1. Glucose Control Lowers the Risk of Wound Infection in Diabetics After Open Heart Operations 
Kathryn J Zerr, MBA, Anthony P Furnary, MD, Gary L Grunkemeier, PhD, Stephen Bookin, MD, Vivek Kanhere, MD, Albert Starr, MD 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 63, Issue 2, Pages (February 1997)
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2. Fig. 1
Mean blood glucose levels in all diabetic patients before and after implementation of the diabetic protocol.
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3. Fig. 2
Comparison of mean blood glucose levels in diabetic patients (Pts) with and without deep wound infection (includes mediastinitis, sternal wound infections involving the sternum and deeper, and vein donor-site infections involving Scarpa’s fascia and deeper).
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4. Fig. 3
Mean blood glucose levels on the first postoperative day (POD) for patients with deep wound infection and for all patients.
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5. Fig. 4
Deep sternal wound infection (DSWI) in patients having cardiac operations: all patients versus diabetic patients versus nondiabetic patients.
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6. Fig. 5
Significant direct relation shown between postoperative blood glucose level and deep infection rates.
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7. Fig. 6
Reliability of the model to assign appropriate risk is shown by comparing groups according to the expected risk of infection versus actual infection rates.
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