Open AccessPediatric Kidney Transplantation Using a Novel Protocol of Rapid (6-Day) Discontinuation of Prednisone: 2-Year Results
Author(s) -
Blanche M. Chavers,
YiCheng Chang,
Kristen J. Gillingham,
Arthur J. Matas
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0b013e3181ac6833
Subject(s) - prednisone , discontinuation , medicine , kidney transplantation , transplantation , protocol (science) , pathology , alternative medicine
There are few prospective studies of prednisone-free immunosuppression (IS) in pediatric kidney transplant (KTx) recipients. We studied the outcomes of a protocol using rapid discontinuation of prednisone (RDP, <1 week) and thymoglobulin induction.