Hello and welcome to the Zero to Finals podcast.

My name is Tom and this is part two of the series of short answer questions on renal medicine.

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Question 38. What blood vessels are a transplanted kidney usually anastomosed with?

The external illiac vessels.

Question 39.

What type of incision is used in a kidney transplant?

A hockey stick incision.

Question 40.

In a patient with a kidney transplant, what immunosuppressant medication gives the side effect of a tremor?

Tachrolymus.

What about gum hypertrophy?

Cyclosporin. What about sy hypertrophy? Cyclosporin.

What about central obesity, proximal limb muscle wasting, an upper back fat pad and abdominal striae?

Corticosteroids.

Question 41

What unusual pathogens may cause infection in a transplant patient that's taking immunosuppressants?

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