The Management of Diabetes and Surgery

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How do I manage a patient with diabetes who is going for surgery? Should I start  vsriable rate insulin infusion? When does there normal treatment get restarted?    Scott speaks to Dr David Ewins, Consultant Physician in Endocrinology and Diabetes about the subject, going into depth about how exactly to manage the different regimes of glycaemic control patients may present to you. They discuss some of the common pitfalls in the management of the surgical patient with diabetes and how to tackle these.   Visit www.foamdation.com for the accompanying blog post discussing the topic. GET IN TOUCH! Either by the website, or email foamdation@gmail.com with any comments or corrections or if you want to be involved with future topics. RATE US on iTunes to help others find the resource more easily. SHARE US with other you think would benefit or anyone who can distribute the resource further.   Speak soon.