Hemodialysis-induced hyperglycemia after liver transplantation.
OBJECTIVE
One might hypothesize that hemodialysis, by cleansing the blood of metabolic waste, might elevate the patient's sensitivity to insulin. The results of this study show that hypothesis is untrue in the case of liver transplant patients.


METHODS
Glucose levels of five liver transplant patients, whom underwent 24 hemodialysis sessions in total, were compared with that of five non-liver transplantation patients, whom had undergon 21 hemodyalisis sessions in total.


RESULTS
For liver transplant patients, Glucose levels at two, four, six and eight hours but the ten hours were significantly higher compared with that at the onset of the sessions (p<0.05). In contrast, this phenomenon could not be found in non-liver transplant patients (p>0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
The patients who have undergone liver transplantation are more likely to experience hyperglycemia during hemodyalisis than patients who have not undergone liver transplantation.
Liu
Chong Zhong
CZ
Department of General Surgery of Qilu Hospital, Shan Dong University, Jinan, China.
Hu
San Yuan
SY
Jin
Bin
B
Wang
Tian Tian
TT
Wachtel
Mitchell S
MS
Frezza
Eldo E
EE
Shao
Jun
J
Lu
Li Hong
LH
Yin
Jin Ling
JL
D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D051437:Renal Insufficiency / Q000628:therapy
D001786:Blood Glucose