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Tacrolimus predose concentration is associated with hypertension in pediatric liver transplant recipients

Agnieszka Prytula-Ebels (UGent) , Kristof Vandekerckhove (UGent) , Ann Raes (UGent) , Daniël De Wolf (UGent) , Jo Dehoorne (UGent) , Johan Vande Walle (UGent) and Ruth De Bruyne (UGent)
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Background: The aim of the study was to analyze the incidence of hypertension in pediatric liver transplantation (LT) recipients using ambulatory blood pressure measurements (ABPM) and to identify factors associated with hypertension. We also investigated whether hypertension or tacrolimus predose concentration (TAC C-0) was associated with increased left ventricular (LV) wall thickness. atients and Methods: On a retrospective longitudinal base, we included 39 pediatric LT recipients. Median time since transplantation was 65 months (range: 11-183). Two consecutive ABPM were analyzed with a median time interval of 13 months. Data from echocardiographic evaluation parallel to the baseline ABPM were analyzed. All patients except 1 were prescribed tacrolimus. The median TAC C-0 was 4 ng/mL (range 0.9-11.2). Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models were fitted to identify factors associated with systolic and diastolic hypertension and LV wall thickness. Results: Twenty-two of 39 children were hypertensive at baseline and 19 of 32 were hypertensive at follow-up. At baseline 10 (26%) children had masked systolic hypertension. TAC C-0 was associated with systolic (P=0.007, Exp(B) 2.02, 95% CI 1.2-3.3) and diastolic (P=0.044, Exp(B) 1.48, 95% CI 1.0-2.2) hypertension. LV wall thickness was increased in children after LT compared with healthy population, but it was not associated with hypertension or TAC C(0.) Conclusions: Given the high prevalence of masked hypertension, ABPM should be performed in all pediatric LT recipients. Systolic and diastolic hypertension is associated with TAC C-0; therefore, children with a higher target TAC C-0 require a more intensive blood pressure surveillance.
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AMBULATORY BLOOD-PRESSURE, LONG-TERM SURVIVORS, HYPERTROPHIC, CARDIOMYOPATHY, MASKED HYPERTENSION, EUROPEAN-SOCIETY, REFERENCE VALUES, CYCLOSPORINE-A, RENAL-FUNCTION, WHITE COAT, CHILDREN, hypertension, left ventricular wall thickness, pediatric liver, transplantation, tacrolimus concentration

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Prytula-Ebels, Agnieszka, et al. “Tacrolimus Predose Concentration Is Associated with Hypertension in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients.” JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY AND NUTRITION, vol. 63, no. 6, 2016, pp. 616–23, doi:10.1097/MPG.0000000000001141.
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Prytula-Ebels, A., Vandekerckhove, K., Raes, A., De Wolf, D., Dehoorne, J., Vande Walle, J., & De Bruyne, R. (2016). Tacrolimus predose concentration is associated with hypertension in pediatric liver transplant recipients. JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY AND NUTRITION, 63(6), 616–623. https://doi.org/10.1097/MPG.0000000000001141
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Prytula-Ebels, Agnieszka, Kristof Vandekerckhove, Ann Raes, Daniël De Wolf, Jo Dehoorne, Johan Vande Walle, and Ruth De Bruyne. 2016. “Tacrolimus Predose Concentration Is Associated with Hypertension in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients.” JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY AND NUTRITION 63 (6): 616–23. https://doi.org/10.1097/MPG.0000000000001141.
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Prytula-Ebels, Agnieszka, Kristof Vandekerckhove, Ann Raes, Daniël De Wolf, Jo Dehoorne, Johan Vande Walle, and Ruth De Bruyne. 2016. “Tacrolimus Predose Concentration Is Associated with Hypertension in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients.” JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY AND NUTRITION 63 (6): 616–623. doi:10.1097/MPG.0000000000001141.
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Prytula-Ebels A, Vandekerckhove K, Raes A, De Wolf D, Dehoorne J, Vande Walle J, et al. Tacrolimus predose concentration is associated with hypertension in pediatric liver transplant recipients. JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY AND NUTRITION. 2016;63(6):616–23.
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A. Prytula-Ebels et al., “Tacrolimus predose concentration is associated with hypertension in pediatric liver transplant recipients,” JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY AND NUTRITION, vol. 63, no. 6, pp. 616–623, 2016.
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  abstract     = {{Background: The aim of the study was to analyze the incidence of hypertension in pediatric liver transplantation (LT) recipients using ambulatory blood pressure measurements (ABPM) and to identify factors associated with hypertension. We also investigated whether hypertension or tacrolimus predose concentration (TAC C-0) was associated with increased left ventricular (LV) wall thickness.
atients and Methods: On a retrospective longitudinal base, we included 39 pediatric LT recipients. Median time since transplantation was 65 months (range: 11-183). Two consecutive ABPM were analyzed with a median time interval of 13 months. Data from echocardiographic evaluation parallel to the baseline ABPM were analyzed. All patients except 1 were prescribed tacrolimus. The median TAC C-0 was 4 ng/mL (range 0.9-11.2). Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models were fitted to identify factors associated with systolic and diastolic hypertension and LV wall thickness.
Results: Twenty-two of 39 children were hypertensive at baseline and 19 of 32 were hypertensive at follow-up. At baseline 10 (26%) children had masked systolic hypertension. TAC C-0 was associated with systolic (P=0.007, Exp(B) 2.02, 95% CI 1.2-3.3) and diastolic (P=0.044, Exp(B) 1.48, 95% CI 1.0-2.2) hypertension. LV wall thickness was increased in children after LT compared with healthy population, but it was not associated with hypertension or TAC C(0.)
Conclusions: Given the high prevalence of masked hypertension, ABPM should be performed in all pediatric LT recipients. Systolic and diastolic hypertension is associated with TAC C-0; therefore, children with a higher target TAC C-0 require a more intensive blood pressure surveillance.}},
  author       = {{Prytula-Ebels, Agnieszka and Vandekerckhove, Kristof and Raes, Ann and De Wolf, Daniël and Dehoorne, Jo and Vande Walle, Johan and De Bruyne, Ruth}},
  issn         = {{0277-2116}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{6}},
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  title        = {{Tacrolimus predose concentration is associated with hypertension in pediatric liver transplant recipients}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1097/MPG.0000000000001141}},
  volume       = {{63}},
  year         = {{2016}},
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