Posttransplant Tacrolimus-Induced Diabetic Ketoacidosis: Review of the Literature

Zaid Ammari; Stella C. Pak; Mohammed Ruzieh; Osama Dasa; Abhinav Tiwari; Juan C. Jaume; Maria A. Alfonso-Jaume

doi:10.1155/2018/4606491

Case Reports in Endocrinology (Jan 2018)

Posttransplant Tacrolimus-Induced Diabetic Ketoacidosis: Review of the Literature

Zaid Ammari,
Stella C. Pak,
Mohammed Ruzieh,
Osama Dasa,
Abhinav Tiwari,
Juan C. Jaume,
Maria A. Alfonso-Jaume

Affiliations

Zaid Ammari: Department of Medicine, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
Stella C. Pak: Department of Medicine, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
Mohammed Ruzieh: Department of Medicine, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
Osama Dasa: Department of Medicine, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
Abhinav Tiwari: Department of Medicine, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
Juan C. Jaume: Department of Medicine, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
Maria A. Alfonso-Jaume: Department of Medicine, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/4606491
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2018

Abstract

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Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) in patients receiving tacrolimus as part of their immunosuppressive regimen is a rarely reported adverse event. We report a patient with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) and no known history of diabetes mellitus who presented with DKA, 3 months after kidney transplantation.

Published in Case Reports in Endocrinology

ISSN: 2090-6501 (Print); 2090-651X (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7520

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