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Editorial
. 2022 Jun;77(6):631-634.
doi: 10.1111/anae.15688. Epub 2022 Feb 23.

Finding the undiagnosed: should we screen for diabetes pre-operatively?

J A W Polderman  1 , S E Siegelaar  2
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Editorial

Finding the undiagnosed: should we screen for diabetes pre-operatively?

J A W Polderman et al. Anaesthesia. 2022 Jun.
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Keywords: HbA1c; diabetes mellitus; postoperative complications; risk assessment.

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