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Elevated Preoperative Fasting Serum Glucose Levels Increase the Risk of Postoperative Mediastinitis in Patients Undergoing Open Heart Surgery
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We conducted a case–control study to investigate the relationship between preoperative fasting serum glucose and postoperative mediastinitis in patients undergoing open heart surgery. Multivariate analysis revealed that a glucose level of 126 mg/dL or greater was associated with a significantly increased risk of mediastinitis (OR, 5.25; P = .002).
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- Elevated Preoperative Fasting Serum Glucose Levels Increase the Risk of Postoperative Mediastinitis in Patients Undergoing Open Heart Surgery
- Stephen J. Wilson , MD, MPH and Daniel J. Sexton , MD
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
- Vol. 24, No. 10 (October 2003) (pp. 776-778)
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Notes
The authors are from the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina. Address reprint requests to Stephen J. Wilson, MD, MPH, Indiana University School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, 1001 West 10th Street, OPW 430, Indianapolis, IN 46202. Supported in part by a health services research fellowship from the Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina. The authors thank Melissa Bronstein, RN, and all of the other infection control practitioners at Duke University Medical Center for their dedication and hard work, without which this study would not have been possible. Presented in part at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America; November 17‐21, 1999; Philadelphia, PA.
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