Post-Kidney Transplant Care: Pearls and Medications

This chapter discusses various pearls related to post-kidney transplant care, including common side effects of immunosuppressive medications, acute kidney injury unique to transplant recipients, infections in transplant patients, and signs of rejection and increased cancer prevalence. It also provides information on the three main maintenance medications used to prevent rejection - tachrolymus, mygofenolate, and prednisone - and highlights the challenges and importance of correctly timing the administration of tachrolymus. The chapter concludes with a discussion on the dosing and administration of microphenolate and the distinction between microphenolate mofatil and microphenolate sodium.