Hypoglycemia in pediatric intensive care units: It's already here

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 752-754

  Rigby, Mark R ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

glucose; glycemic control; hyperglyemia; hypoglycemia; intensive care; mortality; pediatrics

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 78649523661     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181fe2a87     Document Type: Editorial

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