New onset diabetes post renal transplantation

Pretissha Harrichund, Saraladevi Naiker, Frederick J Raal, Piet J Becker

Abstract


AIMS:
To determine:
· The incidence of new onset diabetes in patients post renal transplantation
· The association between new onset diabetes with:
a) Particular immunosuppressive regimens
b) Ethnicity
· To assess outcomes in terms of morbidity and mortality associated with diabetes post transplant i.e infections, cardiovascular disease, graft function and survival, and overall patient survival



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