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Continuous intravenous insulin infusion reduces the incidence of deep sternal wound infection in diabetic patients after cardiac surgical procedures
Furnary AP, Zerr KJ, Grunkemeier GL, Starr A. Continuous intravenous insulin infusion reduces the incidence of deep sternal wound infection in diabetic patients after cardiac surgical procedures. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 1999;67(2):352–360; discussion 360–362.

Recommended article from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Collaborative on Surgical Infection Prevention, which concluded in April 2003.



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