#122 Kidney Transplant Preparation: 5 Pearls Segment
Core IM | Internal Medicine Podcast
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The Risks of Waiting Too Long for a Kidney Transplant
When people get to this level of kinetis function, it's usually a pretty slow progression. The drugs that we give to protect the kidney from rejection are actually somewhat nephrotoxic. So you're speeding up the failure of their native kidneys. It's better to let somebody ride. Sometimes 20% of our list is on hold because they're too well for transplant.
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