Useful information about working in Renal Medicine

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Renal Transplant

• The management of renal transplant patients is based on the Auckland Renal Transplant Group (ARTG) protocol (available on Ward 71 and on the intranet under “R” for Renal transplants in the Policies and Guidelines Library).

• Any acute events in transplant patients should be discussed early with the Transplant Physician on call (irrespective of the time of day or night).

• Such acute events include fever, decreased urine output, pain over the allograft in an in-patient, bleeding from transplant wound or other sites.

• All renal transplant recipients who present to emergency services or other teams with acute illnesses for assessment should be discussed with the Transplant Physician on call.