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Anesthesia Preoperative Clinic Referral for Elevated Hba1c Reduces Complication Rate in Diabetic Patients Undergoing Total Joint Arthroplasty

BACKGROUND: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is risk factor for complications after orthopedic surgery. OBJECTIVES: We tested the hypothesis that anesthesia preoperative clinic (APC) referral for elevated glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) reduces complication rate after total joint arthroplasty (TJA). PATIENTS...

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Autores principales: Kallio, Peter J., Nolan, Jenea, Olsen, Amy C., Breakwell, Susan, Topp, Richard, Pagel, Paul S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kowsar 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4493724/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26161323
http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/aapm.5(3)2015.24376