Alterations in glucose homeostasis in the pediatric intensive care unit: Hyperglycemia and glucose variability are associated with increased mortality and morbidity

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 361-366

  Hirshberg, Eliotte ^a   Larsen, Gitte ^a   Van Duker, Heather ^a  

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

Author keywords

Critically ill; Glucose variability; Hyperglycemia; Hypoglycemia; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT; INSULIN TREATMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS INFECTION; LENGTH OF STAY; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 59449084457     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e318172d401     Document Type: Article

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