Abstract
Background. Although posttransplant diabetes mellitus (PTDM) is associated with poor long-term outcomes short-term outcomes are not well studied in renal transplant recipients (RTRs). Methods. RTRs between January 1999 and December 2000 (n = 181) stratified according to the occurrence of diabetes mellitus (DM), namely, non-DM (n = 72), previous DM (n = 88), and PTDM (n = 21) were compared for infections, hospital readmissions, and graft rejections during the first 6 months posttransplantation. Results. PTDM showed patients affected by a significantly higher rate of infections (57.1% vs 29.2%) and recurrent infections (28.5% vs 11.1%) compared to non-DM and a trend toward an increase compared to previous DM. PTDM patients had a significantly higher incidence of multiple readmissions compared to both previous DM (52.4% vs 20.5%) and non-DM (52.4% vs 23.6%). Subjects with PTDM showed a significantly higher occurrence of rejection (28.6% vs 9.1%) and recurrent rejection (14.3% vs 2.3%) than previous DM and a greater trend compared to non-DM. Conclusion. PTDM is associated with poorer short-term outcomes than either non-DM or previous DM.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2916-2918 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Transplantation proceedings |
Volume | 35 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2003 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Surgery
- Transplantation