Intensive insulin therapy in severe traumatic brain injury: A randomized trial

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 904-911

  Coester, Ariane ^a   Neumann, Cristina Rolim ^a   Schmidt, Maria Inês ^a  

^a Hospital de Pronto Socorro   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hyperglycemia; Intensive insulin infusion; Randomized trial; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFECTION; INJURY SEVERITY; INSULIN TREATMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BRAIN INJURIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFECTION; INSULIN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951042561     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181c9afc2     Document Type: Article

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