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Middle East Journal of Anesthesiology. 2009; 20 (2): 167-177
Dans Anglais
| IMEMR
| ID: emr-92187
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Middle East Journal of Anesthesiology. 2009; 20 (2): 187-197
Dans Anglais
| IMEMR
| ID: emr-92189
Résumé
Diabetes Mellitus [DM] is an endocrine disease with high incidence. Long-term complications involve the eyes, kidneys, nerves, and blood vessels, resulting in hypertension, cardiac ischemia, atherosclerosis, and renal failure, among other syndromes. Given this prevalence, anesthesiologists, especially those who work with older patients, may expect to encounter some aspect of diabetes almost every day. Appropriate preoperative evaluation and rational intraoperative and postoperative management of this complex disease in elective and emergency circumstances are essential. Recent studies have emphasized the need to maintain tight perioperative glycemic control and new guidelines have been presented