Other than the free meal night, the rotation ran pretty similarly to our previous clinical rotations except that we worked in inpatient and outpatient settings concurrently. We dealt with newly-transplanted kidney patients, rejection of previous transplants, and patients with transplants who had symptoms come up that could cause serious complications due to the long-term immunosuppression meds used to prevent rejection. We also saw pancreas transplant patients in this rotation since many patients get simultaneous pancreas kidney (SPK) transplants. We saw all types of kidney transplants: living related, living unrelated, and cadaveric. Up Next: Liver Transplant, 1 Week
