Abstract
In the current era, more complex cardiac surgical procedures are being performed on elderly patients with variety of co-morbid conditions, which increases the demand to further improve the outcome of cardiac surgery. The role of insulin therapy in improving cardiac surgical outcomes has long been studied. However, the more recent evidence suggests that the entire potential of the insulin therapy has not yet been fully disclosed. The aim of this paper is to review different aspects of insulin therapy including different protocols used, timing of therapy and the objective glycemic target levels with its effect on improving cardiac surgical outcomes.
Keywords: Insulin therapy, cardiac surgery, surgical outcomes, diabetes mellitus
Current Drug Targets
Title: Insulin Therapy for Improving Cardiac Surgical Outcomes
Volume: 10 Issue: 6
Author(s): Turki Albacker and Kevin Lachapelle
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Keywords: Insulin therapy, cardiac surgery, surgical outcomes, diabetes mellitus
Abstract: In the current era, more complex cardiac surgical procedures are being performed on elderly patients with variety of co-morbid conditions, which increases the demand to further improve the outcome of cardiac surgery. The role of insulin therapy in improving cardiac surgical outcomes has long been studied. However, the more recent evidence suggests that the entire potential of the insulin therapy has not yet been fully disclosed. The aim of this paper is to review different aspects of insulin therapy including different protocols used, timing of therapy and the objective glycemic target levels with its effect on improving cardiac surgical outcomes.
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Albacker Turki and Lachapelle Kevin, Insulin Therapy for Improving Cardiac Surgical Outcomes, Current Drug Targets 2009; 10 (6) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138945009788488431
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138945009788488431 |
Print ISSN 1389-4501 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1873-5592 |
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