Insulin and pentastarch for severe sepsis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 358, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 2071-2075

  Lacherade, Jean Claude ^a   Outin, Hervé ^a   De Jonghe, Bernard ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HETASTARCH; INSULIN;

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; INSULIN TREATMENT; LETTER; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 43249129822     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc080223     Document Type: Letter

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