title: Post transplant diabetes mellitus in live related renal allograft recipients: a single centre experience.
abstract: The incidence of post-transplant diabetes mellitus (PTDM) was evaluated in 250 patients who underwent live-related renal transplantation at our hospital between 1978 and 1992. Twelve (4.8%) patients developed PTDM requiring drug therapy. PTDM occurred in 4 of 197 (2%) patients on conventional prednisolone-azathioprine immunosuppression as compared to 8 of 53 (15.1%) patients receiving cyclosporine in addition (triple-therapy). Three patients (25%) developed PTDM during or immediately following anti-rejection therapy with intravenous methylprednisolone. Eight patients (66.6%) developed PTDM within six months of transplantation. Majority of our patients (66.6%) could be managed successfully with oral hypoglycemic agents. Two patients (16.6%) showed spontaneous resolution of hyperglycemia within six months of onset of PTDM. Eleven patients (91.6%) were symptomatic for their hyperglycemia with two patients presenting as 'pseudorejection' and one with diabetic ketoacidosis. Females were more predisposed to develop PTDM in our study (10% vs. 4.1%). HLA-B15 and DR 3 were the commonest phenotypes in our PTDM patients. No other known predisposing or triggering factors associated with PTDM were found in our patients. The current study suggests, that addition of cyclosporine to the conventional immunosuppression in live-related renal allograft recipients has contributed to an increased incidence of post-transplant diabetes mellitus. Close and regular blood sugar monitoring is thus recommended in post-transplant patients especially those on triple drug immunosuppression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology and Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saxena
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Dash
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guleria
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mittal
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Tiwari
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Mehta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D015994:Incidence; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D006680:HLA Antigens; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents