| Anesthesia for a Diabetes Mellitus Paient. |
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Young Moon Han |
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Department of Anesthesiology, Catholic Medical Center, St. Mary's Hospital, Euijeongbu, Korea. |
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| Abstract |
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Diabetes is associaed with increased atherosclerosis, microangiopathy, infections and decreasecd wound-healing tensile strength. The evidence that hyperglycemia itself accelerates these complications, or that tight control of blood sugar levels decrease the rapidity of the progression of microan-giopathic disease is very suggestive but not definitive. Perioperative management of the diabetic patient may affect surgical outcome. Here in is a case report and a review of the literature on diabetes mellitus. |
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