Is nurse-managed blood glucose control in critical care as safe and effective as the traditional sliding scale method?

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 294-305

  Adams, Gary ^a   Hunter, Jo ^b   Langley, Jane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNITED LINCOLNSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood glucose; Critical care; Nurse managed; Sliding scale

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; NURSING; REVIEW;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN;

EID: 71549118534     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2009.09.002     Document Type: Review

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