Insulin therapy in very-low-birth-weight infants

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 360, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 535-537

  Van Den Berghe, Greet ^a   Vlasselaers, Dirk ^a   Vanhorebeek, Ilse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INFECTION; INSULIN TREATMENT; LETTER; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN INJURY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; HYPOGLYCEMIA; NEWBORN CARE; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; NOTE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; HYPERINSULINISM;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INSULIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; GLUCOSE; HYPERINSULINISM;

EID: 59449100120     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc082420     Document Type: Letter

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