Intensive hyperglycemia control reduces postoperative infections after open heart surgery
Background: Diabetes mellitus increases the risk of infections in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. We hypothesized that intensive perioperative hyperglycemia control by intravenous insulin infusion reduces postoperative infections in all patients undergoing open heart surgical procedures. Method...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Touch Medical Media
2010-05-01
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| Series: | Heart International |
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| Online Access: | http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/hi/article/view/1881 |