Early steroid withdrawal in liver transplantation is safe and beneficial.

Liver transplantation and surgery : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society Pub Date : 1999-07-01 DOI:10.1053/JTLS005s00048

G T Everson, T Trouillot, M Wachs, T Bak, T Steinberg, I Kam, R Shrestha, M Stegall

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This report reviews the literature and discusses steroid withdrawal after hepatic transplantation. Our experience with steroid withdrawal is highlighted. The hypothesis is that steroid withdrawal from liver transplant recipients is safe and beneficial. A review of the English literature yielded 16 reports with a total of 901 patients (749 adults and 152 children). Most reports were nonrandomized and uncontrolled. Only two reports were randomized, controlled trials; three reports featured early steroid withdrawal (

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肝移植早期停用类固醇是安全有益的。

本报告回顾文献并讨论肝移植后类固醇停用。我们在类固醇戒断方面的经验被强调。假设肝移植受者停用类固醇是安全有益的。对英文文献的回顾得出16篇报道，共901例患者(749例成人和152例儿童)。大多数报告是非随机和非控制的。只有两份报告是随机对照试验;三份报告显示早期类固醇停药(

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