Prior knowledge

Professor Ketan Dhatariya discusses the importance of a 2010 paper on post-operative outcomes in people with known diabetes versus those who were not known to have it.

Read the article that inspired Professor Dhatariya:

Frisch A, Chandra P, Smiley D, Peng L, Rizzo M, Gatcliffe C, Hudson M, Mendoza J, Johnson R, Lin E, Umpierrez GE.

Prevalence and Clinical Outcome of Hyperglycaemia in the Perioperative Period in Noncardiac Surgery. Diabetes Care. 2010 Aug; 33(8): 1783-8.

For more from Professor Dhatariya, enrol on the EASD e-Learning course ‘Diabetic ketoacidosis’.