Early surveillance biopsy utilization and management of pediatric renal allograft acute T cell-mediated rejection in Canadian centers: Observations from the PROBE multicenter cohort study.
Adam Jeffrey HoffmannIan W GibsonJulie HoPeter W NickersonDavid RushAtul SharmaDavid WishartTom David Blydt-HansenPublished in: Pediatric transplantation (2020)
Practice variation exists across Canadian pediatric renal transplant centers with ESB centers identifying more episodes of rejection. Additionally, treatment of Banff borderline is not universal and varies with severity regardless of center type. Lastly, follow-up biopsies are performed inconsistently and invariably show persistence of rejection.