Original Article GUIDELINES TO IMPROVE PERIOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF DIABETES MELLITUS: ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF CHANGE ACROSS TIME Maja Udovcic, MD1; Janna C. Castro, BS2; Heidi A. Apsey, MSN, RN, CNP3; Joshua D. Stearns, MD4; Richard T. Schlinkert, MD3; Curtiss B. Cook, MD5,6 ABSTRACT Objective: Assess the impact of guidelines on the care of patients with diabetes undergoing elective surgery. Methods: A multidisciplinary team developed perioperative guidelines. Overall changes in key measures were evaluated after guidelines were introduced and compared with a historical cohort. Results: The historical cohort included 254 surgical procedures, and the post–guidelines implementation cohort comprised 1,387. Glucose monitoring was performed preoperatively in 93% of cases in the post–guidelines implementation cohort and in 88% in the historical cohort (P

GUIDELINES TO IMPROVE PERIOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF DIABETES MELLITUS: ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF CHANGE ACROSS TIME.

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