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The APACHE II prediction equation incorporates three variables: an APACHE II score, the diagnostic category of the patient, and whether the surgery was emergency or elective.
The risk adjustment methodology used by the Health Care Financing Administration, incorporates individual patients' age, gender, specific diagnoses and comorbidities, admission source, emergency or elective admission and the patient's risk group based on hospitalizations during the preceding 6 months [ 9 ] .
For patients scheduled for elective surgery, IV insulin and glucose infusion are usually started several hours preoperatively, and glucose levels should be maintained between 100 and 125 mg/dl.
We studied 50 patients undergoing elective coronary artery bypass surgery, following approval from the local ethics committee and once written informed consent had been obtained from each patient.
All patients, whether hospitalized for elective or emergency services, or whether treated with medication or surgery, were kept for a period of time in our ICU.