Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
8609160 Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine 2018 9 Pages PDF
Abstract
A patient should be referred to a diabetologist perioperatively in several circumstances: preoperative recognition of a previously unknown diabetes or detection of glycaemic imbalance (HbA1c < 5% or > 8%); during hospitalisation, recognition of a previously unknown diabetes, persisting glycaemic imbalance despite treatment or difficulty resuming previously used chronic treatment; postoperatively and after discharge from hospital, for all diabetic patients in whom HbA1c is > 8%.
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