Clinical Trial: Adherence to Clinical Guidelines on Perioperative Diabetes Care
Study Status: COMPLETED
Recruit Status: COMPLETED
Condition:
Perioperative Medicine
Diabetes (DM)
Diabetes Mellitus
Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
Official Title: Adherence to Clinical Guidelines on Perioperative Diabetes Care in Hospitalised Patients. A Retrospective Cohort Study.
Brief Summary:
Patients who undergo major surgery face a 15-30% risk of serious adverse events, including a 1-5% mortality risk in the first month after surgery. For patients with diabetes, the risk is even greater, and it is often aggravated by complications associated with hyper- and hypoglycaemia. Complications, such as wound infections, cardiovascular, and neurological events, not only affect patients negatively, but it challenges health care systems due to prolonged length of stays and increased need of care…
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