Diabetes, blood glucose and preoperative evaluation

From: Anaesthesia and Intensive Care | Date: February 1, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

The paper by Power and Thackray' is further proof of the value in evidence-based anaesthesia applied to preoperative evaluation. We believe another test can be removed from the preoperative assessment process-measurement of blood glucose in patients with diagnosed diabetes. This test has been advocated by Power and Thackray', and Roizen' before them.

For patients known to have diabetes, a single blood glucose measurement does not have diagnostic value. Further, many doctors are unaware how widely the blood glucose can vary during the day even in wellcontrolled diabetic patients-particularly ...

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