Liraglutide for perioperative management of hyperglycaemia in cardiac surgery patients: a multicentre randomized superiority trial

Aims Most cardiac surgery patients, with or without diabetes, develop perioperative hyperglycaemia, for which intravenous insulin is the only therapeutic option. This is labour‐intensive and carries a risk of hypoglycaemia. We hypothesized that preoperative administration of the glucagon‐like peptide‐1 receptor agonist liraglutide reduces the number of patients requiring insulin for glycaemic control during cardiac surgery. Materials and methods...