Open AccessTherapeutic drug level of tacrolimus causing intracranial hemorrhage in a patient with renal transplant
Author(s) -
Shah Sangam,
Ojha Rajeev,
Chamlagain Rajan,
Chhetri Santosh,
Prasad Pravin,
Baral Bikash,
Gyawali Bindu,
Shrestha Ashish,
Yadav Jayant Kumar
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.5788
Subject(s) - medicine , tacrolimus , drug , renal transplant , intracranial hemorrhages , intensive care medicine , kidney , pharmacology , transplantation , subarachnoid hemorrhage
Tacrolimus is used in solid organ transplant patients to prevent rejection, and no case of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) has been reported till date. We report a case of 31‐year‐old man with diabetes and hypertension for ten years who had a renal transplant four years back; diagnosed with tacrolimus‐induced ICH.