Performance of a dose-defining insulin infusion protocol among trauma service intensive care unit admissions

Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 476-488

  Braithwaite, Susan S ^a,d   Edkins, Renee ^a   MacGregor, Kathy L ^a   Sredzienski, Edward S ^a   Houston, Michael ^a   Zarzaur, Ben ^a   Rich, Preston B ^a   Benedetto, Bernard ^b   Rutherford, Edmund J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFUSION RATE; INJURY; INSULIN INFUSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NURSE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; RISK REDUCTION; TITRIMETRY; UNITED STATES; VITAL SIGN; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INSULIN; INSULIN INFUSION SYSTEMS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 33750629203     PISSN: 15209156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dia.2006.8.476     Document Type: Article

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