First do no harm ... Hypoglycemia or hyperglycemia?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2843-2844

  Van Den Berghe, Greet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Hyperglycemia; Hypoglycemia; Intensive care unit

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC COMA; INSULIN TREATMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS;

EID: 33750259005     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000242913.88721.6E     Document Type: Editorial

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