The impact of intensive insulin protocols and restrictive blood transfusion strategies on glucose measurement in American Burn Association (ABA) verified burn centers

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 718-723

  Mann, Elizabeth A ^a   Pidcoke, Heather F ^a   Salinas, Jose ^a   Holcomb, John B ^a   Wolf, Steven E ^a   Wade, Charles E ^a  

^a US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; INSULIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BURN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN INFUSION; INSULIN TREATMENT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANEMIA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BURN UNITS; BURNS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55249089030     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e3181848c74     Document Type: Article

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