Initial experience with an intensive care hyperglycemia protocol in a Saudi Arabian intensive care unit

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 492-496

  Iqbal, Mobeen ^a   Al Aithan, Abdulsalam M ^a   Rehmani, Rifat ^a   Eledrisi, Mohsen ^a  

^a King Abdul Aziz Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG INFUSION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REFERENCE VALUE; SAUDI ARABIA; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645689680     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 03795284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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