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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 16.
Published in final edited form as: Transplant Proc. 1985 Aug;17(4 Suppl 1):191–195.

Table 2.

Renal Function and CsA Dose After Liver Transplantation in Adults and Children

Before Transplant 2 mo 6 mo 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 4 yr
Adult (age ≥ 18 yr)
 BUN mg/100 mL 17.7 ± 17.0 37.0 ± 21.6 40.5 ± 43.9 37.7 ± 31.1 33.7 ± 12.9 26.1 ± 8.5 20.8 ± 5.1
 Creatinine mg % 1.1 ±0.8 1.5 ± 0.6 1.7 ± 0.6 1.7 ± 0.6 1.8 ± 0.6 1.5 ± 0.3 1.3 ± 0.4
 CsA mg/kg/d 13.9 ± 7.4 8.2 ± 3.8 6.1 ± 2.0 5.0 ± 1.9 4.9 ± 1.9 6.2 ± 2.7
Pediatric (age < 18 yr)
 BUN mg/100 mL 18.4 ± 24.7 24.8 ± 16.3 24.2 ± 11.2 20.8 ± 9.5 22.2 ± 9.1 25.9 ± 10.2 21.5 ± 9.2
 Creatinine mg % 0.8 ± 1.8 0.5 ± 0.3 0.7 ± 0.4 0.6 ± 0.4 0.7 ± 0.3 0.6 ± 0.4 0.8 ± 0.2
 CsA mg/kg/d 23.3 ± 14.7 17.0 ± 9.2 14.6 ± 8.9 9.3 ± 2.3 9.0 ± 6.3 8.7 ± 1.8