Tight glycemic control in the hospital

Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 728-731

  Ellmerer, Martin ^a   Pachler, Christoph ^a   Plank, Johannes ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Blood glucose; Closed loop insulin infusion for critically ill patients; Diabetes; Glycemic control

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953428239     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19322968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/193229680800200427     Document Type: Conference Paper

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