The new Surviving Sepsis Campaign recommendations on glucose control: Reply to Schultz et al.

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 781-782

  Thompson, B Taylor ^a   Clemmer, Terry P ^b   Ahrens, Tom ^c   Levy, Mitchell M ^d   Vincent, Jean Louis ^e   Dellinger, R Phillip ^f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^f Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; COGNITIVE DEFECT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOXEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 43349091598     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-008-1028-5     Document Type: Letter

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