the reasons of renal transplant recipients’ admission to the emergency department; a case series study

introduction:   renal transplantation are admitted to emergency department (ed) more than normal population. the present brief report aimed to determine the reasons of renal transplant patients’ ed visits. methods: this retrospective case series study analyzed the reasons of renal transplant recipients’ admission to one ed between 2011 and 2014. the patient data were collected via a checklist and presented using descriptive statistics tools. results: 41 patients with the mean age of 40.63 ± 10.95 years were studied (60.9% male). the most common ed presenting complaints were fever (36.6%) and abdominal pain (26.8%). infections were the most common final diagnosis (68.3%). among non-infectious causes, the most common was acute renal failure (9.7 %). 73.2% of the patients were hospitalized and no cases of graft loss and mortality were seen. conclusion: the most common reason for ed admission was fever, and infections were the most common diagnosis. acute gastroenteritis being the most frequent infection and among non-infectious problems, acute renal failure was the most frequent one.