Achieving tight glycaemic control

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 137-144

  Ball, Carol ^a,b   de Beer, Karen ^a   Gomm, Amanda ^a   Hickman, Barbara ^a   Collins, Peta ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood glucose; Hypoglycaemia; ICU; Insulin

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; INSULIN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DRUG MONITORING; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTENSIVE CARE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY;

ALGORITHMS; BENCHMARKING; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DRUG MONITORING; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTENSIVE CARE; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PILOT PROJECTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 34247628408     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2006.11.007     Document Type: Article

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