Tight glycemic control using an artificial pancreas to control perioperative hyperglycemia decreases surgical site infection in pancreatectomized or hepatectomized patients

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 250, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 351-352

  Rogers, Selwyn O ^a   Ramos, Margarita ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ARTIFICIAL PANCREAS; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENERAL SURGERY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFECTION RISK; INSULIN TREATMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; LIVER RESECTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PANCREAS RESECTION; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INFECTION; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; NOTE; PATIENT MONITORING;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PANCREATECTOMY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 68949131274     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181b1e9ad     Document Type: Letter

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