IMPROVEMENT IN AUTONOMIC AND GASTRIC FUNCTION FOLLOWING PANCREAS-KIDNEY VERSUS KIDNEY-ALONE TRANSPLANTATION AND THE CORRELATION WITH QUALITY OF LIFE1,2
- 27 March 1994
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Transplantation
- Vol. 57 (6) , 816-822
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00007890-199403270-00008
Abstract
We conducted a series of studies to document changes in autonomic and gastrointestinal function following pancreas-kidney and kidney-alone transplantation, define how autonomic function is associated with quality of life, and identify how transplantation alters the quality of life of diabetic transplant recipients.Uremic type I diabetic patients receiving combined pancreas-kidney (n=23) or kidney-alone (n=16) transplants completed pre- and 12-month-posttransplant evaluation of vasomotor function (total capillary pulse amplitude, capillary vasoconstriction response to cold, capillary response to postural adjustments), cardiac function (R-R interval variation, valsalva ratio), overall autonomic function (total autonomic score, autonomic index), gastric function (cutaneous electroga-Keywords
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