Tacrolimus and diabetic ketoacidosis after kidney transplantation in a 15-year-old girl (Case Report)

Hadi Sorkhi; Morteza Alijanpour; Sahar Sadr Moharrerpour

Caspian Journal of Pediatrics (Sep 2016)

Tacrolimus and diabetic ketoacidosis after kidney transplantation in a 15-year-old girl (Case Report)

Hadi Sorkhi,
Morteza Alijanpour,
Sahar Sadr Moharrerpour

Affiliations

Hadi Sorkhi: Non-Communicable Pediatric Diseases Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, IR Iran.
Morteza Alijanpour: Non-Communicable Pediatric Diseases Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, IR Iran.
Sahar Sadr Moharrerpour: Non-Communicable Pediatric Diseases Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, IR Iran.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 2
pp. 171 – 174

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Tacrolimus is a main drug for induction and maintenance immunosuppression for patients with kidney transplants in many centers. One of important side effect of drug is post-transplant diabetes mellitus. Of course, diabetes ketoacidosis (DKA) is rare. In this report, a 12-year-old girl with DKA was presented after 45 days of kidney transplantation.

Published in Caspian Journal of Pediatrics

ISSN: 2383-3106 (Online)
Publisher: Babol University of Medical Sciences
Country of publisher: Iran, Islamic Republic of
LCC subjects: Medicine; Science
Website: http://www.caspianjp.ir/

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