Publications by authors named "Puthenparumpil J"
Unlabelled: Achieving adequate therapeutic levels of immunosuppressive medications is important in rejection prevention. This study examined exposure to mycophenolic acid (MPA) in kidney transplant patients within the first 5 days posttransplantation.
Methods: This single-center, nonrandomized study of first solitary kidney allograft recipients receiving cyclosporine (n = 116) or tacrolimus (n = 50) included patients who received either 1 g or 1.
Background: Given the high incidence of lipid abnormalities, high burden of cardiovascular disease, and high proportion who do not achieve target levels despite therapy in the kidney transplant population, additional lipid lowering strategies are needed.
Methods: This was a nonrandomized, open-label, single-cohort evaluation of ezetimibe, a novel cholesterol absorption inhibitor, in 40 stable kidney transplant recipients with hypercholesterolemia.
Results: After 4 weeks of therapy total and LDL cholesterol were reduced by 23 +/- 13% (P < .