Open AccessGlucose Control is Associated With Patient Survival in Diabetic Patients After Renal Transplantation
Author(s) -
Franz Wiesbauer,
Georg Heinze,
Heinz Regele,
Walter H. Hörl,
GeritHolger Schernthaner,
Christoph Schwarz,
Alexander Kainz,
Reinhard Kramar,
Rainer Oberbauer
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0b013e3181c6ffa4
Subject(s) - medicine , glycemic , diabetes mellitus , confidence interval , transplantation , proportional hazards model , quartile , cohort , population , confounding , insulin , risk factor , cohort study , endocrinology , gastroenterology , surgery , urology , environmental health
The efficacy of tight glycemic control for the prevention of death and renal failure in the general diabetic population is well established. However, in diabetic renal-allograft recipients, the effect of different treatment strategies on outcomes is undetermined.