Metabolic perioperative management: Novel concepts

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 295-299

  Ljungqvist, Olle ^a   Nygren, Jonas ^b   Soop, Mattias ^b   Thorell, Anders ^b  

^a ERSTA HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Complications; Hyperglycemia; Insulin resistance; Metabolism; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 4; INSULIN; OXYGEN RADICAL;

BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLIC REGULATION; MITOCHONDRION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; SURGICAL STRESS;

DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STRESS;

EID: 24344501354     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ccx.0000166395.65764.71     Document Type: Review

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