The Presence of Diabetes and Higher HbA1c Are Independently Associated With Adverse Outcomes After Surgery.
Priscilla H YongLaurence WeinbergNiloufar TorkamaniLeonid ChurilovRaymond J RobbinsRonald MaRinaldo BellomoQue T LamJames D BurnsGraeme K HartJeremy F LewJohan MårtenssonDavid StoryAndrew N MotleyDouglas JohnsonJeffrey D ZajacElif Ilhan EkinciPublished in: Diabetes care (2018)
Almost one-third of surgical inpatients age ≥54 years had diabetes. Diabetes and higher HbA1c were independently associated with a higher risk of adverse outcomes after surgery.