Abstract |
Mineral and bone disorder is common in individuals with kidney transplant as a sequelae of chronic kidney disease. Rapid bone density loss that occurs during the first year after transplant along with pre-existing bone disorder, places these patients at risk of bone fractures at three times higher than the general population. This article examines the efficacy of current evidence-based clinical interventions in reducing the incidence of bone fractures among recipients of kidney transplant.
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Authors | Patricia Chang Carpenter, Laura Warnock Koo |
Journal | Nephrology nursing journal : journal of the American Nephrology Nurses' Association
(Nephrol Nurs J)
2015 May-Jun
Vol. 42
Issue 3
Pg. 209-19; quiz 220
ISSN: 1526-744X [Print] United States |
PMID | 26207283
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Bone Density
(drug effects)
- Bone Diseases, Metabolic
(etiology, prevention & control)
- Education, Nursing, Continuing
- Evidence-Based Nursing
(methods)
- Fractures, Bone
(etiology, prevention & control)
- Humans
- Kidney Transplantation
(adverse effects)
- Renal Insufficiency, Chronic
(complications, therapy)
- Vitamin D
(therapeutic use)
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