Point-of-care glucose measurement systems should be used with great caution in critically ill intensive care unit patients

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 339-

  Hoedemaekers, Cornelia W ^a   Klein Gunnewiek, Jacqueline M T ^a   Van Der Hoeven, Johannes G ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; CALIBRATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PATIENT CARE; TEST STRIP; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INSTRUMENTATION; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; NOTE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 74049128186     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181bfb27b     Document Type: Letter

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