Diabetes and the Association of Postoperative Hyperglycemia With Clinical and Economic Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery.
Giampaolo GrecoBart S FerketDavid A D'AlessandroWei ShiKeith Joseph HorvathAlexander RosenStacey WelshEmilia BagiellaAlexis E NeillDeborah L WilliamsAnn GreenbergJeffrey N BrowndykeA Marc GillinovMary Lou MayerJessica Keim-MalpassLopa S GuptaSamuel F HohmannAnnetine C GelijnsPatrick T O'GaraAlan J MoskowitzPublished in: Diabetes care (2016)
Glucose levels <180 mg/dL are associated with better outcomes in most patients, but worse outcomes in patients with diabetes with a history of prior insulin use. These findings support further investigation of a stratified approach to the management of patients with stress-induced postoperative hyperglycemia based on prior diabetes status.