Preoperative risk assessment before elective craniotomy: are aspirin, arrhythmias, deep venous thromboses, and hyperglycemia contraindications to surgery?

A Kulikov, SE Gruenbaum, A Quinones-Hinojosa… - World Neurosurgery, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective Perioperative risk assessment and stratification before craniotomy is necessary to
identify and optimize modifiable risk factors. Due to the high costs of diagnostic testing and …

Association of preoperative glucose concentration with mortality in patients undergoing craniotomy for brain tumor

Y Zhang, H Tan, L Jia, J He, P Hao, T Li, Y Xiao… - Journal of …, 2022 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Hyperglycemia is associated with worse outcomes in ambulatory settings and
specialized hospital settings, but there are sparse data on the importance of preoperative …

Association of persistent postoperative hyperglycemia with mortality after elective craniotomy

J He, Y Zhang, L Jia, X Cheng, Y Tian, P Hao… - Journal of …, 2023 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE The influence of persistent postoperative hyperglycemia after craniotomy has
not yet been explored. This study aimed to investigate the hypothesis that persistent …

Association of preoperative glycated hemoglobin and early postoperative infections after elective craniotomy: a retrospective cohort study

A Kulikov, Y Krovko, T Zagidullin, O Ershova… - World Neurosurgery, 2023 - Elsevier
Background The prognostic value of preoperative glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) testing is
controversial. The available evidence on the role of preoperative HbA1c in predicting …

Implementation of perioperative blood glucose monitoring and insulin infusion protocol can decrease postoperative infection rate in diabetic patients undergoing …

A Kulikov, Y Krovko, T Zagidullin, F Bilotta - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Severe perioperative hyperglycemia (SH) is a proven risk factor for
postoperative complications after craniotomy. To reduce this risk, it has been proposed to …

Clinical relevance of preoperative hyperglycemia in patients undergoing elective craniotomy

A Kulikov, I Krovko, F Bilotta - Journal of Neurosurgery, 2023 - thejns.org
TO THE EDITOR: We read with great interest the article of Zhang et al. 1 on the association
of preoperative hyperglycemia with postoperative 30-day mortality in patients undergoing …

Risk factors for severe intraoperative hyperglycemia in patients undergoing elective neurosurgical surgery

M Perales - 2023 - open.bu.edu
INTRODUCTION: Severe intraoperative hyperglycemia (SIH) is defined as a blood glucose
concentration above or equal to 180 mg/dL, and is associated with increased morbidity …