Posttransplant diabetes mellitus

Abstract

Posttransplant diabetes mellitus (PTDM) is a serious and common metabolic complication after solid organ transplantation. PTDM increases cardiovascular mortality and morbidity seen in transplant recipients. The most important risk factors for PTDM is age at time of kidney transplantation (over 50 years), obesity and pre-diabetes at the time of transplantation Modification of risk factors for PTDM before placing patients on the waiting list can significantly reduce the incidence of PTDM and improve graft and patient survival. Decreased of PTDM incidence after kidney transplantation can logically reduce the incidence of cardiovascular complications and eliminate the mortality of patients with functional graft.