Implementation of tight glucose control for critically ill surgical patients: A process improvement analysis

Surgical Infections

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 523-530

  Eachempati, Soumitra R ^a,b   Hydo, Lynn J ^a   Shou, Jian ^a   Barie, Philip S ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURVIVAL;

AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INSULIN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73849108101     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2009.003     Document Type: Article

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