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Protocol for non-insulin dependent diabetics

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Diet controlled diabetics:

  • stop oral agents on the morning of the operation
  • if fasting blood glucose concentrations are less than 7.0 mM then no special action is normally required
  • if the fasting blood glucose is more than 11 mM, or the operation is prolonged, then intravenous glucose and insulin therapy is indicated

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