Renal Transplant

Health Assessment
• Includes baseline blood pressure and ideal body weight assessments.

Pain Management
• Pain will be approached using a multi-modal approach including oral medication.

Day of Surgery

• You will drink 12 oz. of Gatorade 2 hours prior to scheduled arrival time at the hospital
• Three different pain pills will be given to you just before your operation. These medications target treat pain in a variety of ways. When the pills are taken together, they are known to provide more effective pain control.

You will receive a single dose of antibiotics to prevent an infection before the procedure.

You will receive anesthesia care according to best practice recommendations:

• Individualized blood pressure management
• Prevention of blood clots
• Careful IV fluid administration
• Sedation and pain medication administration

Tailored Anesthesia Care
• Evidence-based, best practice recommendations will be used throughout the surgery to ensure individualized blood pressure management, prevention of blood clots, careful IV fluid administration, and medication administration.

Postoperative Pain Management
• Pain will be approached using a multi-modal approach including oral medication.

Patient Activity
• You should be out of bed and walking by postoperative day 1 (earlier if your surgery was the first surgery of the day).
• Daily ambulation goals will be set by the medical team and their completion encouraged by nursing staff.