to function properly: inflow of blood, outflow of…

Mineral and Bone Disorders After Kidney Transplantation Elizabeth A. Kendrick Mineral and bone disorders frequently complicate management of kidney transplant recipients. Varying severity of abnormalities are likely to exist at…

Kidney Allograft Biopsy: Banff Classification and Other Transplant Histopathology Cynthia C. Nast GENERAL OVERVIEW Banff classification so named because the first International Consensus Meeting on kidney allograft pathology was held…

Common Posttransplant Abnormal Laboratory Findings Phuong-Chi T. Pham Phuong-Mai T. Pham Phuong-Truc T. Pham Phuong-Thu T. Pham POSTTRANSPLANT ANEMIA Etiologies relating to end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) transplant candidates Iron (vitamin…