KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION IN CHILDREN IN THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS: OPTIMIZATION OF IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE THERAPY

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12
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2017

S. Baiko(1), Candidate of Medical Sciences; Professor A. Sukalo(1, 2), MD, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus 1-Belorussian State Medical University, Minsk, Belarus 2-National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk

In the period 2009-2016, the main results of the children’s kidney transplantation program in the Republic of Belarus were recipients’ survival of 100% and graft survival of 94.4%. The immunosuppressive therapy protocol with a lower glucocorticosteroid dose demonstrated its efficiency in children weighting >40 kg, as well as immediate graft function.

Keywords: 
nephrology
kidney transplantation
children
survival
corticosteroids



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