Day-of-surgery quality gaps in glycemic management: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Perioperative hyperglycemia is associated with worse patient outcomes. Characterizing quality gaps in day-of-surgery glucose management can guide quality improvement teams to address this risk factor for infection, readmission, and death.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study used administrative and electronic health record data to describe process, outcome, and balancing measures of day-of-surgery glycemic management for adult patients with and without diabetes undergoing surgery at 6 hospitals in Alberta, Canada between 2019 and 2024. Participants were stratified by diabetes, prediabetes, no diabetes and unknown diabetes status. We report the association between hyperglycemia (blood glucose ≥ 10.0 mmol.L^-1) and length of stay, admission to ICU, and

SUBMITTER: Ruzycki SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12752281 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature