The effectiveness of tight glycemic control on decreasing surgical site infections and readmission rates in adult patients with diabetes undergoing cardiac surgery: A systematic review

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 430-440

  Boreland, Lyn ^a   Scott Hudson, Marcia ^a   Hetherington, Kathy ^a   Frussinetty, Antoinette ^a   Slyer, Jason T ^a  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Diabetes; Glycemic control; Insulin; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CINAHL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; EMBASE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INSULIN INFUSION; INSULIN TREATMENT; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; BLOOD; METABOLISM; ODDS RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; INSULIN INFUSION SYSTEMS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT READMISSION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84940598171     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: 15273288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2015.06.004     Document Type: Review

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