title: On the management of hyperglycaemia in critically ill patients undergoing surgery.
abstract: Hyperglycaemia is a major health risk and a negative determinant of surgical outcome. Despite its increasing prevalence, the limited treatments for restoration of normoglycaemia make its effective management a highly complex individualized clinical art. In this context, we review the mechanisms leading to hyperglycaemic damage as the basis for effective management of surgical complications of diabetic and non diabetic critically ill patients.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Surgery (B' Unit), "METAXA" Cancer Memorial Hospital, Piraeus, Greece.
authors.forename: Iakovos
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nomikos
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kyriazi
authors.forename: Dimitra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vamvakopoulou
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sidiropoulos
authors.forename: Athanasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Apostolou
authors.forename: Aspasia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kyritsaka
authors.forename: Evangelos
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Athanassiou
authors.forename: Nikolaos C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Vamvakopoulos