Insulin infusions in very-low-birth-weight infants

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 359, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 1951-1953

  Kashyap, Sudha ^a   Polin, Richard A ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INSULIN INFUSION; INSULIN TREATMENT; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 55249123592     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe0806225     Document Type: Editorial

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