Intensive nursing work schedules and the risk of hypoglycaemia in critically ill patients who are receiving intravenous insulin

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Louie, Kimberley ^a   Cheema, Rupi ^a   Dodek, Peter ^a,b   Wong, Hubert ^b   Wilmer, Amanda ^a   Grubisic, Maja ^b   FitzGerald, John Mark ^c   Ayas, Najib T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences   (Canada)

^c VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INSULIN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 78650380161     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2009.036020     Document Type: Article

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