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Many hospitals now treat surgery as more than a single procedure. Increasingly, it has become an opportunity to uncover hidden health conditions that may otherwise go undetected for years. One important trend is perioperative diabetes screening, which helps health systems identify patients with undiagnosed diabetes and prediabetes before surgery begins. …

Diabetic ketoacidosis remains one of the most serious complications of diabetes, yet managing it often relies on intermittent data points. What if clinicians could see ketone levels change in real time instead of waiting hours between lab tests? Continuous ketone monitoring for DKA is now emerging as a promising concept …

A patient is scheduled for surgery tomorrow morning. During medication reconciliation, you notice they took their weekly semaglutide dose two days ago. They feel fine, but anesthesia is concerned about aspiration risk. Meanwhile, glucose levels are creeping up. Do you hold the medication, continue it, or change course entirely? Situations …