Abstract:Post-liver transplantation Diabetes Mellitus (DM) or PLTDM, affects 30 % of liver transplant patients and is linked to an elevated risk of death & a variety of adverse consequences. PLTDM is a multi-cause disease, however, the use of immunosuppressive drugs from the calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) family is the primary risk factor (tacrolimus and cyclosporine). Other variables, including before-transplant obesity, alcoholic independent steatohepatitis, & hepatitis C virus infection, can enhance the inciden… Show more
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