Strategy and significance of monitoring perioperative blood glucose

High blood glucose during surgery is more frequent with the rising prevalence of diabetes mellitus throughout the world.Patients with perioperative hyperglycemia are at greater risk of short-term infection, cardiovascular complications and hospital mortality, as well as delayed healing and prolonged hospital stay, which are mainly due to a variety of protein glyeosylation by hyperglycemia.Most studies show that intensive control of perioperative high blood glucose will enable patients to benefit.In clinical practice, maintain glycemia in a stable level by reasonable preoperative assessment, strict monitoring during operation and effective postoperative management, can significantly reduce perioperative morbidity and improve survival rates for patients. Key words: Perioperative period ;  Hyperglycemia;  Intensive glycemic control