Pretransplant Fasting Glucose Predicts New-Onset Diabetes after Liver Transplantation
Carey EJ, Aqel BA, Byrne TJ, Douglas DD, Rakela J, Vargas HE, Moss AA, Mulligan DC, Reddy KS, Chakkera HA. Pretransplant Fasting Glucose Predicts New-Onset Diabetes after Liver Transplantation. Journal Of Transplantation 2012, 2012: 614781. PMID: 22461975, PMCID: PMC3306927, DOI: 10.1155/2012/614781.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLiving-donor transplantsLiver transplant recipientsIncidence of NODATLiver transplantTransplant recipientsRisk factorsNew-onset diabetesLiver transplantationMELD scoreFasting GlucoseDL increasePoor outcomeMean ageNODATOnset diabetesHCVMultivariate analysisTransplantationTransplantFPGCorticosteroidsDiabetesPatientsIncidenceTwofold increase