The impact of thymoglobulin on renal function and calcineurin inhibitor initiation in recipients of orthotopic liver transplant: A retrospective analysis of 298 consecutive patients

Renal dysfunction remains the Achilles' heel of calcineurin inhibitor (CI)use. The purpose of this study was to assess our institutional, renal-sparing strategy using thymoglobulin (TMG) in recipients of orthotopic liver transplants. We performed a retrospective analysis of data from 298 adult...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Transplantation proceedings 2004-07, Vol.36 (6), p.1747-1752
Hauptverfasser:	TCHERVENKOV, J. I, TZIMAS, G. N, CANTAROVICH, M, BARKUN, J. S, METRAKOS, P
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Antilymphocyte Serum - therapeutic use Biological and medical sciences Calcineurin Inhibitors Creatinine - blood Female Follow-Up Studies Graft Survival Humans Immunomodulators Kidney Function Tests Liver Transplantation - mortality Liver Transplantation - physiology Liver, biliary tract, pancreas, portal circulation, spleen Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Pharmacology. Drug treatments Retrospective Studies Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Surgery of the digestive system Survival Analysis Time Factors
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