49: Diabetes Mellitus

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CHAPTER 49 Diabetes Mellitus

11 What is the significance of autonomic neuropathy? How can it be assessed?

Autonomic neuropathy may affect cardiovascular (silent ischemia), gastrointestinal (gastroparesis with increased risk of aspiration), thermoregulatory (decreased ability to alter blood vessel flow to conserve temperature), and neuroendocrine systems (decreased catecholamine production in response to stimulation). Autonomic neuropathy can be assessed by these tests:

Patients with autonomic neuropathy should be considered for preoperative aspiration prophylaxis, which may include an H2-blocking agent, a gastric stimulant to decrease gastroparesis, and/or a nonparticulate antacid.

22 Is it possible to achieve continuous monitoring of glucose levels in the operating room and in the perioperative period?

The technology is commercially available to have continuous glucose monitoring before, during, and after a procedure. Currently there are three continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems that have Food and Drug Administration approval. Each of these samples interstitial fluid every 30 seconds to report an interstitial fluid glucose level every 5 minutes. Adjustment to insulin infusions can be made in response to changing glucose levels. Within a few years we expect to see continuous glucose tracings just as we now see continuous oxygen tracings.