TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Perioperative Assessment of Diabetes A1 - DeCou, Jennifer A2 - Johnson, Ken B. Y1 - 2015 N1 - T2 - Clinical Pharmacology for Anesthesiology AB - Diabetes is a condition of elevated blood glucose caused by a number of factors and affects approximately 8% of the population.1 There are 2 types: type 1, which refers to an absolute deficiency, and type 2, which refers to a relative deficiency of insulin. Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure and blindness in adults, as well as a major cause of heart disease and stroke. Diabetic patients are challenging to anesthesiologists and often present with comorbidities and complications, including obesity, neurologic disease, kidney disease, cardiovascular disease, and metabolic abnormalities. Perioperative assessment should focus on prevention of complications that occur in higher frequency in diabetic patients. These include postoperative infections and cardiovascular events such as stroke, myocardial ischemia, and heart failure.2,3 and 4 The cornerstone of prevention is perioperative glucose control.5,6 and 7 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1103964376 ER -