Open AccessAvoiding steroids in solid organ transplantation
Author(s) -
Lerut Jan P.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
transplant international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1432-2277
pISSN - 0934-0874
DOI - 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2003.tb00291.x
Subject(s) - immunosuppression , medicine , solid organ , transplantation , quality of life (healthcare) , intensive care medicine , organ transplantation , kidney transplantation , nephrology , nursing
The excellent results obtained today in solid‐organ transplantation allow the envisaging of an improvement in long‐term quality of life with a functioning graft. One way for this to be achieved is by the reduction, or even better, the avoidance, of steroid‐based immunosuppression. Avoidance of steroids is indeed known to enhance the physical and psychological well being of the allograft recipient. This paper reviews the current status of steroid‐free immunosuppression in renal, pancreatic, hepatic, intestinal, and cardiac transplantation.