TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - The Transplant Patient A1 - Unterman, Sarah E. A2 - Cydulka, Rita K. A2 - Fitch, Michael T. A2 - Joing, Scott A. A2 - Wang, Vincent J. A2 - Cline, David M. A2 - Ma, O. John PY - 2017 T2 - Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine Manual, 8e AB - Management of patients with transplanted organs in the emergency department (ED) involves three general areas: (1) disorders specific to certain transplanted organs, (2) disorders common to many different kinds of transplant patients due to an immunosuppressed state or antirejection medications, and (3) disorders not specifically related to a transplanted organ but where special care may be warranted due to associated medications or altered physiology. Disorders specific to the transplanted organ are manifestations of acute rejection, surgical complications specific to the procedure performed, and altered physiology (most important in cardiac transplantation). The most common conditions that prompt transplant patients to present to the ED are infections (39%), noninfectious gastrointestinal (GI) or genitourinary pathology (15%), dehydration (15%), electrolyte disturbances (10%), cardiopulmonary pathology (10%) or injury (8%), and rejection (6%). SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1143142573 ER -