{"id":1484,"date":"2021-03-09T10:38:03","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T18:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=1484"},"modified":"2022-08-16T14:14:29","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T21:14:29","slug":"what-are-the-benefits-of-transplant-recipients-doing-home-blood-draws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/2021\/03\/09\/what-are-the-benefits-of-transplant-recipients-doing-home-blood-draws\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are the Benefits of Transplant Recipients Doing Home Blood Draws?"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"1484\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n<p>We have been living in a COVID-19 world for close to a year now, and the pandemic has changed society\u2019s routines and forced it to delay\u2014or go without\u2014many things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a transplant recipient, however, you know that you cannot delay\u2014or go without\u2014certain things, especially those related to your care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Routine check-ups with your transplant team can help detect transplant complications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Labs are also incredibly important for transplant recipients like yourself because they asses the ongoing health of your transplanted kidney or heart. If you are a kidney-transplant recipient, important regular labs that you may need include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>AlloSure<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>&nbsp;or KidneyCare<\/li><li>Complete Blood Count<\/li><li>Anti-rejection-med levels (<em>eg., Tacrolimus, Sirolimus, Cyclosporin, Everolimus<\/em>)<\/li><li>Urinary Protein\/Creatinine Ratio<\/li><li>Complete Metabolic Profile + Mg + Phos<\/li><li>Viral PCR (BK\/CMV\/EBV)<\/li><li>Urinary Protein \/ Creatinine Ratio<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are a heart-transplant recipient, important regular labs that you may need include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>AlloSure or HeartCare<\/li><li>Complete Blood Count<\/li><li>Anti-rejection med levels (<em>eg., Tacrolimus, Sirolimus, Cyclosporin, Everolimus<\/em>)<\/li><li>Comprehensive Metabolic Panel + Mg + Phos<\/li><li>Viral PCR (BK\/CMV\/EBV)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the full article, <a href=\"https:\/\/caredx.com\/patients-and-caregivers\/our-transplant-journeys\/what-are-the-benefits-of-transplant-recipients-doing-home-blood-draws\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"1484\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loading We have been living in a COVID-19 world for close to a year now, and the pandemic has changed society\u2019s routines and forced it to delay\u2014or go without\u2014many things. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/2021\/03\/09\/what-are-the-benefits-of-transplant-recipients-doing-home-blood-draws\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What Are the Benefits of Transplant Recipients Doing Home Blood Draws?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":0,"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","_ecp_custom_2":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[45,912,1],"tags":[135,20,134,17],"post_format":[],"Dislikes":"","Likes":"","simplefavorites_count":"","views":"1610","post_likes_plusCounter":"","post_dislikes_plusCounter":"","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1484"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1484"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1486,"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1484\/revisions\/1486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1484"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_format?post=1484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}