Analysis of healthcare resource utilization with intensive insulin therapy in critically ill patients

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 612-616

  Van Den Berghe, Greet ^a   Wouters, Pieter J ^b   Kesteloot, Katrien ^a   Hilleman, Daniel E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH PROFESSIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN TREATMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VENTILATED PATIENT;

BELGIUM; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INSULIN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33644589802     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000201408.15502.24     Document Type: Article

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