This position statement reflects the opinion of the Austrian Diabetes Association concerning the perioperative management of patients with diabetes mellitus based on the available scientific evidence. The paper covers necessary preoperative examinations from an internal/diabetological point of view as well as the perioperative metabolic control by means of oral antidiabetics and/or insulin therapy.
Keywords: Diabetes mellitus; Insulin therapy; Internal medicine consultation; Metabolic control; Oral antidiabetics; Perioperative management; Surgery.