Hypoglycemia and cardiac arrest in a critically ill patient on strict glycemic control

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 549-551

  Bhatia, Anuj ^a   Cadman, Brit ^a   Mackenzie, Iain ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIAC PATIENT; CASE REPORT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIABETES CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN INFUSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTENSIVE CARE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 31444452471     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000195236.73494.bf     Document Type: Article

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