Is it time for implementation of tight glycaemia control by intensive insulin therapy in every ICU?

Critical Care

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Devos, Philippe ^a   Preiser, Jean Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; STEROID; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INSULIN HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN TREATMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; DRUG EFFECT; GLYCEMIC INDEX; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS;

EID: 33750262180     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc4871     Document Type: Note

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