BACKGROUND: Management of patients with hyperglycaemia undergoing vascular and cardiac surgery is important, with mounting evidence that hyperglycaemia in this setting is associated with worse outcomes. Evidence-based guidelines for the management of these patients have been limited. METHODS/RESULTS: Our institution was aware of the lack of standardization of care in this growing population group and formed a multidisciplinary guideline development group to develop evidence-based guidelines to standardize the perioperative management of hyperglycaemia. CONCLUSION: This series of articles outlines the process of developing evidence-based guidelines and the recommendations for perioperative management of patients with hyperglycaemia and diabetes undergoing cardiac and vascular surgery at our institution.
AD - Diabetes and Research Unit, Dandenong Hospital, Southern Health, 135 David Street, Dandenong, VIC, 3175, Australia. Jennifer.Wong@med.monash.edu.au AN - 20076958 BT - World Journal of Surgery ET - 2010/01/16 LA - eng M1 - 3 N1 - Wong, JenniferZoungas, SophiaWright, ChrisTeede, HelenaUnited StatesWorld journal of surgeryWorld J Surg. 2010 Mar;34(3):500-13. N2 -BACKGROUND: Management of patients with hyperglycaemia undergoing vascular and cardiac surgery is important, with mounting evidence that hyperglycaemia in this setting is associated with worse outcomes. Evidence-based guidelines for the management of these patients have been limited. METHODS/RESULTS: Our institution was aware of the lack of standardization of care in this growing population group and formed a multidisciplinary guideline development group to develop evidence-based guidelines to standardize the perioperative management of hyperglycaemia. CONCLUSION: This series of articles outlines the process of developing evidence-based guidelines and the recommendations for perioperative management of patients with hyperglycaemia and diabetes undergoing cardiac and vascular surgery at our institution.
PY - 2010 SN - 1432-2323 (Electronic)0364-2313 (Linking) SP - 500 EP - 13 T2 - World Journal of Surgery TI - Evidence-based guidelines for perioperative management of diabetes in cardiac and vascular surgery VL - 34 ER -