Quality Committee
Meeting
May 18, 2026
10:00am - 11:00am Eastern Time
Announcements
Measure Review
GLU-12/13 - Beth Duggan, MD, University of Alabama Birmingham
GLU-09/10/11 - Patrick Henson, MD, Vanderbilt University
Best Practice Exchange (time permitting)
Hyperglycemia Management - Ketan Chopra, MD, Henry Ford
Health System
Measure Revision Updates (time permitting)
Agenda
Meeting Minutes
February 23, 2026
Roll Call – via Zoom or contact
MPOG
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Announcements
Welcome to University of Vermont
A special welcome to our partners at University of Vermont:
Chair of Anesthesia and Principal Investigator: Dr. Rebecca Aslakson
Anesthesia IT Champion: Dr. Brian Waldschmidt
Quality Champion: Dr. Paige Georgiadis
Newest Oldest MPOG Site!
Measure Review: GLU-12 and GLU 13
Beth Duggan, MD
University of Alabama at Birmingham
GLU-12: Hyperglycemia Treatment, Periop
GLU-13: Hypoglycemia Management, Periop
1 vote/ site
Continue as is/ modify/ retire
Need > 50% to retire measure
Coordinating center will review all votes after meeting to ensure
no duplication
Measure Review: GLU-09, GLU 10, GLU 11
Patrick Henson, MD
Vanderbilt University
MPOG Measure quality review:
GLU-09, GLU-10, GLU-11
C. Patrick Henson, DO
Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
Division of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Measures
GLU-09
Timing - Anesthesia start to anesthesia end (intraoperative)
Inclusion - BG>180
Success = Treatment or recheck of high BG within 90 minutes
GLU-10
Timing - Preop start to PACU end (perioperative)
Inclusion - BG>180
Success = Treatment or recheck of high BG within 90 minutes
GLU-11
Timing - Preop start to PACU end (perioperative)
Inclusion - BG>180
Success = Treatment of high BG within 90 minutes
Exclusions: children, ASA 5+6, OB, <30 min, ambulatory <4 hours
History
Acute hyperglycemia in perioperative patients is associated with impaired wound
healing, infection, mortality, length of stay and acute kidney injury
Preoperative, intraoperative, postoperative glycemic control all implicated in
outcomes
Treatment with insulin to maintain blood glucose <180 associated with reduced risk
of complication
History
Treatment paradigms ‘borrowed’ from large critical care randomized control trials: most
recently NICE-SUGAR (2009)
Target BG<180 mg/dL associated with lower ICU mortality compared with
aggressive target BG 81-108 mg/dL
Studies of some groups (cardiac surgical, vascular, complex hepatobiliary, thoracic,
others) have suggested optimal target of 80-110 mg/dL, <150 mg/dL, and other
regimens.
Several smaller studies of perioperative patients have reinforced BG target 80-180 mg/dL
to reduce risk of hyperglycemic complications in all groups, and target BG 140-180
mg/dL likely the optimal range to combine benefit with reduced risk of hypoglycemic
events
Mirror recommendations from national societies (ADA, Endocrine Society, SCCM);
ambulatory recommendations more relaxed (SAMBA)
New Information
Smaller RCTs and observational studies that reinforce maintenance of BG below 180
mg/dL to be associated with reduced complications (supports GLU-09/10/11)
Large trial of insulin dosing reminder vs. glucose check reminder did not result in
improvement in postoperative hyperglycemia
supports maintaining “management” measures (GLU-09/11) in addition to
“treatment” measure (GLU-10)
Additional evidence to support monitoring BG in patients without diagnosis of
diabetes mellitus
Supports inclusion of all patients with BG value checked, not simply those with
diabetes mellitus
Societal recommendations support upper limit of 180 mg/dL as threshold in
hospitalized and perioperative patients
New Information
Overall, new data supports:
Continue to monitor blood glucose in patients who have
evidence of hyperglycemia
Including patients with and without a diagnosis of diabetes
Maintain blood glucose in range of 100-180 mg/dL
Value in measurement as well as treatment
GLU-XX Measures
All measures include patients with:
Documented BG value >180 mg/dL
All measures EXCLUDE patients with:
ASA class 5 or 6
Short duration (<30 minutes)
Outpatient cases <4 hours
Non-labor/cesarean procedures
GLU-XX Measures
GLU-09 and GLU-10 measures include patients:
Aged 12 and older
GLU-11 measure includes patients:
Aged 18 and older