Glucontrol, no control, or out of control?

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 173-174

  Schultz, Marcus J ^a   Spronk, Peter E ^b   Van Braam Houckgeest, Floris ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

^c Tergooi Hospitals ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ALLOPATHY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DRUG EFFICACY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 76549099575     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-009-1666-2     Document Type: Letter

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