immunosuppressive therapy
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immunosuppressive
adjective
uk/ˌɪm.jə.nəʊ.səˈpres.ɪv/us/ˌɪm.jəˌnoʊ.səˈpres.ɪv/
preventing the immune system from reacting to antigens, for example in order to prevent transplanted organs from ...
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therapy
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈθer.ə.pi/us/ˈθer.ə.pi/
a treatment that helps someone feel better, grow stronger, etc., especially after ...
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For example, it is reasonable to continue and monitorimmunosuppressivetherapywhile withholding invasive diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, antibiotics, pressor, intubation, and cardiac resuscitation.
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Three renal allograft recipients onimmunosuppressivetherapyhad cutaneous mucormycosis, with extension of infection into the transplanted kidney in one of them.
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The future development of drugs or biological agents that inhibit adhesion molecule function might add t o the armamentarium ofimmunosuppressivetherapy.
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In general, any condition identified should be corrected prior to transplant surgery and the introduction ofimmunosuppressivetherapy.
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This has been observed in both cancer and transplant patients following cessation ofimmunosuppressivetherapy.
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Persistent or life-threatening disease may require strongerimmunosuppressivetherapy, such as azathioprine, cyclophosphamide or cyclosporin.
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Without treatment, death occurs in 80% within one year, butimmunosuppressivetherapyhas greatly improved the outcome.
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Immunosuppressivetherapywith antilymphocyte globulin and cyclosporin has proved effective in increasing the remission rate, although is associated with moderately high levels of morbidity and mortality.
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Eighteen patients (14 %) were receivingimmunosuppressivetherapy.
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Three early deaths resulted from acute donor organ failure, sepsis and acute vascular rejection, respectively, and one late death was due to noncompliance withimmunosuppressivetherapy.
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In the case of conventional management, however, it is, now established that salicylates (19) andimmunosuppressivetherapy(21) prescriptions may have a great impact on clinical history.
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Organ transplantation is also becoming more common, necessitating the wider use ofimmunosuppressivetherapy.
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Additional treatment options are beta-interferon orimmunosuppressivetherapy.
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Nonetheless, a few patients can still develop allograft tolerance upon cessation of all exogenousimmunosuppressivetherapy, a condition referred to as operational tolerance.
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Some of the other types of fibrosis, such as non-specific interstitial pneumonia, may respond toimmunosuppressivetherapysuch as corticosteroids.
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Immunosuppressivetherapyis then started and the agent of choice is usually prednisone.
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Newly emerging antisense technology c o u l d allow the design of gene-targeted immunosuppressive therapies and eliminate concerns over toxicity.
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