title: Evidence-based guidelines for perioperative management of diabetes in cardiac and vascular surgery.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Management of patients with hyperglycaemia undergoing vascular and cardiac surgery is important, with mounting evidence that hyperglycaemia in this setting is associated with worse outcomes. Evidence-based guidelines for the management of these patients have been limited.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Our institution was aware of the lack of standardization of care in this growing population group and formed a multidisciplinary guideline development group to develop evidence-based guidelines to standardize the perioperative management of hyperglycaemia.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This series of articles outlines the process of developing evidence-based guidelines and the recommendations for perioperative management of patients with hyperglycaemia and diabetes undergoing cardiac and vascular surgery at our institution.
authors.affiliation: Diabetes and Research Unit, Dandenong Hospital, Southern Health, 135 David Street, Dandenong, VIC, 3175, Australia. Jennifer.Wong@med.monash.edu.au
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Sophia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zoungas
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: Helena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Teede
mesh_terms: D013504:Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000188:drug therapy*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D019990:Perioperative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*