Annals of internal medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Steroid pretreatment of organ donors to prevent postischemic renal allograft failure: a randomized, controlled trial.
Posttransplantation acute renal failure (ARF) occurs in roughly 25% of recipients of organs from deceased donors. Inflammation in the donor organ is associated with risk for ARF. ⋯ Austrian Science Fund and Austrian Academy of Science.