Meeting
Abstract Number: 189
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Hyperglycemia is directly associated with increased risk for infection, delayed healing, increased morbidity, mortality and increased length of stay following orthopedic surgery. A process was developed to identify these patients pre-operatively to proactively intervene before surgery and more aggressively after surgery to control glucose levels. Purpose: Retrospective chart reviews and root cause analysis identified […]