Strict Control of Blood Glucose With an Intravenous Insulin Infusion Decreases the Risk of Post-operative Lower Extremity Weakness After Complex Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair
It has previously been shown that post-operative lower extremity weakness (LEW) is associated with elevated blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) glucose levels after branched endovascular aneurysms repair (BEVAR) of extensive aortic aneurysms. The purpose of this study was to determine whether a post-operative insulin infusion protocol (IIP) to achieve tight blood glucose control decreases the rate of LEW.
Source: European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Jade S. Hiramoto, Megan Hoffman, Warren Gasper, Linda Reilly, Timothy Chuter Source Type: research
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