Preoperative blood glucose concentrations and postoperative outcomes after elective non-cardiac surgery: An observational study

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 79-88

  Abdelmalak, B B ^a,b   Knittel, J ^c   Abdelmalak, J B ^b   Dalton, J E ^b   Christiansen, E ^b   Foss, J ^a   Argalious, M ^a   Zimmerman, R ^b   Van Den Berghe, G ^d  

^a Department of General Anesthesiology ^*  (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

anaesthesia general; diabetes mellitus; general surgery; hyperglycaemia; mortality

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON CARDIAC SURGERY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL PATIENT; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 84890482234     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aet297     Document Type: Article

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