Severe hypoglycemia while on intensive insulin therapy is not an independent predictor of death after trauma

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 342-347

  Mowery, Nathan T ^a   Guillamondegui, Oscar D ^b   Gunter, Oliver L ^b   Diaz, Jose J ^b   Collier, Bryan R ^b   Dossett, Lesly A ^b   Dortch, Marcus J ^b   May, Addison K ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperglycemia; Hypoglycemia; Tight glucose control; Trauma

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INJURY; INSULIN TREATMENT; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INSULIN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77249163793     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181c825f2     Document Type: Article

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