Continuous insulin infusion is associated with a reduced post-surgical length of stay, but not with the complication rate, in patients with diabetes mellitus undergoing coronary artery bypass graft

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 770-774

  Abelev, Z ^a   Seth, A ^a   Patel, R ^a   Goldstein, S ^b   Bogun, M ^c   Paliou, M ^a   Schlosser, J ^a   Homel, P ^a   Busta, A ^a   Seto Young, D ^a   Tranbaugh, R ^a   Poretsky, L ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

CABG; Continuous insulin infusion; Diabetes mellitus; Insulin

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART INFARCTION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPSIS; STROKE;

AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN INFUSION SYSTEMS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84856935041     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: 17208386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3275/7760     Document Type: Article

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