title: Hemodialysis-induced hyperglycemia after liver transplantation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery of Qilu Hospital, Shan Dong University, Jinan, China.
authors.forename: Chong Zhong
authors.initials: CZ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: San Yuan
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Tian Tian
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Mitchell S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Wachtel
authors.forename: Eldo E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Frezza
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: Li Hong
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Jin Ling
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Yin
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose