SAMBA Guidelines for Diabetic Patients and Ambulatory Surgery

An estimated 11% of the U.S. population has diabetes mellitus. It is a frequently encountered medical diagnosis in the care of surgical patients and has influences on a variety of postoperative outcomes. Recently, an expert task force under the provision of SAMBA convened to update guidelines for the perioperative management of adult patients with diabetes in the ambulatory setting. Their extensive consensus recommendations are found in this issue, a selection of which are presented in this infographic. The reader is strongly encouraged to review the cited article for the full scope of the panel’s review.