Examining association of preoperative metformin, surgical outcomes in patients with diabetes

What The Study Did:

Metformin is the most commonly prescribed noninsulin medication for type 2 diabetes and this observational study examined postoperative death and hospital readmission among adults with type 2 diabetes who had a prescription for metformin before major surgery with those who didn’t.

Authors:

Christopher W. Seymour, M.D., M.Sc., of the Clinical Research, Investigation and Systems Modeling of Acute Illness Center in Pittsburgh, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2020.0416)

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