Postoperative hyperglycaemia of diabetic patients undergoing cardiac surgery – a clinical audit

Nursing in Critical Care

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 241-253

  Lehwaldt, Daniela ^a   Kingston, Mary ^b   O’connor, Sheila ^b  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Clinical audit; Evidence based practice; Post operative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST CONTROL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTENSIVE CARE; IRELAND; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SURGICAL INFECTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CLINICAL AUDIT; COST SAVINGS; CRITICAL CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IRELAND; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958204363     PISSN: 13621017     EISSN: 14785153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-5153.2009.00350.x     Document Type: Article

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