Primary Care

Transplant nephrology

Questions discussed in this category

Would you order a repeat DEXA scan 1 year later for a kidney transplant patient who had an initial DEXA scan within the first 6 months post-transplant showing osteopenia but no history of fractures, and who has been stable on glucocorticoid-free immunosuppressive therapy?

2 Answers available

Should all kidney transplant patients be started on statin therapy post operatively given their increased risk of CVD?

At what doses do you start? and how do you titrate therapy?

1 Answer available

Should HCQ be continued in an asymptomatic SLE patient who has received renal transplant?

If a patient has received a kidney transplant for SLE-LN and is stable and doing well. Managed by their transplant team and on chronic immunosuppressi...

2 Answers available

Is there a BMI cutoff for which you no longer recommend kidney transplantation in a patient with end stage kidney disease and obesity?

3 Answers available

How frequently do you recommend skin cancer screens in your patients with kidney transplants who are on immunosuppression?

3 Answers available

Do you recommend holding cinacalcet after kidney transplantation and monitoring PTH levels before restarting it?

If so, how long would you monitor PTH levels?

1 Answer available

Do you recommend starting aspirin for a patient with ESKD secondary to lupus nephritis with detected antiphospholipid antibodies on pretransplant workup but no history of a thrombotic event?

3 Answers available

What is your blood pressure goal for the first three months after kidney transplantation?

2 Answers available

How do you approach COVID-19 vaccination in those who underwent kidney transplantation for native kidney glomerular disease?

1 Answer available

Do you routinely advise patients waiting for a kidney transplant to seek referrals at multiple institutions to decrease waiting time?

1 Answer available

Papers discussed in this category

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN, 2014-07

BP, cardiovascular disease, and death in the Folic Acid for Vascular Outcome Reduction in Transplantation trial.

Kidney Int, 2021 Mar

KDIGO 2021 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Blood Pressure in Chronic Kidney Disease.

Pediatr Transplant, 2018 Dec 09

Effects of the strict control of blood pressure in pediatric renal transplant recipients-ESCORT trial.

N Engl J Med, 2015 Nov 09

A Randomized Trial of Intensive versus Standard Blood-Pressure Control.

Kidney Int, 1998 Jan

Association of chronic kidney graft failure with recipient blood pressure. Collaborative Transplant Study.

Sci Rep, 2019 Jul 19

Intensive blood pressure control is associated with improved patient and graft survival after renal transplantation.

J Rheumatol, 2017 May 15

Longterm Hydroxychloroquine Therapy and Low-dose Aspirin May Have an Additive Effectiveness in the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation, 2019 Oct 07

Predicting skin cancer in organ transplant recipients: development of the SUNTRAC screening tool using data from a multicenter cohort study.

Clinical transplantation, 2020 Nov 22

Hydroxychloroquine and maintenance immunosuppression use in kidney transplant recipients: Analysis of linked US registry and claims data.

Arthritis care & research, 2023 Nov 28

Reference Range of Hydroxychloroquine Blood Levels That Can Reduce Odds of Active Lupus and Prevent Flares.

Circulation, 2019-06-18

2018 AHA/ACC/AACVPR/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/ADA/AGS/APhA/ASPC/NLA/PCNA Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines.

Primary Care

Transplant nephrology

Questions discussed in this category

Papers discussed in this category

Related Topics in Primary Care