Outcomes of a cardiothoracic intensive care web-based online intravenous insulin infusion calculator study at a medical university hospital

Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 523-534

  Hermayer, Kathie L ^a   Neal, Diane E ^b   Hushion, Timothy V ^b   Irving, Michael G ^b   Arnold, Pamela C ^b   Kozlowski, Lisa ^b   Stroud, Martha R ^a   Kerr, Frank B ^a   Kratz, John M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN INFUSION; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NURSE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY CARE UNITS; DRUG DOSAGE CALCULATIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INSULIN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 36349020279     PISSN: 15209156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dia.2007.0225     Document Type: Article

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