Efficiency and safety of a standardized protocol for intravenous insulin therapy in ICU patients with neurovascular or head injury

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-49

  Kanji, Salmaan ^a,b   Jones, Erika ^a   Goddard, Rob ^a   Meggison, Hilary E ^a   Neilipovitz, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood glucose; Hypoglycemia; Insulin; Intensive care units; Nervous system diseases; Neurotrauma; Neurovascular injury

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN INFUSION; INSULIN TREATMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROVASCULAR INJURY; NURSING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; AGED; APACHE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INSULIN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 76649094571     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-009-9275-z     Document Type: Article

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