Open AccessLow early posttransplant serum tacrolimus levels are associated with poor patient survival in lung transplant patients
Author(s) -
JungHwa Ryu,
Sun-Mi Choi,
Hyun Joo Lee,
Young Tae Kim,
Young Whan Kim,
Jaeseok Yang
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
annals of thoracic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.639
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1817-1737
pISSN - 1998-3557
DOI - 10.4103/atm.atm_160_18
Subject(s) - tacrolimus , medicine , hazard ratio , immunosuppression , lung transplantation , proportional hazards model , transplantation , confidence interval , gastroenterology , surgery
Low-dose tacrolimus-based immunosuppression is a standard therapy in kidney and liver transplantation; however, the optimal therapeutic level of tacrolimus has not been established in lung transplantation. We aimed to identify the tacrolimus level associated with better outcomes in lung transplant patients.