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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?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
A kidney transplant is not an indication for statin therapy per se. The 2018 cholesterol guidelines list CKD (but not ESRD or Transplant) as a risk-enhancing factor. I would guide the decision to use statin therapy based on the patient's risk as assessed for non-transplant patients. Having said that...
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