Gautham Upadrasta, Alison Affinati, Smita Kumar, Henry Zelada, Candace Fulkerson, Suruchi Gupta, Teresa Pollack, Adin-Cristian Andrei, Diana Johnson Oakes, Kathleen Schmidt, Ashley Therasse, Kathleen Grady, Duc Pham, Jane Wilcox, Josh Levitsky, Neehar Parikh, Daniela Ladner, Grazia Aleppo, Mark E Molitch, Amisha Wallia
Infection and rejection outcomes were retrospectively analyzed in patients following liver transplant and separately following heart transplant with patients being stratified by their severity of immediate postoperative insulin resistance as measured by the peak insulin drip rate that was required to reduce glucose levels. For each group, these peak insulin drip rates were divided into quartiles (Q). In liver transplant patients (n = 207), those in Q4 (highest infusion rate) had significantly fewer infections up to 6 months post-transplant (42...
January 2024: Clinical Transplantation