01283nas a2200169   4500000000100000008004100001100001200042700001400054700001300068700001900081245010300100250001500203300001100218490000700229520083100236020004601067       2010                            d1 aWong J.1 aWright C.1 aTeede H.1 aZoungas Sophia00aEvidence-based guidelines for perioperative management of diabetes in cardiac and vascular surgery  a2010/01/16  a500-130 v343 a<p>
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.
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