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Lookup NU author(s): Muhammed Gok, John Asher, Marsha Nicholson, David Talbot
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Background: Kidneys from non-heart-beating donors (NHBDs) have high rates of delayed graft function (DGF). Use of calcineurin inhibitors is associated with a reduction in renal blood flow, which may delay graft recovery from ischaemic acute tubular necrosis. Methods: To assess whether daclizumab (DZB) could safely replace tacrolimus in the immediate postoperative period, patients were randomized to receive DZB induction and daily mycophenolate mofetil with steroids (DZB group) or standard tacrolimus-based triple therapy (control group). Tacrolimus was given to patients in the DZB group when the serum creatinine level dropped below 350 mu mol/l. Results: Fifty-one patients were recruited at two centres over a 2-year interval between 2000 and 2003. The overall rate of immediate function was 28 per cent (13 of 46 grafts), with the highest rate in recipients of machine-perfused kidneys treated with DZB (eight of 15 patients). Conclusion: Induction with DZB and delayed introduction of tacrolimus reduced the incidence of DGF in recipients of machine-perfused NHBD kidneys.
Author(s): Wilson CH, Brook NR, Gok MA, Asher JF, Nicholson ML, Talbot D
Publication type: Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)
Publication status: Published
Conference Name: British Journal of Surgery: Annual Meeting of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britian and Ireland
Year of Conference: 2005
Pages: 681-687
ISSN: 0007-1323
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bjs.4976
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4976
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ISBN: 13652168
