Management of hyperglycemia during the perioperative period

Current Diabetes Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 108-118

  Pichardo Lowden, Ariana ^a   Gabbay, Robert A ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetic and nondiabetic populations; Inpatient hyperglycemia; Perioperative glycemic control

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INSULIN; ISOPHANE INSULIN; LONG ACTING INSULIN; OCTREOTIDE; SHORT ACTING INSULIN;

BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; ENTERIC FEEDING; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN TREATMENT; INTENSIVE CARE; LABORATORY TEST; MONOTHERAPY; MORTALITY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PATIENT CARE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL PATIENT;

DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INPATIENTS; INSULIN; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84857043344     PISSN: 15344827     EISSN: 15390829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11892-011-0239-2     Document Type: Review

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