title: [Position statement: Surgery and diabetes mellitus].
abstract: This position statement reflects the opinion of the Austrian Diabetes Association concerning the perioperative management of patients with diabetes mellitus based on the available scientific evidence. The paper covers necessary preoperative examinations from an internal/diabetological point of view as well as the perioperative metabolic control by means of oral antidiabetics and/or insulin therapy.
authors.affiliation: 5. Medizinische Abteilung, Wilhelminenspital der Stadt Wien, Wien, Österreich. peter.fasching@wienkav.at
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fasching
authors.forename: Joakim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huber
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Clodi
authors.forename: Heidemarie
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Abrahamian
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ludvik
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic