Three months after a kidney transplant, a client develops fever, graft tenderness, malaise, and elevated white blood cell count. The nurse conducts further assessments based on understanding that the likely cause of these manifestations is

a. graft rejection.
b. influenza.
c. pyelonephritis.
d. urinary tract infection.


A
Clinical manifestations of renal transplant rejection include fever, graft tenderness, anemia, and malaise.

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