A disparity between physician attitudes and practice regarding hyperglycemia in pediatric intensive care units in the United States: A survey on actual practice habits

Critical Care

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Preissig, Catherine M ^a,b   Rigby, Mark R ^b  

^a MEDICAL CENTER OF CENTRAL GEORGIA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HABIT; HEART; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGEMENT STYLE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956638109     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc8865     Document Type: Article

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