Moving closer to untangling a sweet web: Hyperglycemia, diabetic status, and mortality in the critically ill

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 295-296

  Krinsley, James S ^a  

^a STAMFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical illness; Diabetes; Hyperglycemia; Intensive care unit; Mortality

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

COHORT ANALYSIS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN TREATMENT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORECASTING; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NOTE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74049118732     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181bfe9e5     Document Type: Editorial

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