Although healthy individuals should avoid hypoglycemic episodes, their short-term and long-term effects on burn victims are still unclear. The number or the duration of the periods of hypoglycemia may increase morbidity and mortality. Therefore, glycemic control is a critical management tool to avoid iatrogenic hypoglycemia in burn patients. With this Medflix session, let us examine the metrics of hypoglycemia and how clinicians can manage the condition in acute burn patients.

Managing Hypoglycemic Episodes in Acute Burn Patients

With a growing number of pharmacological agents now available, mounting concerns about their potential side effects, and new uncertainties about the benefits of intensive glycemic control on macrovascular complications, glycemic management in type 2 diabetes mellitus has become increasingly complex and, to some extent, controversial. Join us as Dr. Lt. Col. Ashutosh Ojha explains the pharmaceutical management of hyperglycemia.

Pharmacological Management of Hyperglycaemia

The basics of a preoperative evaluation is a detailed history and physical examination to assess the possible complications the patient may have post-operatively, especially the cardiac, pulmonary and infectious complications. These risk factors automatically increase if the patient is a diabetic. Let’s find out what extra measures need to be added to the preoperative evaluation of a diabetic patient to avoid these postoperative risks.

Pre Operative Evaluation of Diabetic Patients

Professor, Internal Medicine | K J Somaiya Medical College, Mumbai

Dr. Lt Col Ojha

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