Open AccessPeri-operative care series
Author(s) -
F Game
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
annals of the royal college of surgeons of england
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.39
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1478-7083
pISSN - 0035-8843
DOI - 10.1308/rcsann.2012.94.4.221
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , disease , mortality rate , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , general surgery , emergency medicine , surgery , endocrinology
Diabetes is a common disease worldwide with a multitude of complications and high mortality. Moreover, its prevalence is increasing and many of our patients will have diabetes. We have known for almost 50 years that patients with diabetes undergo surgical procedures at a higher rate than patients who do not have the condition 1 and that they spend 45% longer in a hospital bed than patients with diabetes admitted to a medical ward. 2