Muhammad Abdul Mabood Khalil, Nihal Mohammed Sadagah, Jackson Tan, Furrukh Omair Syed, Vui Heng Chong, Salem H Al-Qurashi
There is shortage of organs, including kidneys, worldwide. Along with deceased kidney transplantation, there is a significant rise in live kidney donation. The prevalence of prediabetes (PD), including impaired fasting glucose and impaired glucose tolerance, is on the rise across the globe. Transplant teams frequently come across prediabetic kidney donors for evaluation. Prediabetics are at risk of diabetes, chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular events, stroke, neuropathy, retinopathy, dementia, depression and nonalcoholic liver disease along with increased risk of all-cause mortality...
March 18, 2024: World Journal of Transplantation