A comparison study of continuous insulin infusion protocols in the medical intensive care unit: Computer-guided vs. standard column-based algorithms

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 432-437

  Newton, Christopher A ^a   Smiley, Dawn ^a   Bode, Bruce W ^b   Kitabchi, Abbas E ^c   Davidson, Paul C ^b   Jacobs, Sol ^a   Steed, R Dennis ^e   Stentz, Frankie ^c   Peng, Limin ^d   Mulligan, Patrick ^a   Freire, Amado X ^c   Temponi, Angel ^a   Umpierrez, Guillermo E ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PIEDMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Southeastern Endocrine and Diabetes   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Hospital; Hyperglycemia; Hypoglycemia; Insulin infusion; Intensive care unit

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DRUG THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; INSULIN INFUSION SYSTEMS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78650105085     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.816     Document Type: Article

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