Fixed dilated pupils and tacrolimus toxicity in paediatric liver transplant patients |
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| Authors: | Claire Westrope Helen Rowlands Kevin Morris Girish L. Gupte |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK;2. Liver Unit (including small bowel transplantation), Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK |
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| Abstract: | Westrope C, Rowlands H, Morris K, Gupte GL. Fixed dilated pupils and tacrolimus toxicity in paediatric liver transplant patients.
Pediatr Transplantation 2011: 15: E96–E99. © 2010 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Abstract: We report a case series of four children who developed fixed dilated pupils associated with high tacrolimus levels (>30 nanograms/millilitre [ng/mL]) in the immediate post‐operative period following isolated liver or liver and small bowel transplantation. |
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| Keywords: | tacrolimus toxicity fixed dilated pupils paediatric liver transplant |
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