Implementing strict glucose control: It is not that simple...

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3050-3051

  Beishuizen, Albertus ^a   Groeneveld, A B Johan ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Critical illness; Endocrine; Guideline; Hyperglycemia; Implementation; Intensive insulin therapy

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN TREATMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; SEPSIS;

EID: 33751337991     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000248903.86990.4E     Document Type: Editorial

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