Relationship between postoperative infectious complications and glycemic control for diabetic patients in an orthopedic hospital in Kuwait

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 447-452

  Lamloum, S M ^a   Mobasher, L A ^a   Karar, A H ^a   Basiony, L ^a   Abdallah, T H ^a   Al Saleh, A I ^a   Al Shamali, N A ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Glycemic control; Hemoglobin A1c; Postoperative infectious complications

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; KUWAIT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; URINARY TRACT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349731405     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000235893     Document Type: Article

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