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Super-Tight Control of Blood Sugar After Kidney Transplant May Be Counterproductive
Super-Tight Control of Blood Sugar After Kidney Transplant May Be Counterproductive
To see if tightly controlling blood sugar provides improved results in patients who received a kidney transplant, a group of diabetic post-transplant patients were followed for three days. A subset of the randomly assigned group had their blood glucose kept in tight range with IV insulin, while a control group received insulin as they ordinarily would, via injections.
According to Kathie L. Hermayer, MD, and colleagues at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, who reported on the study in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, intensive management via the IV insulin raised the risk of graft rejection to 20 percent, compared with 4 percent among patients in the control group. "Intensive therapy may be harmful for rejection," Hermayer said, adding that ""Managing glucose levels in the renal transplant patient is challenging...due to immunosuppressive agents and corticosteroid dosing."
Source: The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
Categories: Blood Sugar, Diabetes, Diabetes Health, Diabetes Health Magazine, Diabetic, Insulin, Kidney Care (Nephropathy), Research
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Nov 14, 2012
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Diabetes Health is the essential resource for people living with diabetes- both newly diagnosed and experienced as well as the professionals who care for them. We provide balanced expert news and information on living healthfully with diabetes. Each issue includes cutting-edge editorial coverage of new products, research, treatment options, and meaningful lifestyle issues.
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