2008, Number 1
Diabetes mellitus and the anesthesiologist, perioperative care
Jiménez MEE, Sánchez GR
Language: Spanish
References: 6
Page: 15-19
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ABSTRACT
Diabetes mellitus is one of the chronic diseases with major prevalence, for what the doctors involved in managing patients with the disease before, after or during one surgical act must know therapeutics. The current criteria of diagnosis for Diabetes are: symptoms of diabetes (polyuria, polydipsia, and inexplicable loss of weight) plus the result of a random major or equal sample to 200 mg/dL of glucose, glucose in fasting (› 8 hours) of 126 mg/dL or major. Major or equal glucose to 200 mg/dL 2 hours after oral administration of 75 g of glucose. The accepted perioperative protocols of managing nowadays are three, classic regimen, strict type I and, sliding scale.REFERENCES