Intensive insulin therapy in intensive care: An example of the struggle to implement evidence-based medicine

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2177-2181

  Schultz, Marcus J ^a,b   Royakkers, Annick A N M ^c   Levi, Marcel ^a   Moeniralam, Hazra S ^d   Spronk, Peter E ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b HERMES Critical Care Group   (Netherlands)

^c Tergooi Hospitals ^*  (Netherlands)

^d ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVITAMIN K; DROTRECOGIN; GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

BLEEDING; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INCIDENCE; INSULIN TREATMENT; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEUROGLYCOPENIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTICLE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN; INTENSIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 33845897356     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030456     Document Type: Review

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