Pharmacy Management of Postoperative Blood Glucose in Open Heart Surgery Patients: Evaluation of an Intravenous to Subcutaneous Insulin Protocol

Hospital Pharmacy

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 164-169

  Stahnke, Amanda ^a   Struemph, Kelly ^b   Behnen, Erin ^c   Schimmelpfennig, Julia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b Menorah Medical Center   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^d St Elizabeth's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

hyperglycemia; hypoglycemia; postoperative complications; surgical wound infection

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN TREATMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STERNUM; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT;

EID: 84896832957     PISSN: 00185787     EISSN: 19451253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/hpj4902-164     Document Type: Article

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