It’s NephMadness! Get inside the black box of transplant medicine as we discuss: Kidney transplant for the internist. Join Dr. Cyrus Askin, @askins_razor, one of our Curbsiders Correspondents, as he teams up with the fine folks from the Freely Filtered Podcast led by Dr. Samira Farouq, @ssfarouk, a Mount Sinai transplant nephrologist. Topics: indications for kidney transplant, immunosuppressive agents, what to watch out for in your post-transplant patients and so much more! Show Notes | Subscribe | Spotify | Swag! | Top Picks | Mailing List | [email protected] | CME Credits Written and Produced by: Cyrus Askin MD, Matthew Watto MD and the Freely Filtered Crew Infographic: Cyrus Askin MD Cover Art: Kate Grant MBChB DipGUMed Hosts: Cyrus Askin MD, Joel Topf MD, Samira Farouk MD, Swapnil Hiremath MD, Jennie Lin MD & Matt Sparks MD Editor: Matthew Watto MD (written materials); Clair Morgan of nodderly.com Sponsor: VCU Health CE Time Stamps 00:00 Announcement, Intro to Freely Filtered and NephMadness 04:00 Case of advanced CKD; Who/when to refer for transplant 12:05 Benefits of renal transplant 16:22 Counseling patients with advanced CKD about transplant and a bit on living donors 20:40 Medications after transplant; Drug-drug interactions 25:50 Dr. Sparks’ 30 second exam for the transplant patient; Diarrheal illness 32:07 Calcineurin inhibitor levels 36:42 Prophylaxis for long term complications 40:21 Allograft rejection; BAMF criteria 50:40 Cardiovascular risk; Statins 56:11 Malignancy after kidney transplant 60:00 NephMadness Transplant Region: Biomarkers vs Biopsy 72:23 Outro

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