Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 519-535 , September 2008

Diabetes, Hyperglycemia, and Infections

  • Ashley M. Shilling, MD (Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology)

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  • Jacob Raphael, MD (Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology)

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☆ Disclosures: This review was funded with departmental and institutional support.

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doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2008.06.005

Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 519-535 , September 2008

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