Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Hahn RG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4175089 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hahn Robert G RG Ljunggren Stefan S
BMC anesthesiology 20131104 1
<h4>Background</h4>Insulin resistance negatively affects the outcome of surgery in patients with type 2 diabetes. This association is often believed to be present in other patient populations as well, but studies are lacking on the influence of preoperative insulin resistance on the clinical course of surgery in non-diabetic patients.<h4>Methods</h4>Sixty non-diabetic patients with a mean age of 68 years underwent a 75-min intravenous glucose tolerance test (IVGTT) one day before and after elect ...[more]