Massive pleural effusion in a renal transplant recipient on tacrolimus

Fluid and salt retention have been described as a side effect of tacrolimus therapy. We report a case of unexplained massive fluid retention with pleural effusion and ascites in the immediate post-transplant period. The patient recovered immediately on conversion from tacrolimus to sirolimus.

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Autores principales: Nayagam, L. S., Vijayanand, B., Balasubramanian, S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4165059/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25249724
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-4065.133024
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spelling pubmed-41650592014-09-23 Massive pleural effusion in a renal transplant recipient on tacrolimus Nayagam, L. S. Vijayanand, B. Balasubramanian, S. Indian J Nephrol Case Report Fluid and salt retention have been described as a side effect of tacrolimus therapy. We report a case of unexplained massive fluid retention with pleural effusion and ascites in the immediate post-transplant period. The patient recovered immediately on conversion from tacrolimus to sirolimus. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4165059/ /pubmed/25249724 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-4065.133024 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Nephrology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Massive pleural effusion in a renal transplant recipient on tacrolimus
title Massive pleural effusion in a renal transplant recipient on tacrolimus
title_full Massive pleural effusion in a renal transplant recipient on tacrolimus
title_fullStr Massive pleural effusion in a renal transplant recipient on tacrolimus
title_full_unstemmed Massive pleural effusion in a renal transplant recipient on tacrolimus
title_short Massive pleural effusion in a renal transplant recipient on tacrolimus
title_sort massive pleural effusion in a renal transplant recipient on tacrolimus
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4165059/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25249724
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-4065.133024
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