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Changes in gastric emptying in recipients of successful combined pancreas-kidney transplants.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  1804583     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Gastroparesis causes gastric emptying disorders in patients with chronic diabetes mellitus and it results from reduced smooth muscle contractility secondary to autonomic dysfunction. Today there has been little objective evidence of improvement in gastric emptying following correction of both uremia and diabetes by combined kidney-pancreas transplantation. We used gastrointestinal symptom scores, solid gastric emptying tests and electrogastrography to evaluate the effect of combined kidney-pancreas transplantation on gastric emptying in 8 uremic diabetic patients. The mean age of the patients was 40 years (range: 30-51 years) and the mean duration of diabetes was 24 years (range: 16-30 years). The patients had been on dialysis up to 24 months. The pretransplant A1 mean was 6.5 before improving to 4.3 after transplantation. All patients were receiving exogenous insulin. Our study data indicate that uremic diabetics have a high prevalence of symptomatic gastrointestinal dysfunction including abnormalities of gastric emptying and gastric electrical activity. Following transplantation, the gastrointestinal symptomatology improved significantly. Significant improvement in the rate of gastric emptying also correlated with improvement in the symptom complex. Gastric electrical activity also improved during the follow-up period.
Authors:
A O Gaber; D Oxley; J Karas; S Cardoso; D Hathaway; M H Shokouh-Amiri; S L Jensen; T L Abell
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Digestive diseases (Basel, Switzerland)     Volume:  9     ISSN:  0257-2753     ISO Abbreviation:  Dig Dis     Publication Date:  1991  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1992-05-06     Completed Date:  1992-05-06     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8701186     Medline TA:  Dig Dis     Country:  SWITZERLAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  437-43     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery (Division of Transplantation), University of Tennessee, Memphis.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / physiopathology,  surgery*
Diabetic Nephropathies / physiopathology,  surgery*
Follow-Up Studies
Gastric Emptying / physiology*
Humans
Kidney Transplantation / physiology*
Middle Aged
Pancreas Transplantation / physiology*
Postoperative Complications / physiopathology*
Prospective Studies
Uremia / physiopathology,  surgery
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
RR00211-26/RR/NCRR NIH HHS

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