BMC anesthesiology
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Multicenter Study
Association of intraoperative hyperglycemia and postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery: a multicenter retrospective study.
While pre and postoperative hyperglycemia is associated with increased risk of surgical site infection, myocardial infarction, stroke and risk of death, there are no multicenter data regarding the association of intraoperative blood glucose levels and outcomes for the non-cardiac surgical population. ⋯ Among more than 5000 patients across 64 hospitals who had glucose measurements during surgery, there was no difference in postoperative outcomes between patients who had intraoperative glucose > 180 mg/ dL compared to patients with glucose values ≤180 mg/ dL.