Aaron I Vinik md PhD
Diabetes Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, The Leonard Strelitz Diabetes Institutes, Norfolk, VA Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Bone Disease Department of Medicine Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York, NY Oregon Health amp Science University Beaverton, OR The Leonard Strelitz Diabetes Institutes ISBN 978-1-58829-708-2 e-ISBN 978-1-59745-572-5 Library of Congress Control Number 2007933146 2008 Humana Press, a part of Springer Science...
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Undoubtedly, there is a worldwide epidemic of obesity, the metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes, and with these changes comes controversy What is the cause of the obesity epidemic Is the increase in type 2 diabetes caused by obesity alone or are there other factors involved, such as genetics Is the metabolic syndrome truly a syndrome or merely a grouping of risk factors for cardiovascular disease How do we effectively prevent and treat the epidemics of obesity, diabetes, and their devastating...
David E R Sutherland MD PhD and Angelika C Gruessner PhD
Pancreas Transplantation Should They Be Reserved for Simultaneous Renal Transplants References In summary, solitary pancreas transplants alone in non-uremics PTA or after a kidney PAK should be done, as well as simultaneous pancreas-kidney SPK transplants in uremic diabetics who cannot get a kidney transplant first to preempt or shorten the time on dialysis . The approach depends on the recipient candidate characteristics and on living or deceased donor availability and suitability. It is...
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Fig. 1. Annual number of US pancreas transplants by category, 1988-2005. Fig. 2. Pancreas and simultaneous pancreas and kidney SPK kidney graft function for 1988-2005 US deceased donor DD primary pancreas transplants by recipient category. Fig. 2. Pancreas and simultaneous pancreas and kidney SPK kidney graft function for 1988-2005 US deceased donor DD primary pancreas transplants by recipient category. rates were high in all categories during the entire decade, ranging from 90 to 98 at 1 year...