Study Shows Diabetes Patients At Higher Risk of Surgery Complications

Athena Philis-Tsimikas, MD, an endocrinologist and corporate vice president of the Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute, recently discussed the findings of a study by the American Diabetes Association with MedPage Today, a medical publication.

The study showed that patients with diabetes undergoing non-cardiac surgery are at higher risk of complications compared to patients without diabetes.

Read the story in MedPage Today: Diabetes plus surgery ups choice of perioperative events