Maintenance of normoglycemia, insulin therapy, or feeding: Why not all three?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2665-2667

  Carvalho, George ^a   Schricker, Thomas ^a   Bracco, David ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glucose; Hyperglycemia; Hypoglycemia; Insulin; Mortality; Normoglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamp

Indexed keywords

DIAZOXIDE; GLUCOSE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EDITORIAL; FEEDING; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN TREATMENT; INTENSIVE CARE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 69349102976     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181abfb2d     Document Type: Editorial

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