Hyperglycemia in acutely ill emergency patients - Cause or effect?

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 339-343

  Henderson, William R ^a,b,c   Chittock, Dean R ^b,d   Dhingra, Vinay K ^b   Ronco, Juan J ^b  

^a ROYAL COLUMBIAN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glucose; Insulin; Mortality; Myocardial infarction; Sepsis; Stroke

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN TREATMENT; MEDLINE; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 33750427100     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500014007     Document Type: Article

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