Open AccessMyocardial protection with Glucose-Insulin-Potassium infusion during adult cardiac surgery
Author(s) -
Suhail Ahmad,
Rana Altaf Ahmad,
Bilal Ahsan Qureshi,
Mirza Ahmad Raza Baig
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
pakistan journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1682-024X
pISSN - 1681-715X
DOI - 10.12669/pjms.332.12414
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , cardiopulmonary bypass , inotrope , aortic cross clamp , insulin , randomized controlled trial , bypass grafting , cardiac surgery , artery , surgery , cardiology
Recent meta-analysis reports have called for more randomized trials to evaluate the effectiveness of GIK solution in patients of cardiac surgery. So this study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of Glucose-insulin-potassium (GIK) solutions in non-diabetic patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting.