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Postoperative Management of Diabetes

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Diabetes mellitus is the most commonly encountered endocrinopathy in surgical and critically ill patients. Patients with diabetes are more likely to require surgical procedures than patients who do not have diabetes, and the number of patients with the disease (mainly type 2) continues to rise as the population ages (1). Diabetes, which is a disease of glucose dysregulation and carbohydrate intolerance, can be classified into four major types: type 1 (insulin dependent), type 2 (non-insulin dependent), gestational, and secondary (See Table 1) (2). Diabetes may result in acute and long-term systemic sequelae (See Table 2).

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  1. University of Alberta, Edmond, Alberta, Canada

    Byron Unger M.D., F.R.C.P.C.

  2. University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53792-3272, USA

    Douglas B. Coursin M.D.

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  1. Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Department of Surgical Critical Care, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, MA, USA

    John Merritt O’Donnell M.D. (Director, Chairman) (Director, Chairman)

  2. Department of Surgical Critical Care, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, MA, USA

    Flávio Eduardo Nácul M.D. (Senior Fellow) (Senior Fellow)

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Unger, B., Coursin, D.B. (2001). Postoperative Management of Diabetes. In: O’Donnell, J.M., Nácul, F.E. (eds) Surgical Intensive Care Medicine. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-6645-5_33

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