Publications by authors named "Susan Knippel"
Article Synopsis
- A quality improvement initiative aimed to reduce hyperglycemia in diabetic patients at a cancer center targeted a 15% decrease in post-operative glucose levels over two years.
- A multidisciplinary team was created to manage hyperglycemia before, during, and after surgeries, involving 9891 surgical patients with diabetes across various phases of the study.
- The initiative led to a significant 32% decrease in diabetic patients with high median glucose levels during hospitalization, along with increased screening for diabetes using hemoglobin A1C testing.
Symptom Management for Patients With Esophageal Cancer After Esophagectomy.
J Adv Pract Oncol
November 2016
KD is a 67-year-old man with a medical history of hypertension, asthma, and a 20-pack/year smoking history who developed progressive dysphagia 8 months ago. Upon consultation with his primary care provider, he underwent an esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) for evaluation. A friable mass was visualized at the gastroesophageal junction, and biopsies confirmed adenocarcinoma of the esophagus.
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