"Hyperglycemia after Surgery: Danger Depends on Diabetes Status"
Patients with elevated blood sugar after heart surgery may need treatment tailored to their initial diabetes status. That’s the finding of a new study by researchers in Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. The team analyzed the clinical and economic outcomes in 4,316 patients with hyperglycemia after heart surgery, stratified by diabetes status. “The management of post-operative hyperglycemia is controversial and generally does not take into account pre-existing diabetes,” wrote Giampaolo Greco, PhD, an assistant professor of population health science and policy at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Learn more.