Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 1999 Jun;12(3):343-7. doi: 10.1097/00001503-199906000-00016.
Current opinion in anaesthesiology
G M Hall, R Ruggier
PMID: 17013336 DOI: 10.1097/00001503-199906000-00016
Diabetes mellitus is the most common endocrinological problem encountered by an anaesthetist and its prevalence will increase greatly in the next decade. This review focuses on the relevance of a new classification and diagnostic criteria for diabetes and the results of the important UK prospective diabetes study group trial. Other key areas of interest are the acute treatment of non-insulin-dependent diabetes (type 2), the management of coronary heart disease and vascular reactivity in patients with diabetes.