Diabetes mellitus and anaesthesia.
Diabetes mellitus is the most common endocrinological problem encountered by an anaesthetist and its prevalence will increase greatly in the next decade. This review focuses on the relevance of a new classification and diagnostic criteria for diabetes and the results of the important UK prospective diabetes study group trial. Other key areas of interest are the acute treatment of non-insulin-dependent diabetes (type 2), the management of coronary heart disease and vascular reactivity in patients with diabetes.
Hall
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Department of Anaesthesia, St George's Hospital Medical School, London SW17 0RE, UK. s.cave@sghms.ac.uk
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