The Paradox of Hyperglycemia and Surgical Outcomes in Patients with and without Diabetes

Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2019 May/Jun;20(4):338-339. doi: 10.1089/sur.2018.270. Epub 2019 Feb 26.

Authors

Rachel Thompson¹, Sara Khor², Lucas W Thornblade³, David R Flum³, Michael Sobel^{3

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Affiliations

¹ 1 Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska.
² 2 Surgical Outcomes Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
³ 3 Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
⁴ 4 Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
⁵ 5 VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Observational Study

MeSH terms

Blood Glucose / analysis
C-Reactive Protein / analysis
Diabetes Complications*
Female
Humans
Hyperglycemia / complications*
Interleukin-6 / blood
Male
Middle Aged
Postoperative Complications / epidemiology*
Prospective Studies
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / epidemiology*
Treatment Outcome
Vascular Surgical Procedures / adverse effects*

Substances

Blood Glucose
IL6 protein, human
Interleukin-6
C-Reactive Protein

Grants and funding

T32 DK070555/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States