Introduction
PTDM, CKD, Diabetes
POST-TRANSPLANT DIABETES MELLITUS, DIABETES MELLITUS (DM), COMPLICATION, CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE (CKD), DIABETES
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has a major impact on both physical and mental health, especially in patients with advanced CKD including dialysis dependency [Although clinically relevant improvements are substantive, a proportion of KTRs experience poor health-related quality of life (HRQOL) despite ongoing satisfactory allograft function [Post-transplant diabetes mellitus (PTDM) is a frequent complication associated with mortality in individuals after KT [According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA), HRQOL is a key measure, which should be integrated into the care of patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) in order to improve management and clinical outcomes [In this study, we aimed to investigate whether the application of early postoperative basal insulin therapy for the prevention of PTDM might affect HRQOL compared with standard care in KTR using long-term, protocoled HRQOL data obtained in the Insulin Therapy for the Prevention of New Onset Diabetes after Transplantation (ITP-NODAT) study [