The Importance of Normoglycemia in Critically III Patients

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 126-134

  DiNardo, Monica M ^a,b   Korytkowski, Mary T ^a   Siminerio, Linda S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; Diabetes; Normoglycemic; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; DEXAMETHASONE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INSULIN; INSULIN GLARGINE; INSULIN ZINC SUSPENSION; ISOPHANE INSULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; PREDNISONE; RECOMBINANT GROWTH HORMONE; TACROLIMUS;

BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEHYDRATION; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; ENTERIC FEEDING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FLUID BALANCE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFECTION RISK; INSULIN RESISTANCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NONKETOTIC DIABETIC COMA; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PATIENT EDUCATION; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 2342580897     PISSN: 08879303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002727-200404000-00004     Document Type: Review

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