Cardiac Surgery Patients with controlled 6 A.M. Postoperative Serum Glucose

Even if Cardiac Surgery patients do not have diabetes, keeping their blood sugar under good control after surgery lowers the risk of infection and other problems. "Under good control" means their blood sugar should be 200 mg/dL or less when checked at 6:00 A.M. the morning following their surgery.

At SBUH, 95% of a sample of 121 eligible Cardiac Surgery patients had a postoperative serum glucose level is 200 mg/dL or less when checked at 6:00 A.M. the morning following their surgery.

A high score is better than a low score.

	The SBUH 2008-2009 score is for the period October 2008 to September 2009. The SBUH 2009-2010 score is for the period October 2009 to September 2010.
	The New York State average score summarizes the average of health care organizations throughout New York State reporting to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for the period October 2009 to September 2010.
	The U.S. average score summarizes the average of health care organizations throughout the United States reporting to CMS for the period October 2009 to September 2010.
	Top 10% score summarizes results from the best 10% of health care organizations reporting to CMS for the period October 2009 to September 2010.

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