Perioperative Hyperglycemia In Elective Arthroplasties. Should We Do Better?

We read with interest an article in your journal by Ylikoski M at al. The article stressed the importance of hyperglycemia control awareness and the difficulty of implementation even in a modern hospital setting.1 When participating in a research study, patients usually get more attention, but despite the research setting in this study, hyperglycemia accrued in over 80% of patients, and none of the hyperglycemic patients were treated according to the hospital guidelines.