Blood glucose control in critically ill adults and children: A survey on stated practice

Chest

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1328-1335

  Hirshberg, Eliotte ^a,d   Lacroix, Jaques ^b   Sward, Kathy ^a   Willson, Douglas ^c   Morris, Alan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Adults; Blood glucose; Child; Critical care; Goal directed therapy; Hypoglycemia; ICU; Insulin; Pediatric; Practice pattern; Survey

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45949096808     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-2702     Document Type: Article

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