Glucose control lowers the risk of wound infection in diabetics after open heart operations
Zerr KJ, Furnary AP, Grunkemeier GL, Bookin S, Kanhere V, Starr A. Glucose control lowers the risk of wound infection in diabetics after open heart operations. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 1997;63(2):356-361.
This paper reports on a retrospective chart review study of diabetic patients who underwent cardiac surgery between 1987 and 1993, before and after a glucose control protocol was implemented. Its objective was to assess the effect of a glucose control protocol on the risk of deep wound infection.
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