Kidney Week 2025 Early Program - Care of Kidney Transplant Candidates and Recipients-Setting Up for Success at Discharge After Kidney Transplantation

Setting Up for Success at Discharge After Kidney Transplantation

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Roy Bloom discusses how to set kidney transplant patients up for success at discharge, focusing on the very early post-transplant period. He contrasts clinician-defined success (graft/patient survival, program metrics) with patient priorities (quality of life, staying off dialysis, fewer hospitalizations). Transitions, especially from waitlist to transplant, carry a temporary spike in mortality, particularly in older, diabetic, and cardiovascular patients—groups that now make up a large share of recipients and often live far from centers. Early readmissions are common (~1 in 3 within 30 days), costly, linked to worse outcomes, and largely not preventable. He emphasizes discharge planning across phases: pre-transplant education/support, inpatient medication/interaction management, appropriate immunosuppression, and structured early follow-up.

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Roy Bloom

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Speaker Roy Bloom

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kidney transplant discharge planning

early post-transplant period

30-day readmissions

patient-centered outcomes quality of life

immunosuppression management and follow-up