Glycemic profile and effectiveness and safety of insulin therapy in septic patients: Is the blood glucose level sufficient?

Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 621-627

  Szrama, Jakub ^a   Smuszkiewicz, Piotr ^a   Trojanowska, Iwona ^a  

^a Szpital Kliniczny Przemienienia Pa skiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego Im Karola Marcinkowskiego W Poznaniu   (Poland)

Author keywords

Intensive insulin therapy; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEPTICEMIA;

EID: 72249110478     PISSN: 00323772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20452/pamw.787     Document Type: Article

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